After a hot summer, work continues apace at Equichance and we are making good progress and seeing positive results;
Infrastructure
- Offer made on an additional 1 hectare of land adjacent to the property – awaiting approval
- Current fencing to be replaced by wooden fencing
- Busy looking for additional gypsy caravans so we can comfortably have people to stay overnight
- Agreement meanwhile in place with nearby B&B
Home Team
- New addition to the team – baby shetland foal, named Olympe. She will arrive in November when weaned from her mother.
- This will enable us to start work with children and people who may find the bigger horses intimidating
- Others are going from strength to strength.
Teams
- Lucas to join the human team in September and be in charge of daily care and welfare of horses. Tatiana will return to her studies
Client base
- Contract in place with Clubhouse Marseille who are already coming for weekly sessions every Friday – very positive feedback and already beginning to see results.
- Currently working with small groups of 4 to 5. This will go up but stop at 6.
- New options to be explored in the coming months but will evolve into wednesday afternoons also.
Funding
- New funding to be received from two new clients (Bridgepoint Development Capital and Samfara)
- One off payment from an ARCHIMED Operating Partner.
- €75k of targeted €100k annual budget now secure
