The Riding for the Disabled Association is a federation of Charities which has been established for over 50 years across the UK. In Northern Ireland, we currently have 30 Registered Groups with around 1000 participants per annum and approximately 750 Volunteers without whose contribution it would be impossible to deliver the services we provide.

Our purpose is to provide people of all ages with learning difficulties and physical disabilities with access to horse riding and in some cases carriage driving in order to promote mental and physical health, learning, and general wellbeing. For many of our participants, it may be the only opportunity they get to take part in an active outdoor sport and have fun.

Horses are at the core of what we do and Equine welfare is a primary consideration in all our activities. We are so grateful to all the Owners, Equestrian Centres, Riding Schools and of course the RDA owned centres for facilitating us and all our supporters and sponsors who make this possible.