Manege de Baander in the Oosterboer in Meppel has various plans to involve the neighborhood and youth more in the activities. This summer vacation is for the first time a summer camp for the youth.
“We are going to do that for three Tuesdays. Based on a theme we go to work with them. And we have such a beautiful location here, so we will also have children’s parties with a treasure hunt,” says Jennie van de Vegte, supervisor daytime activities and covered bed coach.
The riding school is not just one. Disabled people can ride a horse and forty times a week are driven with a covered bed, on which someone with multiple limitations can still ride a horse.
What is going on at the riding school, they don’t want to show the youth alone. Also among the neighborhood the Baander would like a little more brand awareness. “We have a beautiful tea house,” says Van de Vegte. “That is now being rented out, but how nice would it be to open it during the week so that people can do a snack and a drink. We still see a lot of possibilities here.”
The riding school hopes to have the tea house open to everyone next summer, and that there is more excitement around it. “The tea house is in a beautiful green environment where you can organize great things during the day: children’s parties or meetings. Or that people from the area can go in permanently,” adds Bert Robbe, chairman of the PGM de Baandender Foundation.
The neighborhood can already enjoy the horses that are in the meadow around the riding school. The riding school is completely at the end of the residential area, surrounded by the ring park. A widely used footpath runs around the riding school. “If we can open this as a café, that is very nice. That people come and have a cup of coffee, sit down and then go for a walk again.”
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