Executive Summary

The Cherry Orchard Equine, Educational and Training Centre  delivers a number of services to 650 young persons per week from a purpose built facility on Blackditch Road, which currently includes twenty-eight stables, an indoor and outdoor arena, an outdoor gallops, tutorial rooms, a fully equipped computer room and canteen. The Centre’s vision is of an ambitious and committed Cherry Orchard community where children are given every chance in life.

Mission

“To create and sustain a unique, community led, equine centred learning environment dedicated to the needs of the young people through the provision of state recognized qualifications and recreational activities”

The Centre has identified six strategic aims that must be achieved in order to realise its mission. They are:

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1. To provide an education and training link that enables young people to progress into worthwhile further training / employment/education;
2. To retain greater numbers of young people to the end of second level;
3. To continually develop its Pony Club;
4. To integrate children aged six to ten into the Stay in Schools Programme and Community Riding Programme;
5. To increase the Community Horse Riding programme and the number of visiting groups utilising the facilities and,
6. To enhance the community participation programme in the Centre.