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Donkey riding therapy helps Abigail to find her feet

Posted 13th July 2010 by Suzi Cretney
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Abigail and her sister Isabelle enjoy riding at EST Leeds

Following Learning Development Week (21-27th June 2010), EST Leeds tells how donkey riding therapy has been instrumental in helping a young girl learn to walk and find a new sense of self-confidence. At the age of two, Abigail Preece was not yet able to crawl and struggled with a range of developmental delays that prevented her from interacting with children and adults outside of her family.

Abigail has low muscle tone and learning difficulties which caused social difficulties and problems with balancing and learning to walk. Now aged five, she has been attending the Leeds EST for the last three years and has amazed her family with the improvements that the riding sessions have made.

Sponsored donkey walk at Leeds EST - 21st August 2010

Posted 13th August 2010 by Suzi Cretney
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Leeds EST centre will be holding a sponsored walk with a difference on Saturday 21st August 2010 at 11.00am.

At 1.5 miles, the walk is ideal for youngsters, wheelchair users, pushchairs and the whole family, accompanied by donkeys from the centre.

Walkers and donkeys will leave the centre at 11am and stroll along a track through the fields and woodlands of Lineham Farm, pausing for juice at Surprise View which has a spectacular outlook over the Wharfe Valley. The walk will then lead back to the EST centre for some much needed refreshments.

Local donkey riding therapy charity needs your help

Posted 28th June 2010 by Claire Shapcott
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A donkey riding therapy charity based in Eccup desperately needs the local community to donate goods to sell at their Summer Fair on Sunday 25th July 2010.

The Leeds Centre of The Elisabeth Svendsen Trust for Children and Donkeys, are appealing for you to donate as many soft toys as possible, bottles for the bottle stall, tombola items and books to help make their annual summer fair a success. Funds raised will go towards providing a free service for special needs children in the area.

Donkey team to run the Jane Tomlinson's Leeds 10K

Posted 25th June 2010 by Dawn Vincent
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Five of the seven strong team preparing for the 10k run!

A team of staff from our donkey-riding therapy centre in Eccup have signed up to take part in the Jane Tomlinson’s Leeds 10k charity run on Sunday 4th July and have today launched their JustGiving website to invite people to donate.

The team are now on a mission to raise funds for our Leeds Centre with a web appeal and by gathering sponsors. The centre helps over 170 local special needs children every week by providing donkey riding therapy and other facilities.

Christmas fair for children's donkey riding centre

Posted 26th November 2009 by Chris Phillips
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A donkey-riding centre for children with special needs at Eccup in Leeds is inviting local people to support its Christmas Fair on Saturday 12th December from 10.00am to 2.00pm.

Admission is free and festive refreshments, seasonal gifts, Adopt a Donkey and various stalls will be available to help raise funds for The Elisabeth Svendsen Trust for Children and Donkeys (EST).

Children will be able to enjoy sleigh rides, meet Santa in his grotto and receive a Christmas gift while adults can browse around the stalls and meet the adoption donkeys.

Children's donkey riding centre hosting Christmas carol concert

Posted 26th November 2009 by Chris Phillips
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A donkey-riding centre for children with special needs at Eccup in Leeds is hosting a special Candlelight Carol concert on Friday 11th December from 7.30pm to 9.00pm.

The event will be attended by renowned Leeds-based choir Amici who will be performing traditional Christmas carols to help celebrate the season and raise funds for The Elisabeth Svendsen Trust for Children and Donkeys (EST) Centre.

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