Waiting List Registration
If you would like to be placed on the waiting list , please fill in the details below. Please note that we are primarily a charity for children who have no access to a horse or pony of their own, so if your child already owns or loans a pony then please do not place their name on the waiting list. We reserve the right to not offer a place to those children.
Once your child is on our waiting list, we will send you a newsletter every quarter to keep you up to date with our news while you wait for a space. Please keep an eye in your junk mail as it often ends up there!
Please note that we have a very long waiting list of around 700 names. The waiting list for juniors (8-10 years old) takes around 2-3 years. Once your child reaches 9.5 they will be moved to the waiting list for seniors (10-18 years old) which moves slowly as the senior places are normally filled by juniors moving up.
If your child is over 11 then it is probably not worth adding them to the waiting list as they are unlikely to get a place. If your child has not been offered a place by the time they reach the age of 13 they will be removed from the waiting list.
You are welcome to use the ‘contact us’ e-mail and check on your child’s position on the waiting list.
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Additional Information for parents of children wishing to join
Thank you for your interest in Windsor Horse Rangers. Once your child’s name has been placed on the waiting list you will be contacted when a place becomes available. We are unable to say when this may be as we can only cater for a set number of children. You are welcome to e-mail us and check where your child is on the waiting list at any time. However if your child has not been offered a place by the time they reach the age of 13 they will be taken off the waiting list.
We like to keep in touch with the families on our waiting list so we will send you a quarterly newsletter once your child is registered. Please check your junk mail as it often ends up in there, as does the invitation to join!
Windsor Horse Rangers is a voluntary organisation run for the benefit of it’s members. The organisation is administered by a board of trustees comprising parents, officers and persons with specialist knowledge or ability. The daily running of the organisation is undertaken by volunteers who have either significant equine knowledge and/or experience working with children.
The children attend one of four sessions depending on age, preference and availability. The sessions are:
1. Saturday AM 08:30 to 13:00
2. Sunday AM 08:30 to 13:00
3. Saturday PM 13:30 to 16:30
4. Sunday PM 13:30 to 16:30
Children aged 8 to 10 attend an afternoon session and those 10 to 18 a morning session. The sessions are referred to as “Junior Rangers” or “Senior Rangers” respectively. Some senior rangers remain for the afternoon session by invitation to assist the junior rangers.
When you are contacted and your child invited to join, a session will be offered determined first by age and then by availability – you will have advised us of your preference when submitting your child’s name. Your child will then be invited to attend that session for a period of four weeks as a trial period. Given that the basic clothing and protection requirements for riding involve significant cost we find it best to offer this trial period to ensure that you and your child are happy with the ethos and practice of the organisation before committing fully.
Your child is expected to attend Rangers every week, where possible, but the trial period covers the four weeks that the child can actually attend. Rangers is not suited to those who want an occasional visit or ride. We have a large waiting list running into many hundreds of children and it would be a waste of a place if a child only came occasionally.
If your child does not attend Rangers for 4 weeks in a row, then their place will be offered to someone else unless we have been informed of the absence.
Occasionally we do not offer a place to a child after their trial on the grounds of unsuitability to join our organisation but this is very rare.
Your child’s safety is of paramount importance and our procedures and rules are based on that premise. Horses are live animals and as such are unpredictable and potentially dangerous. In as far as it is possible children are made aware of this and are supervised at all times. There are always a minimum of three adults on duty at all times, at least one of whom is female.
Windsor Horse Rangers is a voluntary organisation and as such relies upon the dedication of its Officers and adult helpers to run. We do ask that if parents have any particular interest or knowledge that they are prepared to offer us that they approach one of the Officers to discuss this, however small or irregular the commitment might be. All adult volunteers will be required to have a DBS check and provide personal references for safety and child safeguarding purposes.
It is a clause of membership that parents participate in the canteen rota, which requires a commitment of a few sessions per year to assist with the children’s break-time.
If your child decides to leave Rangers after they have been enrolled then we require four weeks notice or four weeks subs in lieu of notice. This is so we can still meet our monthly running costs while finding a new child to fill the space.