Care Assistance is wide-ranging and not only limited to medical help for injuries. Both well-known, and other less well-known jockeys, have been helped in many ways. Indeed over a quarter of beneficiaries have also worked as stable lads and stud grooms. Our aim is to assist with medical care, to alleviate financial problems and stress, and in some cases, to restore dignity to the lives of those who may have fallen on particularly hard times. Some examples of how we help include:- Nine Almoners who cover the UK, providing care, assistance, compassion and advice to injured jockeys A network of Visitors who visit beneficiaries on a regular basis, especially the more elderly, providing companionship and relief from isolation Medical treatment and equipment Contributions to Private Medical Insurance Medical expenses, regular grants and charitable assistance of almost £1.5m a year. Advantageous home loans - totalling £4m to date The Annual Robert & Elizabeth Hitchins Holiday in the warmth of Tenerife for more than 50 beneficiaries Wheelchairs, both manual and electric Help with education where a jockey's child has special needs Transport for the old and infirm Emergency cash Retraining opportunities - through the Jockeys Employment & Training Scheme (JETS) Accommodation Televisions for older injured jockeys; present cost £ 16,000 a year

Jonathan Haynes still trains and runs a B&B on his farm in Cumbria Sharron Murgatroyd taking delivery of her new electric wheelchair (left) and putting her new chair through its paces (right).