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SUE ALLERY (Chairman of Trustees and Sanctuary Manager)
Sue has been involved with EHPPS for over 20 years now, having
been a Trustee for 19 years and Sanctuary Manager since April 2003.
Previously, most of her working life was spent in London law firms.
Sue has three ponies, Nell, a 22 year old Palomino Welsh Section A mare, 4
year old Shetland, Rory, who starred on TV and was quite a little
superstar when he was a foal and 15 year old Shetland, Bobby who she
fosters from EHPPS. Then there are Sue's two dogs - four year old
black rescue Greyhound bitch, Kizzy, and 7 year old black Labrador dog,
Alfie. An avid animal lover (or just sheer barmy) Sue also has 18
rescue cats and a hedgehog named Leroy who comes into the house every
night promptly on the dot of 10pm for a feed. He then scuttles off
back into the garden when he's finished. There is a long suffering
husband somewhere on the list too!
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ANGELA STRANKS (Trustee - Secretary)
Angie has been
married to her husband for 10 years and they have two daughters who are
five and eight. Angie has been around horses all her life.
Angie used to run
a a riding school, and was a professional showjumper until an injury
stopped that. Although she is a qualified Pre-school teacher, Angie
decided to return to her passion of horses and animals and is currently
studying a level three diploma in animal welfare and husbandry. Angie is a member of the International Society of Animal
Professionals.
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TREENA KING (Trustee - Treasurer)
Treena has been a volunteer with EHPPS for 8 years, being a
familiar face to visitors at our Membership Desk and Information Centre on
Sunday afternoons. She has worked in administration for over 20
years and just recently taken on the role of Treasurer at EHPPS.
Treena is married and has a retired greyhound bitch called Pammy. As
you can see, some of our Trustees are very fond of Greyhounds! (Treena
is cuddling Kizzy here - Sue's Grey).
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JOANNE HILL (Trustee and Fostering Officer)
Jo has always loved animals and has been a fostering officer
with EHPPS for a number of years. She began riding at the age of 9
and has owned and fostered a number of equines, ranging from native ponies
to Anglo-Arabs. Jo currently has a piebald cob who has done a bit of
dressage in the past but would really like to be a racehorse! Jo and
her husband also have 2 retired greyhounds.
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WENDY RITHERDON (Trustee and Fostering Officer)
Wendy became
a fostering officer after regaining her confidence on the lovely Homer who
is fostered from EHPPS by a good friend of hers. Wendy's love of horses
and ponies started 25 years ago when she had to groom for her
asthmatic daughter. Wendy currently contents herself with regular
lessons and overseeing the well being of a retired TB ex racer, for a
friend who lives abroad. Wendy's home life is dominated by a Parson
Russell and just one cat (at the moment), and she is passionate about the
well being of all animals.
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DAWN LOFTHOUSE (Members’ Representative)
Dawn
has been with EHPPS as a volunteer and committee member for
over 20 years. Amongst her
menagerie of animals are Katie a 14hh Welsh Cob on foster from EHPPS, 2
cats, 2 guinea pigs and 9 aviary birds which takes up most of her
time She married her partner of 10 years in September 2009 and is lucky
that her husband enjoys looking after Katie as he has to muck her out on
Sundays while Dawn is helping to muck out the EHPPS horses and ponies. She works as a Helpdesk Administrator and says that
working at the Sanctuary on Sundays is her way of un-winding and even
through it is hard work, she enjoys every minute of it.
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LAURA JARDINE (Head Groom and Field Officer)
Laura is our Head Groom and, alongside Sue Allery, is one of our main Field Officers. Laura used to work in IT
Training but an opportunity came up to manage a riding and excursion
centre in Spain which Laura felt was an opportunity which was too good to miss. She spent
some years working abroad and returned to the UK at the beginning of 2009.
She came on board at EHPPS shortly thereafter. Laura brought with
her a rescue Spanish Hunting dog called DiDi along with Guppy, a handsome,
totally white, cat. Laura also fosters 6 year, 16hh, old Warmblood
mare, Tennessee Rose. Laura can consume more
chocolate in one sitting than anyone else we've ever come across
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CHERYL BRASSETT (Groom and Fostering Officer)
Cheryl has worked for EHPPS as a stable groom for many years,
having stayed on with us once she had finished her work experience (NVQ)
with us. Cheryl had a break from EHPPS for just over a year and
worked at a riding school and livery yard which she thoroughly enjoyed.
However, she tells us she really missed the welfare side of things and
soon rejoined the team here. Cheryl has fostered EHPPS' Danny - a 12
year old Black Welsh X Cob gelding, for just over 8 years now. She
is also currently undergoing training to become a Field Officer - along
with her stable duties of course. Without doubt, Cheryl is the
noisiest member of staff on the yard and frequently seranades us all (oh,
if ONLY the horses could put their hooves over their
ears .....!)
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MICHAEL PUGH (Groom and Committee Member)
Mike first came to work for EHPPS back in 2004, leaving four years
later to work out of the County for a couple of years at a stud farm.
He rejoined us in May 2010 - and we were pleased to welcome our "Spikey"
back with open arms.
Mike undertakes a lot of
backing and schooling for us, being an excellent horseman as well as
being exceptional at gaining a horse's trust - imperative in
our line of business.
When he isn't busy training our
horses ready for their riding careers, Mike is usually found doing
something else "horsey" - bit of a one track minded lad this
one!
Mike joined our
Committee in August 2010 as he wanted to get more involved with the
running of our Charity as well as looking after our resident horses and
ponies.
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SUZANNE HERON (Fostering Officer and Committee Member)
Suzanne came to
EHPPS in January 2009 looking for a companion 'pony' for her beloved other
horse, Monty, who she shares with her sister. She didn't, however, leave
with a pony, but instead fell in love with Tyson - one of the biggest
horses at the Sanctuary at the time. Monty and Tyson are now
the best of friends and insist of their daily grooming sessions after
breakfast. Suzanne has been riding for nearly 25 years, and had Monty for almost
18 of those years. Her love of animals started at an early age and she
dreams of winning the lottery so that she can foster lots of other horses
- especially Henry! Suzanne is a Project Manager for the NHS, helping
families and children have a healthier lifestyle. She also runs a
community cafe in Maldon, and has raised over £500 for EHPPS so far by
holding raffles, book fairs and cake sales. Oh, and she also makes wedding
cakes. Suzanne joined
our Committee also in August 2010.
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TRACY
WELLS (Fostering Officer)
Tracy
lives in Corringham and is a big pet owner.
The family have six horses, seven working dogs, two cats and one
guinea pig. As well as
being an EHPPS Fostering Officer, Tracy is also a dog trainer handler.
She
enjoys kick boxing and swimming but, more importantly, her children and
grand daughter. Two of
Tracy’s horses are fostered from EHPPS - Katy and Indie.
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NORMA DAVENPORT (Fostering Officer)
Norma has been involved with EHPPS since April 2006 and been a
Fostering Officer since the beginning of 2007. She took voluntary redundancy at the beginning of 2009 to spend
as much time as possinble with my pony, Beppe. Beppe was backed
by Edie Neill some 18 months ago which means Beppe and Norma get
to spend lots of time schooling and out hacking. They especially
like going out exploring new places in their trailer.
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SARAH BIBBY (Fostering Officer)
Sarah started riding at a young age, and had her own horses
until she got married and had children. She
returned to riding when her children started having lessons. Due to
illness last year, she had to put a stop to it, and decided to come along
to the Sanctuary in August 2009 to help out instead. Having
now made a full recovery, Sarah hopes to be back in the saddle soon.
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JO FOX (Fostering Officer)
Jo has been a volunteer at the Sanctuary for quite some time
now. We've certainly put her to the test as she even turned up
regularly throughout the dreadful winter of 2009/2010 - now THAT is
dedication for you. Jo
joined our team of Fostering Officers in early July 2010.
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ANNA COATES (Fostering Officer)
Anna has had horses for thirty years and enjoys hacking out on
the lovely Homer. Anna also does a bit of showing. She is
planning to drive Shetland Pony Frosty this year but he is also enjoys
taking Anna's friend's little girl out for walks on the lead rein.
Both Homer and Frosty are fostered by Anna from EHPPS.
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CAROL CHAPMAN
(Welfare Scout)
Carol has had horses
since the tender age of 11. She passed her Horse Masters
qualification some years ago with an aim of working with horses. Carol has
worked at a couple of livery yards over the years then the family came
along and it went out the window. Now her children are older
she decided to get back into horses. Her boyfriend brought her horse
Monty for her 40th birthday. She is lucky enough to be
able to keep him at home. Carol also has a very cheeky and always
hungry Welsh Section A called Toffee which is her daughters pony.
Carol has always had a love of animals and currently has two very cute
Jack Russells called Jazzy and Enzo along with two very fat guinea pigs.
We are delighted to welcome Carol to our hard working and
dedicated team.
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LUCY HAMMOND (Welfare Scout)
Lucy joined the team as a Welfare Scout in August 2010.
She has just starting to breed Welsh Section D’s.
Lucy has spent most of her working life doing office work in
London. which she gave up once she had her daughter Darcy, who is now six
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DOROTHY
KING (Fund Raising)
Dorothy has two grown up sons and is
mother in law to Treena, EHPPS' Treasurer, whose daily job is as a Help
Desk Administrator. Dorothy
admits to being rather nervous of horses and has never even sat on one
yet..... However she loves their gentle nature and likes to
help raise much needed funds for EHPPS by selling things on eBay for them,
which she has been doing for a very long time now.. When not sitting
at the computer she enjoys long walks, taking Treena's greyhound Pammy
along with her friends and their dogs.
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