Anneka Rice

Anneka Rice Instagram – We built this sodding great arena in 72 hours on #ChallengeAnneka 30 years ago!!! Joyful morning with CEO Sister Mary Joy @wsponycentre to talk about a big 30th celebration. Over the 30 years the centre has helped hundreds of troubled children to ride out of the rain. The arena has been life-changing. I’ve seen first-hand this work. An autistic 5 year old, screaming and anxious, sits on a pony and is calm within seconds. I loved this Challenge – it’s on YouTube if you want to watch it. It involved prisoners from Wormwood Scrubs coming to help and Sister Mary Joy sleeping on the common with the ponies while the work was done… it’s joyful! The prisoners were a bit naughty and we ended up on the front page of The Sun. 😬. But Sister Mary Joy stayed in touch with them for decades. @RDAUK #wormwoodscrubsponycentre #challenge #ponies #ridingforthedisabled #redemption #30 #anniversary | Posted on 20/Mar/2024 14:29:44