 Our Mission is to provide the best possible services in order to promote the well-being of racing's people, including employers, employees, the injured and the retired.
We provide support to individuals suffering injury, illness, distress, isolation, financial hardship or other disadvantage.
Who are we?
Racing Welfare is recognised as Racing’s leading welfare charity providing an accessible, responsive and professional occupational welfare service to all of Racing’s people including employers, employees and the retired.
We support all the unsung heroes who form the backbone of the racing industry. These include not just stud and stable staff, but also gallop men and racecourse staff.
Racing’s people face potential dangers whenever they are handling the highlystrung Thoroughbred racehorse. The long hours in adverse weather conditions can bring on premature arthritis and rheumatism as well as early retirement. Now, more than ever, the industry should be taking care of the backroom boys. They don’t always bounce back up from a fall. Sometimes, they need help.
So why do they do it? Because they love the job and without this commitment the racing industry would not survive.
 How do we help?
We deliver an accessible, responsive and professional counselling and advice service which includes:
We provide financial assistance to empower individuals to better cope with disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage by:
- providing financial assistance to those who suffer injury, illness or other disadvantage.
- providing financial assistance to the elderly on minimum levels of income.
We promote healthy living and well-being by providing:
- a fitness scheme and sporting competitions among stable staff.
- education for individuals about healthy lifestyles.
- respite breaks for the injured, ill or otherwise incapacitated.
- a range of events and outings to bring racing people together.
We develop access to good quality affordable housing:
- providing affordable accommodation, with appropriate support, to the retired.
- delivering appropriate housing support to16-21 year olds entering the industry.
- working with others to ensure racing people can access quality affordable accommodation.
Who we help
- We have some 250 beneficiaries and assist another 250, or so, each year on a temporary basis.
- We also help many others with practical assistance and advice, most often to ensure that they receive the statutory benefits that are their due. Our aim is to be available, if needed, from entry into the industry until, and throughout retirement.
- Our help is available across the country through a network of Welfare Officers based in Birmingham, Cheltenham, Epsom, Lambourn,Newmarket, Newton Abbott, North and Middleham. We own over 100 houses for working and retired staff, including some with wardens and nursing care on site.
- We also support a small number of people seriously disabled through accident or illness.
 Some of the Grants we issued in 2006
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Critical illness grant to wife of lad diagnosed with terminal cancer
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Help with water rates for retired lad
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Payment of debts for lad severely depressed after stroke
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Careline pendant for elderly lad with Parkinsons Disease
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Washing machine for disabled beneficiary
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JETS training course for girl unable to ride out after fracturing pelvis
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Grant for shoes and food
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Serious injury grant for lad who had leg amputated after accident
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General welfare for lad with mental health problems
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General welfare for lad with terminally ill wife
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Half cost of physio treatment for girl recovering from broken leg
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Grant for osteopath bills for injured lad who also cares for disabled daughter
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General welfare for girl victim of domestic violence
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Contribution towards cost of installing shower for disabled beneficiary
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New bedding for incapacitated beneficiary
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Grant to girl undergoing chemotherapy for lymphatic cancer
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Payment of drugs rehabilitation treatment
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Grant for large button phone for lad with arthritis in both hands
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Grant towards repair of dental plate
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Grant for general welfare for incapacitated lad with two children
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Installation of 2 disabled ramps for lad paralysed after accident
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Grant for wheelchair for lad disabled after accident
We provided:
- Counselling or advice sessions for over 500 ‘Racing’s People’.
- Financial help for over 300
- 213 quarterly benefits each of £1040 to retired staff.
- Registered some 200 new cases including 7 new quarterly beneficiaries.
 Provided Assistance with Mobility Including:
- Scooters
- Stair-lifts
- Cars adapted for special needs and some specialist motorised wheel chairs
- Provided life skills and personal development training for 177 young people at the British Racing School
- Accommodated 13 young staff in our Newmarket hostel
- Housed over 150 people in 111 properties
- Provided access to gyms and leisure centres for 900 people throughout the UK
- Ran Sporting Competitions involving 500 people and an annual Art Competition
Provided holidays for:
- 38 disabled beneficiaries and their helpers in the purpose built facilities of the Mar-y-Sol Hotel, Tenerife.
- 26 retired racing people at Bodelwyddan Castle in North Wales
- Organised regular coach trips to race days and other attractions for over 300 elderly and retired people.
If someone you know could benefit from our advice and support just call us on
01638 560763. This is on answerphone out of office hours. We can usually help out, if we can’t, we know those who can. |
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