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AJ has served Gul since the very beginning, each week AJ gives her time as a volunteer to help Gul grow... AJ also makes a mean bacon sandwich too!
Hannah Grummitt is Gul's equine welfare lead and one of the charity's senior managers
Sammy (the one on the left) is Gul's Yard Manager, she is selfless, hardworking and fun to be around.
Dr Celia Grummitt (Left!) is the charity's founder she is shown here with Balmoral Curlew and senior manager James Dwyer.
Ruth is the treasurer and Physiotherapist for the charity Ruth has also been with Gul since day one and we are lucky to have her on the team.
Jane came to Gul as part of its partnership with PLUSS, she loved her placement and so the charity offered her a job.
Stephanie Butler, works part time for Gul, she is happiest in the fields with the ponies and works to back our ponies and bring on young stock as well as offering more advanced riding lessons on Saturdays. She is usually accompanied by her wonderful dog Jester.
Claire Crammond is a member of Gul's equine team and works to help us look after our ponies and ensure the people at Gul are well looked after.
Elisha Doris is a perfect example of the family environment at Gul, she began attending Gul for riding at 9, fell in love with riding, volunteered for us at 12 and now aged 16 is employed by us as a weekend worker while at school, she works hard and is always smiling.
Kelly Doris' relationship with Gul began with Gul working with her daughter Elisha, seeing the help we offered Kelly offered her services to Gul and now assists the charity with office admin. Kelly also works as an office manager Barcroft doctors surgery.
Sue Easton was one of the founding members of Gul, Sue works tirelessly for the charity (any many other local projects). Sue s responsible for bookings, stores and also keeps a beady ey on site maintenance. She is a great friend to may at the yard and also rund the local beavers troop in Shrewton as well as being a member of Churches together
Naomi Whimpenny is employed as a therapist at Gul, she is the brains behind the outdoor team and has been involved in the development of the curriculum. she is patient, kind and works with beneficiaries at Gul everyday. Naomi is passionate about her dog Isla and cookery (she makes the best cakes in Shrewton in Gul's opinion!)
Hannah Gale, runs the incredible site Go Wild Adventures in Meidrim, south Wales it is here that Gul's outdoor learning site in Wales is based. Hannah is a mother to 4 children and is passionate about heritage craft, ask her about Gorse jelly sometime...
Lauren Jackson came to Gul as an apprentice, over the last 18 months she has been working to complete her college work alongside and is due to complete this in March 2019. Lauren works as part of the equine team and is a passionate photographer.
Stuart Kirton is one of the Gul therapy team, he is also employed as a mental health worker in the NHS. Stuart has been with Gul since almost the beginning, he came to Gul as a quiet introverted young man who worked in our office, he is now one of Gul's best therapists, kind, patient and compassionate.
Hired in 2018 Eve McKenzie-Green is a senior therapist at Gul, Eve works full time for Gul and comes from a teaching background, Eve volunteers for her local scout group and is a trained forest school practitioner. Eve works closely with Stuart and Naomi to deliver the therapy programme.
Jade Riley works as part of the equine team, she works hard to ensure the ponies are where they are supposed to be and beneficiaries are happy.
James Trainor is a member of the equine team, a former solider and keen horseman, JT as he is know is also excellent at bush craft and the outdoor side of Gul.
Rebekah Webb is the Gul bookkeeper, she works in the office and is works on all finance/payroll and and accounting at Gul. Rebekah also lives at the charities site at The Bustard assisting with life there. Outside of the charity Rebekah is passionate about her pony Joe.
Sam Howells runs the Plas Bach site in South Wales, established in 2019 this is the newest Gul site and runs Equine Assisted Therapy alongside Gul's outdoor provision at Go Wild.
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The team at Gul is part of one big community, made up of 16 paid members of Staff and over 30 volunteers, the charity literally couldn't function without their hard work and dedication.
Below is a short Highlights reel of the Staff at Gul, what they do and in some cases why they do it too. Over the next 12 months Gul will be updating its YouTube channel to include more short videos about its staff and their motivations for getting involved.