Events Archives - Herefordshire RDA

13 Feb 2025

AGM 2025

Annual General Meeting, EventsCharities, fundraiser, HRDA achievers, supporters, Volunteering

We would like to formally invite you to join us for our annual AGM meeting on Wednesday 19th February 2025. This will be held at Holme Lacy Village Hall, HR2 6LP at 6.00pm. We hope as many of you can join us as possible to hear about: An update on the year that has passed and our activities Plans for the next year and update on the New Centre fundraising and build Awards for riders and volunteers The meeting is expected to take no longer than 1 hour and then we would invite you to join us for a buffet.…

16 Jul 2024

By Claire Chandler

Thanks for coming to our HRDA Charity Race Night! You help raise over £750.00 toward our build-a-barn Campaign…

Donations, Events, Fundraising

Come and join us at our Charity Race Night evening at Holme Lacy village Hall on Saturday 10th August from 7.30PM which you are invited to! Please let your family and friends now that they can come and join us for a thrilling time! So get ready for a night of fun and excitement as we host our HRDA Charity Race Night. Enjoy the thrill of the races while supporting a great cause. Whether you're a seasoned punter or a first-timer, there's something for everyone at this event. The trustees will be running the bar and there will also be…

18 Jun 2024

By Claire Chandler

Position Filled! Yard Manager

communication, Events, Uncategorized

Job Status: Permanent Full Time Hours: 40 hours over 5 days, including weekend days Salary: £24,000 +An opportunity has arisen to join our team at our dedicated Equine Centre at Holme Lacy, Herefordshire. We are looking for an individual who is committed to delivering a high standard of Equine care and riding coaching to help fulfil our clients needs. Herefordshire RDA is a registered charity delivering equine therapy sessions to over 60 people each week with a variety of additional needs. This includes adults, children and various school groups who attend the Centre. This is an exciting time to join…

21 Mar 2024

By Claire Chandler

HRDA Pub Walk and New Site Tour

communication, Donations, Events, Fundraising, Volunteering

Come join us for a fun-filled few hours exploring the local area of Llangrove and checking out our brand new site! The HRDA Pub Walk will take you on a leisurely stroll through the picturesque surroundings of Llangrove Village. After working up an appetite, we'll head to a local pub for some well-deserved refreshments. Once we've fuelled up, get ready for an exclusive New Site Tour where you'll get a sneak peek at our latest project. Meet fellow enthusiasts, enjoy some fresh air, and discover what's happening in our community. Don't miss out on this exciting event! If you would like to join us…

05 Mar 2024

By Claire Chandler

Update on our Build-a-barn Campaign.

Donations, Events, Fundraising, Volunteering

We have raised a WHOOPING £820k of our £1.5m - thank you to everyone who has donated so far, but we still need to keep donations coming in. Help us by donating online https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/buildabarn?utm_source=Sharethis&utm_medium=one_page&utm_content=campaign/buildabarn&utm_campaign=pfp-email&utm_term=755817dcf1774ba3a7a4fb07805db363 JustGiving sends your donation straight to Herefordshire Riding for the Disabled UK and automatically reclaims Gift Aid if you are a UK taxpayer, so your donation is worth even more. Thank you for your support!

31 Jan 2023

By Claire Chandler

AGM Thursday 16th Feb from 6.30pm at the Shell Store.

Events, Uncategorized

We are delighted to invite you to our 2023 AGM, this year it will be held on Thursday 16th February 2023 from 6.30pm until 8.30pm at the Shell Store Incubation Centre in Rotherwas, HR2 6JT All RDA riders, supporters & volunteers are very welcome to attend, there will be tea, coffee and cake provided at the meeting. This years meeting will cover an update on our current financial situation, approving last year's accounts and giving an update on our plans to take the RDA forward in 2023/24, plus rider and volunteer awards. It is free to attend - just register yourself…

06 Sep 2022

By Claire Chandler

30th Celebration Tea Party Success

communication, Donations, Events, Fundraising, Uncategorized

We can’t say thank you enough! All of us at Herefordshire Riding for the Disabled would like to thank each and everyone of you who attended and made donations on Saturday 20th August 2022. HRDA Centre manager Claire Chandler and RDA coach said: Our 30th celebration Tea Party was a great success, over 80 people attended; including the Mayor and High Sherriff of Hereford, which gained a lot of press and we raised over £450.00 on the day from the raffle, mechanical horse rides and tea/cake stall.Claire Chandler The money raised from the event will directly help HRDA to continue…

19 Jul 2022

By Claire Chandler

Tea Party Fundraiser – Sat 20 August – save this date!

Events, Fundraising, Uncategorizedfundraiser, meet the ponies, RAFFLE, supporters, teaparty

We are planning a fabulous summer tea party and fundraiser to commemorate 3 decades at Holme Lacy and celebrate all of our valued support from volunteers, managers and horses over the years - and of course our riders. This will take place 1pm-3.30pm (free admission via a prebooking link on Eventbrite - watch this space!) We'll have a super RAFFLE and tunes from the 1990's onwards, plus activities and cake, plenty of cake! Details to follow - be ready to share with friends SATURDAY 20 AUGUST for the afternoon.

26 Apr 2022

By Claire Chandler

New! Supporter meetups: first Weds of month, 12-3pm

Events, Horses, Volunteeringcoffee and cake, fundraiser, in person meeting, meet the ponies, supporters

Now summer is coming we'd love to see more of you - come back in person to chat about our activities at Holme Lacy, so that we can help supporters to self manage a couple of mini project plans around our upcoming fundraising. We'd like to welcome everyone on a regular day and time, so this can also double up as a drop in for other visitors who could like a chat with everyone. We suggest the first Wednesday of the month, 12 til 3pm: 90 minutes structured + 90 minutes for guests to improvise or drop in Lets all…

19 Apr 2022

By Claire Chandler

Hereford Buffs Race Night – fundraiser

Donations, Events, Fundraising, HorsesHereford Buffs, Race Night, Railway Club, social, supporters

First Race 19:30 - Railway ClubSaturday 23rd April 2022GWRSA, BARTON YARD, HR4 OAZ This weekend there is a charity fundraiser for HRDA in Hereford at the Railway Club, by Hereford Buffs. It is a racing evening where you can enjoy watching some equine sports and donate to support our therapy horses and riders. Take a friend and enjoy some camaraderie to support the therapies we offer. Some of the names in the re-runs might be familiar, but our calm ponies are not the actual racers! Free Entry. DONATE CASH FOR DISABLED RIDERS& SUPERB THERAPY HORSESDINKY - TILLY - MG -…

10 Jan 2022

By Claire Chandler

FESTIVE OPEN DAY AND RAFFLE 2021

Events, FundraisingCHRISTMAS, FUNDRAISING, OPENDAY, RAFFLE, TILLY

We'd like to acknowledge everyone who supported our festive Open day and Grand Raffle, Dec 15 2021.The fundraiser generated £322.50 toward our running costs. Tilly came out for a meet and greet, Steady Eddie rocked the tinsel and several people got lucky with raffle wins. We thank the generous businesses in our community for offering such good prizes:WAITROSE - festive hamper HEREFORD DELI – festive hamperPAUL LIGAS PHOTOGRAPHY – art print (choose from web) THE COURTYARD – 2 cinema vouchersRADWAY BRIDGE - shopping voucherCROCHET BLANKET - hand made UNISEX MITTENS - hand knittedWILD COCKTAILS - hardback recipe book WESTONS –…

31 May 2018

By Rachael King

Competition and BBQ May the 28th 2018

Events

On the May bank holiday we had a in house dressage competition for HRDA riders. It was great to see some new people having their first go at competing. Ryan Gwilliam is setting the standard this year by winning his second in house dressage competition on Maisie. After the Dressage we set up a handy pony course which a number of riders enjoyed riding around. Whilst the competition was going on we had a BBQ outside, and stalls selling cakes, crafts and many other donated items. There was a great atmosphere and it was great to see everybody encouraging each…

29 May 2018

By Rachael King

Nick Skelton visit.

Events

A big thank you to Hereford Lions club for organising a surprise visit from Nick Skelton on Monday May the 14th 2018. A number of riders and volunteers enjoyed meeting him and being able to ask him various questions about his career, whilst being able to hold his Olympic medals. He watched a couple of lessons that were going on, for adults and children, and was very interested in how our riders benefit physically and mentally from riding. Later he was shown around our stables and met our team of horses, whilst asking many questions about the centre. He very…

15 May 2018

By Rachael King

Open day April the 9th 2018

Events

Our open day went very well thanks to our Judge, competitors and volunteers. In the morning our clients took part in a dressage competition, for some of them it was their first experience of competing. Huge congratulations to Ryan Quilliam for winning the competition on Maisie, by riding a very accurate walk, trot test. Later we set up a handy pony course in the indoor school, which comprised of 12 tasks such as opening a gate, throwing a ball through a hoop and many more. Some riders had never seen this before and were keen to have ago. Whilst this…

25 Jul 2017

By Rachael King

25th year celebrations

Events

To celebrate our actual Anniversary we had a hours hack, in which we went for a lovely hack up above Holme Lacy House. It was a very warm day and we came back to enjoy drinks and a beautifull cake, which was made by Sue Griffiths. Through the week we had a number of groups who came to see us. They were able to look around the yard, have a go on our mechanical horse, and sit and watch the lessons that were going on. They enjoyed some drinks and anniversary cake whilst chatting. It had a great effect on…

09 Mar 2017

By Rachael King

Great fun was had at half term

Events

HALF TERM FUN. We ran lots of activities, that were very popular. On the Monday we ran a own a pony day, which was full up. During the day riders were busy grooming their ponies, tacking up and untacking for lessons. They learnt about the day to day care of the ponies. They also rode in a gymkhana in the morning and had a flat lesson in the afternoon. This gave them the opportunity to spend time with their favourite pony, and make new friends. We also had our first hour group jumping lesson, which went very well. Blue really…

21 Jan 2017

By Jo Mcghee

February Half Term Activities

Events

Half Term is just round the corner. See what we have going on. All activities have limited spaces, not to be disappointed please book EARLY!!! Monday at 1 pm - 2 pm A Show Jumping lesson with Rachael, only book for this if you can trot of the lead rein in control. Wednesday at 10:30 am to 11:30 am Gymkhana (games on horse back) open to all Thursday Own a Pony full day 10:30 - 3:30 or half day morning 10:30 - 12:45, half day afternoon 1:15 - 3:30 open to all Friday at 1 pm -…

01 Jan 2017

By Rachael King

Merry Christmas everybody

Events

The last riding lessons before Christmas were spent playing gymkhana games, poke the present, musical cones and many more. Leah and Shamrock got into the festivities by dressing up, which inspired a few of our riders. We would like to say a big thank you for all of our lovely presents, the horses particularly liked the carrots. We would also like to thank all the volunteers who are giving the horses a well deserved holiday. Merry Christmas everybody.

01 Jan 2017

By Rachael King

College dressage on 20/11/16

Events

We would like to thank the college for allowing our staff, volunteers and clients to take part in their college dressage competition. This was a great opportunity for our riders to experience competing with in their familiar school, but with outside judges and against other riders. Some of our riders have never had the opportunity to compete before, so they have learnt how to read a dressage test and memorize it. They have also learnt about what preparation is needed prior to the competition, to full fill their full potential. I would like to thank all staff and volunteers for…

01 Jan 2017

By Rachael King

Half term Halloween fun

Events

Halloween half term activities included a own a pony day, where riders got the chance to be involved in the day to day care of their pony. we had a lovely big group which enabled riders to meet up with old friends and make new ones. During the day they all had a group riding lesson and went out for a hack along the old railway line. Whilst out we collected apples, so that everyone could give their pony a treat, which they all loved. During the week we took a large group out for an hours hack. This is…

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