Category Archives: Volunteers
Meet Our Social Media Team
We are thrilled to have a team of lovely volunteers helping us run our social media platforms, and since the name of the game is social, we thought it would be nice for you to learn a bit about who … Continue reading
Assistant to the Secretary of the Board of Trustees
Job description Role: Assistant to the Secretary of the Board of Trustees Responsible to: Secretary of the Board of Trustees Key contacts: Chair of Trustees, Company Secretary, Centre Manager Remuneration: Voluntary basis Who we are The Avon Riding Centre for … Continue reading
Becoming a Trustee
Passionate about achieving wellbeing through life enhancing opportunities? Then why not be one of our Trustees? The Avon Riding Centre for the Disabled exists to provide benefits for adults and children with additional or specific needs through horse riding and … Continue reading
Find Out about Volunteering at Avon Riding Centre on 31st January 2018
RDA Mid West Display at The Festival of British Eventing August 2017
A total of twenty seven riders took part in this year’s event, including six of our riders: Laura Barefoot on Barney, George Hunter on Baby, Jahziah Dixon on Jim, Harry Fallowfield on Spike, Sophie Standing on Frankie and Heidi Parry … Continue reading
Volunteer Riding Opportunities
For a change, we thought it might be nice to offer our volunteers the opportunity to have a ride instead of just leading a horse around! There are a variety of lessons available at a reduced rate dependent on your … Continue reading
Makaton and riding lessons
If you’re an arena volunteer and are working with people who use Makaton to communicate, you might find it useful to check out this handy guide to some of the vocabulary you’d need in a lesson. Makaton is used to supplement spoken … Continue reading
Safeguarding for Volunteers
SAFEGUARDING – NOTICE FOR VOLUNTEERS Safeguarding is the action taken to protect children and vulnerable adults from abuse and neglect. As a Centre safeguarding is extremely important to us. Below we explain a bit more about Safeguarding and urge … Continue reading
Volunteer Coach Vacancies
Vacancy: Volunteer RDA Coach We are currently recruiting Volunteer RDA Coaches: (Minimum 2-3 hours per week, weekday, school term time only) We are one of the largest Riding for the Disabled Association (RDA) Centres in the country. We provide therapeutic … Continue reading
Could you help with our Open Day?
Some of you may have seen that we are running an Open Day on Sunday 9th October. It aims to be an inclusive day with tons for families to do. Could you help? HELP BEFORE THE DAY: We need cakes! … Continue reading