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Ouzbeck Pilot

Organisation:

Racing Together

area of interest

Activities:

Go Racing in Yorkshire Beacon Programme

Racing Together Webinar Series

Ouzbeck Pilot

Racecourses Together

Autism in Racing

RCA Showcase & Awards – Racing Together Community and CSR Award

Racing2Learn: The Role and Purpose of Community Engagement in British Horseracing

Holborn Careers Day

RCA/ Racing Together Masterclass for Racecourses

Racing Together Community Day

participants

Participants:

20

purpose

Purpose:

Racing charities Greatwood and Retraining of Racehorses (RoR) worked with the Racing Together team to deliver a pilot programme at OSJCT Coombe End Court care home in Marlborough, Wiltshire. Coinciding with the inaugural National Racehorse Week (12th– 19th September), Greatwood revisited its original concept of developing and measuring the benefits of introducing former racehorses to the residents of care homes. This pilot aimed to explore and measure the impact on, and the benefit to physical and mental health of the residents in the care home, and to use these findings to build and promote wider support. Learnings from the pilot are being reviewed and developed for the next stage of the programme.

desired outcome

Aims:

Getting people active

Improving mental health

Building stronger communities

Accessing the outdoors and enabling volunteering

Building diversity and inclusion

web addresshttps://www.racingtogether.co.uk/charity-pilot-to-introduce-former-racehorse-ouzbeck-to-care-home-residents/