Springing into sweet Spring
Spring kicked off this week with some glorious weather for our riding sessions, it was certainly a case of hello Spring, hello sun! Spring is a wonderful season when, hopefully, we can start to ditch the thermals and spend more time outdoors. Well done to all our riders and thanks to our hard working team of volunteers alongside the quiet heroes of LFRDA, the horses and ponies 💜
Continue reading →Morgan Hair Design
The group had a lovely mood boost from Morgan Hair Design in Billingshurst, who have an LFRDA collecting box in their salon. Many thanks to Vicky and her staff, along with all the customers, for putting their spare change into our box, it all added up to a super total of £14.80, proving that if we ‘take care of the pennies the pounds will take care of themselves’. Morgan have already given us a … Continue reading →
Enjoolata Foundation
Our heartfelt thanks to the brilliant Enjoolata Foundation for the £1,000 grant we recently received. We are delighted, and over the moon, to receive this support from Enjoolata especially in this very tough funding climate. This generous award will help us to continue to create many more magic RDA moments for local riders in our community.
Continue reading →Easter Eggstravaganza Raffle
Easter will soon be upon us and many thanks to volunteer Denise for organising, and putting together, this amazing hamper full of Easter goodies. Tickets at £1 will be on sale at RDA sessions throughout March with the draw taking place on Wednesday 27 March. By entering our egg-stra special raffle you have an egg-cellent opportunity to win this hamper, perfect for sharing (or maybe not!) While every ticket you buy gives you a … Continue reading →
Worshipful Company of Loriners
We were thrilled and extremely grateful to be awarded a grant of £1,000 from the Worshipful Company of Loriners. This award will make a huge difference to us and we simply couldn’t do what we do without the generosity of amazing organisations like the Loriners. On behalf of all of us in the LFRDA community our heartfelt thanks to them for their support and for making our day 💜
Continue reading →Making a Difference Locally
Making a Difference Locally (MADL) is a charity that has been established to help independent retailers support their local communities. A huge thank you to Jayesh and the team at the Nisa store in Upper Beeding who nominated us to receive a donation of £500 – we can’t thank them enough. Everybody knows times are challenging at the moment so we are truly grateful to be supported through MADL. This award is a real bonus … Continue reading →
Happy Half Term
Sometimes it’s not all about the riding – you can’t beat a hug with a horse 💜 No riding sessions next week but we’re back the week after. Biggest hugs for you all for a happy half term!
Continue reading →Hello February, good to see you!
January can be a long month but we’ve made it into February and Spring is in sight! 🌼 Wonderful winter sessions this week and our riders did really well. We welcomed a new equine face, William from Mid Sussex RDA, he was a superstar in every way, as were all the RDA ponies so massive thanks to them and massive thanks to the volunteers for all the incredible work they do 💜
Continue reading →Great to be back!
It was a real pleasure to welcome everyone back even though we needed double thermals!❄️ We’re very happy to be back for a new year, doing what we love. Despite being a tad c-c-c-cold this week every rider rode so well and their ‘ear to ear’ smiles warmed even the chilliest of days. A big well done to everyone and thank you to our wonderful volunteers who make it all possible, alongside the good nature … Continue reading →
Happy horses hoofin a lovely time…
The horses and ponies are enjoying their spell away from RDA, recharging their batteries and being well cared for. All horse owners know it’s a ’round the clock’ full-time commitment keeping equines healthy and happy which needs dedicated management, 365 days a year, even on Christmas day! The team are looking forward to returning to RDA activities next week 💜
Continue reading →Ride in 2024
As we begin to wrap up 2023, and jump ahead into 2024, we would like to take this opportunity to thank you for being part of our family here at LFRDA, we’ve met some pretty amazing people this year. Our heartful gratitude to all of you for the many layers of support which you have given us over another busy RDA year, your support has come in many forms, and is, not only fundamental to … Continue reading →
Merry Christmas🎄
Wishing all our wonderful volunteers, riders, friends, the Family Chestnuts, equine partners and everyone who has supported us this year a very Merry Christmas. Thank you for a great 2023 – looking forward to getting together again in 2024. Warmest greetings for the festive season love Team LFRDA 💜
Continue reading →An extra sprinkling of RDA magic
Christmas hats were the order of the day, for all, for our final riding activities of 2023. Our Christmas fun sessions are one of the highlights of our year and there’s nothing like the festive atmosphere to add an extra sprinkling of RDA magic. Enormous thanks to our volunteers, along with the addition of an extra couple of crew members, for their hard work ensuring everything ran like clockwork, what they do is truly inspiring. … Continue reading →
Feeling Christmassy…
Feeling Christmassy…..we are! As the festive spirit fills the air, and the seasonal rosettes have arrived, you know Christmas is coming – the LFRDA elves are busy getting ready to jingle all the way at our Christmas sessions this week, Ho, Ho, Ho! Here we go…. 💜🎄💜
Continue reading →Huge thank you on International Volunteer Day
“At RDA we are reliant on our volunteers for everything that we do, without their hard work and dedication we would not be able to continue our life-changing work, like no other UK charity does. So thank you. Every volunteer makes the RDA magic and today and every other day we celebrate you” 💜
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