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Welcome to the South Region website of the Riding for the Disabled Association.

THE SOUTH REGION

We cover Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire and Oxfordshire and have 47 groups within those counties. The groups vary in size and facilities, and offer riding and/or carriage driving for adults and/or children. All instructors have to meet RDA National standards and work closely with physiotherapists to ensure that every individual is encouraged to participate as fully as possible and obtain a sense of achievement.

If you are interested in taking part in riding or carriage driving or would like to know about helping as a volunteer please contact the appropriate County Chairman as detailed by following ‘Groups in our Region’ in the menu above.

Last updated 3rd Febuary 2021

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 2021 NEWS

SAD NEWS

We were absolutely devastated to hear the sad news that one of our Regions wonderful volunteers, Ray died of COVID on 27th January. He was a Volunteer with the Lambourn Group for nine years and many of you will remember him with the South Region Publicity Caravan, which he looked after and ran for five years, between 2015 and 2020, visiting many shows and events around the region, including the National Championships at Hartpury.
We will miss his smile and cheerfulness tremendously. Nothing was ever too much trouble for Ray. He was a fantastic member of the Lambourn team and will be very fondly remembered.
Rest in Peace dear Ray.
 
South Region News Magazine 2021
The deadline for sending in articles for this year’s SR news is 31st January. It has been such a tough time for us all, but as well as the challenges we have faced, there have been some heart warming stories of amazing support as well. If you have any experiences you would like to share, please send your articles, ideally with some photos, to:
elochrane@btinternet.com
We look forward to hearing from you. Thank you.

Creative Writing Competition

Back by popular demand! RDA will be launching the creative writing competition on 13th November 2020, so please help to spread the word. The competition closes on 26 Feb 2021 so there’s plenty of time for riders and drivers to join in.

You can download the information and entry form here (this link may immediately download the document, so don’t be surprised if that happens!) : www.myrda.org.uk/assets/Creative-Writing-Competition-Entry-Form-2021.docx

CORONAVIRUS – UPDATE 

OTHER NEWS

A TRIBUTE TO SPECKLES – ONE OF SOUTH REGION’S GREATEST RDA PONIES

SOUTH REGION RDA NEWS 2020

RDA LAUNCHES IT’S RESILIENCE APPEAL AND REPORT INTO THE IMPACT OF LOCKDOWN ON RDA GROUPS – ImpactSurveyReport

 

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Do look at the Regional News page, which is updated regularly.

The Information Page can be found by hovering over the Information tab at the top of this page. This will bring up a drop down menu and then click on Information, which is highlighted grey.

SOUTH REGION RDA SUPPORTED BY WINDSOR LIONS

www.windsorlions.co.uk