Fell Pony Society
Midlands East Area Support Group
Changes are happening just now, so please see our Facebook Group "Fell
Pony Society - Midlands East Support Group" or our website http://fps-mesg.co.uk/.
CURRENT VACANCY - FPS-MESG Area Coordinator Job Role
The Support Groups were set up by Mary Longsdon to support Fell ponies
and their owners in each area of the country and to help communicate
information from the FPS office in Cumbria. Each area has its own
structure and is free to put on its own activities and shows.
Midlands East covers a large area from Nottingham through to Norfolk and
Suffolk. It has a Coordinator, a Membership Secretary, two Treasurers
and a Performance Awards Organiser. Each county has a named contact
person.
Requirements for Coordinator
@Contact point for anyone interested in Fells or wanting information
about Fells
@Pass on information from the FPS office to Show Organisers or relevant
people
@One meeting with FPS Council a year to give a report to the Council.
Usually on Zoom
@Two reports a year to go in the FPS magazine - deadlines 1st February
and 1st October
@Yearly summary of accounts to FPS office end of March, also list of
Shows/Activities
@Organise an AGM; usually in October each year
@Email or face to face communication with the other organisers
@Support with coordinating any Activities/Shows
@Two newsletters a year with dates or other information for MESG
members. Posted on the Facebook FPS-MESG Group page and the website
@Posting information to Facebook site and website and keeping the
website up to date
@Coordinating Points evening with Performance Awards Organiser
Please contact me to express your interest, either via pm or by sending
an email to nicshortland@yahoo.com
Thank you
Nic Brierley
Contacts for MESG
Area Coordinator: Nic Brierley, nicshortland@yahoo.com
Treasurer and Accounts: Nic Brierley and Wendy Cordon, wendygcordon@gmail.com
Performance Awards: Wendy Cordon
Membership Secretary: Janet Copeland, 07973 620191, copeson@hotmail.co.uk
Essex and Suffolk
Julia Baldwin, 07766 395779
Jo Whitelaw, 01473 832734
Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire
Kate Merry, 01788 823215, bkmerry@gmail.com
Norfolk
Lisa Dunger, 01485 298327
Northamptonshire
Kate Merry
Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire and Rutland
Janet Copeland, 07973 620191, copeson@hotmail.co.uk
Oxfordshire
Nic Brierley
Lincolnshire
Nikki Ash 07771 590938
Cambridgeshire
Rachael Nicholls, 07827 727678, kernow_witch@hotmail.com
Buckinghamshire
Tabitha Bennet, 07969 003724
Events for 2026
Nic Brierley, FPS-MESG Area Coordinator, nicshortland@yahoo.com
All Midlands East activities will be advertised on Fell Pony Society Midlands East Facebook site and the website www.fps-mesg.co.uk Members will be emailed with twice yearly newsletters.
Membership fees will remain at £5.00.
Points Awards Scheme
!!!!!!! IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT !!!!!!!!
From January 2024 onwards the Points Scheme will run from January to December each year. The Awards Presentations will take place early the following year.
Updated Points Awards forms are available to download from the FPS-MESG website or Midlands East Facebook Group page or contact Nic Brierley, nicshortland@yahoo.com. Endurance Points have been added. See below for contact details.