Hi all.

I am posting this non-related football article after consultation with Lyndon.

Beechley Stables are located in Calderstones park, Allerton, Liverpool. The main aim of the stables are to provide riding lessons for disabled children and adults, and even elderly people. The stables are totally reliant on charity donations, with every penny donated going towards the upkeep of the stables, providing food and bedding for the horses, and most importantly of all, paying vets bills.

Since the start of this dreadful coronavirus pandemic, the gates into the stables have been firmly shut. There is a small team of volunteers who attend the stables to feed, water and exercise the horses in the paddocks located in Calderstones park itself. For any of you who live in the area, and have wandered around the park, you may well have seen the horses in their paddocks.

There is now a real fear that the stables may have to close altogether. My wife, who is a trustee for the stables, made an appeal on Tony Snells Radio Merseyside breakfast show this morning, asking people to donate £1 and if your a tax payer, tick gift aid that £1 and its £1.25 to the charity. There is also an article to be published in the Liverpool echo, and today the BBC camera's were at the stables to report on the story, which will be shown on the BBC Northwest news programme early next week.

Without the help of the people who Love Liverpool this place will close, horses will need to be rehomed somehow, and most importantly, those people and families who have limited activities available to them, unlike you & I, will have nowhere to go. This place is the light at the end of the tunnel for many people with physical or hidden disabilities. If you have any questions or require further information, please do not hesitate to ask.

There is a website at beechleyrda.org.uk If you wish to look at how the stables operate.

If you can donate please do via justgiving.com/campaign/Beechley

Thank you in advance for your generosity.

Rob.