Making submissions to Councils or central government on strategy, law and planning.   You have heard the expression 'the squeaky wheel gets the oil' , well we horse people have not been squeaky enough, and that is the simple reason why we do not get a share of the sport and recreation resources. Most Councils have hundreds of sports grounds - often all directed at male oriented sports like rugby, yet most have few resources available to other sports and recreation.   

• View our current and past projects and our work on submissions.

 

Contacting local or regional councillors, and Members of Parliament directly to raise the profile of horse riding.  Ignorance is bliss!  However, it is not the fault of the elected representatives or officials if they don't know anything about horses, horse people, horse sports or recreation.  We must contact and educate them.

• Writing Letters and Emails

 

Raising the profile or horse riding, and horse related issues through Letters to the Editor and Media Releases   Each and every person has the ability to send a letter to the editor of their local paper, or magazines.  Each and every club and organisation should be sending photos and stories to their local newspapers about their latest club event, or success story.  Media releases are important to telling the community that we exist, about our problems and making the non-horse owning public understand our goals and problems.

• Media Information for Clubs

 

Creating publications for public awareness, and educating public officials (planners and elected representatives).

 

Research - Documenting local places or problems, photos and information, and researching the horse riding fraternity (there is very little statistical information available!)

Horse & Pony Magazine - Feb 2009.