ESSEX HORSE & PONY PROTECTION SOCIETY
Pitsea Hall Lane, Basildon, Essex SS16 4UH - Telephone No: (01268) 584603
Website:  www.ehpps.org.uk - E-Mail: administrator@ehpps.org.uk - Registered Charity No: 297893

 

 

 

fostering application form

 

 

CHRISTIAN NAME(S):

 

 

SURNAME: (MR/MRS/MISS)

 

 

ADDRESS:

 

 

 

 

POST CODE:

 

 

TEL NOS
(Land Line and Mobile):

 

 

DATE OF BIRTH:

 

YOUR HEIGHT:

 

YOUR WEIGHT:

 

 

 

 

SIZE OF HORSE/PONY REQUIRED

                                            HH

SEX REQUIRED

MARE / GELDING / EITHER

ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A HEAVY OR A FINE BRED HORSE?

 

AGE PREFERRED

 

WHAT WOULD THE HORSE/PONY BE REQUIRED FOR?

 

IF YOU WISH TO COMPETE, WHAT LEVEL WOULD YOU EXPECT THE HORSE TO COMPETE AT?

 

WOULD YOU BE PREPARED TO CONTINUING SCHOOLING ON A RECENTLY BROKEN HORSE?

 

WOULD YOU CONSIDER FOSTERING A LAMINITIC HORSE OR PONY?  IF SO, HAVE YOU HAD EXPERIENCE OF CARING FOR A LAMINITIC HORSE BEFORE?

 

DO YOU HAVE A HORSE/PONY NOW?

YES / NO

HAVE YOU EVER OWNED A HORSE/PONY?

YES / NO

DO YOU RIDE?

YES / NO

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN RIDING HORSES?

 

ARE YOU A COMPETENT OR NOVICE RIDER?

 

PLEASE STATE WHAT RIDING EXPERIENCE YOU HAVE HAD AND ANY QUALIFICATIONS YOU HAVE

 

IS THE HORSE/PONY FOR A CHILD?

YES / NO

IF SO, WHAT IS THE AGE OF THE CHILD?

 

HAS THE CHILD RECEIVED RIDING LESSONS?

YES / NO

IF SO, PLEASE STATE WHERE AND WITH WHOM

 

IS THE CHILD A COMPETENT RIDER OR A NOVICE?

 

PLEASE GIVE THE FULL ADDRESS OF THE YARD YOU WOULD WISH TO KEEP THE HORSE AT

 

DOES THE YARD/LIVERY/STABLE HAVE SOMEONE ON SITE AT ALL TIMES?

 

PLEASE GIVE FULL CONTACT DETAILS BELOW OF TWO REFEREES WHO WOULD BE PREPARED
TO GIVE US REFERENCES ON YOUR EQUINE EXPERIENCE/KNOWLEDGE

(1)

(2)

 

 

 

IF YOU WERE A SUCCESSFUL APPLICANT, HOW LONG WOULD YOU INTEND TO KEEP A HORSE OR PONY ON FOSTER FROM US?

 

HOW LONG WOULD YOU ALLOW A HORSE TO SETTLE INTO HIS NEW ENVIRONMENT BEFORE YOU ATTEMPTED WORKING/RIDING HIM?

 

WHAT ARE YOUR REASONS FOR APPLYING TO FOSTER ONE OF OUR RESCUED, REHABILITATED HORSES, RATHER THAN LOOKING TO PURCHASE?

 

 

 

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

1.       IT IS A LEGAL REQUIREMENT THAT FOSTERING APPLICANTS ARE OVER 18 YEARS OF AGE.

2.       ALL FOSTERERS ARE REQUIRED TO BECOME FULLY PAID-UP MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE DURATION OF THEIR FOSTERING TERM. 

3.       A DONATION WILL BE REQUESTED FROM SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS TO ENABLE THE SOCIETY TO CONTINUE TO REHABILITATE AND RE-HOME HORSES IN ITS CARE.  A MINIMUM DONATION OF £100 WILL BE REQUIRED FOR A COMPANION, PLUS A YEAR’S MEMBERSHIP SUBSCRIPTION.  A DONATION UP TO A MAXIMUM OF £800 WILL BE REQUIRED FOR A RIDEABLE HORSE.  FOSTERERS OF RIDEABLE HORSES WILL BE MADE LIFE MEMBERS OF EHPPS.  DONATIONS ARE NOT REFUNDABLE. 

4.       NOTE TACK AND RUGS ARE NOT INCLUDED WITH FOSTERED HORSES.

5.       THIS APPLICATION DOES NOT IN ANY WAY CONSTITUTE A GUARANTEE THAT THE APPLICANT WILL BE OFFERED A HORSE/PONY BY THE ESSEX HORSE & PONY PROTECTION SOCIETY FOR FOSTERING PURPOSES.

I HAVE FULLY READ AND UNDERSTAND AND ACCEPT THE ABOVE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

Signature of Applicant
(Must be aged 18 or over)

 

Date