BORDON firm Coomers Timber and Building Supplies presented a group for disabled riders with a cheque for £2,500.

The Broadlands Group Riding for the Disabled Association, in Medstead, says it is the only specialist centre for disabled riders in Hampshire.

It provides a safe and specialised environment in which children and adults with disabilities benefit, both physically and psychologically, from riding.

Broadlands depends on a small army of volunteers and a multitude of money-raising ventures to keep the centre viable and able to continue its work.

A huge fundraising campaign is currently under way as Broadlands urgently needs to replace the crumbling asbestos roof of its riding school and to improve facilities in order to expand and help more disabled people, including those with Down’s syndrome, cerebral palsy, spina bifida and autism. Broadlands would also like to be able to help accident victims and sufferers of post traumatic stress disorder.

Coomers, in Woolmer Way, adopted Broadlands as its 2017 charity of the year, with fundraising events taking place at its three branches in Bordon, Alton and Haslemere, plus at corporate events in 2017.

Coomers would like to thank all its customers for their generous donations and is delighted that more than £23,000 has been raised in total for its nominated charities since 2010.

Jill Hammond, from Coomers, presented the cheque for £2,500 to Carol Cooper, from Broadlands, on Monday, January 15.

The Hunter Centre, at the Marjorie Gray Hall in Grayswood Road in Haslemere, is Coomers’ charity of the year for 2018, providing day care for those with dementia and support for their families and carers.

* For more information on Broadlands, visit broadlandsgrouprda.org.uk, or to donate visit globalgiving.org/projects/therapeutic-care-for-the-disabled.