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2024 KNOLE PARK FUNDRAISING RIDE
SATURDAY 12th OCTOBER

Thank you to all the riders, volunteers and supporters who contributed to the success of our 2024 Knole Park Fundraising Ride.

Fantastic official photos from LRG Photography are available to view and purchase here.

And the organiser's report can be read here.

SEVENOAKS MAYOR CHOOSES BRADBOURNE RDA

We were delighted, honoured and privileged to be chosen as one of the two charities Sevenoaks Town Council Mayor, Cllr Libby Ancrum, has nominated to support during her Civic Year.  Click for more details ...
VIRTUAL BALLOON RACE
EASTER 2024

Thank you to everyone who got involved in our first virtual balloon race - we had 37 balloons entered in the Easter Race, taking on over 900 balloons from multiple charities across the UK.

Incredibly, the winner of the whole race was a Bradbourne RDA balloon that travelled 138.8km from Mexico City! Congratulations to Lee, one of our coaches, who named his balloon in honour of our dearly missed horse, Finn. We like to think dear Finn was influencing the balloon's flight from above. 

Well done also to our second and third place balloons - Missy that finished 6th in the race and Love Storm that finished 8th overall.
QUIZ NIGHT
THURS 14th MARCH 2024

Thank you to everyone who contributed to the success of our quiz night. The event was a sell-out and raised the fantastic sum of almost £450 towards pony care.

BLETCHINGLEY GOLF CLUB FUNDRAISING AUCTION

Thank you to everyone who supported the Captain’s Charity Day from sponsors and prize donors to players and everyone who bid on the auction and bought raffle prizes, and particularly to Myles the Captain who led an amazing year of fundraising despite all the restrictions.

EASYFUNDRAISING

We are now registered with Easyfundraising which means you can raise FREE donations for us every time you shop online.  Over 4,000 shops and sites will donate to us when you use Easyfundraising to shop with them – at no extra cost to yourself.  It only takes a moment to sign up and tick for reminders here.

GRANTS

We were delighted to be successful in our applications for funding support from the Coronavirus Community Support Fund, distributed by The National Lottery Community Fund, and the Sport England Community Emergency Fund, and for the contribution from the KCC Combined Members Grant to help us feed and care for our ponies while closed during spring and summer.

CHARITY EXCELLENCE  QUALITY MARK

The Group has now achieved the Quality Mark from the Charity Excellence Framework through which ongoing health checks of the charity’s quality systems and governance will be assessed.

SME NEWS AWARD

Bradbourne Group Riding for the Disabled Association has been awarded Best Disability Sports Centre – Kent in the SME News Southern Enterprise Awards 2020.  The judges highlighted the Group had ‘demonstrated excellence, commitment, and dedication even in the face of uncertainty, and after overcoming such disruption, we believe more than ever, should be recognised.’

THE BENEFITS OF VOLUNTEERING WITH RDA

Recent research has shown that volunteering with RDA has huge mental and physical benefits for volunteers as well as participants.

Why not get in touch and find out for yourself?

Click on the picture above to see our latest Newsletter.

Our Aim

The objective of the Riding for the Disabled Association is to give the opportunity of riding or driving to any disabled person who might benefit in their general health and well being. Working across the spectrum of disabilities, age range, social status and urban and rural environments, our focus is to help each individual to derive a direct therapeutic benefit and to achieve their personal goal. 

At our base at Bradbourne Riding and Training Centre in Sevenoaks, Kent we have:

 Acres of fields and woodland
 Indoor school 
 About 12 horses and ponies of various shapes and sizes
-  Over 100 volunteers including 12 coaches

We have over 200 registered riders and carriage drivers of whom more than 120 ride or drive each week.

All of our ponies are suitable age and temperament and have been carefully selected for RDA work. 

All of which enables us to offer a wide range of activities associated with horses and ponies, including:

-  Riding sessions

 Carriage driving sessions

-  Summer camps 

Bradbourne Group Riding for the Disabled Association
Bradbourne Riding and Training Centre, Bradbourne Vale Road, Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 3DH
Registered in England & Wales No. 06334299 as a Company Limited by Guarantee
Registered Charity No. 1122480
A member group of the Riding for the Disabled Association Incorporating Carriage Driving