Oaklands visited by charitable donor

Oaklands College were visited last week by Pauline Bishop, who came

to see how her generous donation of £4000 to the Riding for the Disabled

Association (RDA) was spent. Pauline’s money was put towards the

purchase of a new pony in the Equine Department called Lara.

Pauline said of the experience: “I donated the money to Oaklands

as I wanted to help the RDA and I feel it is a worthwhile cause. I am so

glad I got to meet Lara today as I’ve not had a lot of interaction with

horses, and I was pleasantly surprised that I wasn’t frightened.”

Sarah Moreland, Senior Advanced Skills Practitioner for Oaklands

commented: “We chose Lara because we needed something calm and sensible

for the riders. Having Lara has opened up opportunities for some of our

learners who couldn’t have ridden previously. Pauline’s very generous

donation of £4000 originally paid for Lara and her health check and

another £100 today towards her food. We are very grateful for her

donation