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Disability :: Sports
Equestrian :: Sports

Riding for the Disabled Association - Federation of some 600 groups throughout the UK. Includes national news and contacts.
Driving Group) - Provides riding and carriage driving for people of all ages with disabilities, mainly in the Somerset, Bath and Bristol area. News, photographs and diary dates.
About Carriage Driving for the Disabled - Summary of the development of carriage driving for the disabled in the UK. Provided by a publisher who donates a percentage of profits to the RDA.
Avon Riding Centre for the Disabled - Purpose-built RDA centres providing the opportunity for disabled children and adults to ride each week. Includes latest news, details of horses and ponies, fundraising, sponsorship and diary dates. Located in Bristol, Avon.
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Bank Farm RDA - Group in Bellingdon, Buckinghamshire who have developed a saddle which allows children to ride without being held. Includes portraits of the horses and a newsletter.
Meta Description: [ RDA Bank Farm, Bellingdon, Horse Riding and driving for the disabled ]
Bannockburn RDA - Stirling group. Includes meetings, events, newsletter and location.
Chigwell Riding Trust for Special Needs - Specialist riding centre in Essex. Diary, news and request for volunteer helpers.
Meta Description: [ First riding centre for special needs in the world ]
Clwyd Special Riding Centre - North Wales riding centre offers disabled riding holidays and rides for the disabled. Meet the horses, diary, location and information for volunteers.
Meta Description: [ Riding for the Disabled Centre in North Wales that offers superb facilities, carriage driving, equestrian vaulting, disabled riding holidays, and provides rides for about 170 disabled people each week. Winter non-riding holidays also available. ]
Elisabeth Curtis Centre - Riding for the Disabled group near Bedford. Includes history, riders, ponies, diary dates, a poem, and details of RDA holidays.
Epsom Riding for the Disabled - Includes events, news, horse pictures and details, donation and facilities information. Located in Surrey.
Meta Description: [ Epsom riding for the Disabled Association, Epsom RDA is a charity providing riding for the disabled. Superb facilities in a friendly environment. Situated on Hook Road Epsom. ]
Felicity Coulthard Equestrian - UK based disabled dressage rider outlines her interest and aspirations regarding equestrian sports, in particularly dressage, and her love of horses.
Meta Description: [ Website of UK based dressage rider Felicity Helen Coulthard. Find out about, Felicity her horses as well as news about competitions, sponsorship and opportunities. ]
Fortune Centre - Dorset stables running the Further Education through Horsemastership course for young people with learning difficulties. Includes background information on equine assisted therapy.
Meta Description: [ The Fortune Centre runs the Further Education through Horsemastership course which is an innovative way of improving basic and living skills for young people with learning difficulties. ]
Herons Ghyll RDA Carriage Driving Group - South East group with carriages that take wheelchairs and five ponies. Committee, news, competition results, what's on and photographs.
Meta Description: [ heronsghyll-rda.co.uk ]
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Ludlow and District Riding for the Disabled Association - Introduction and contact details for this Shropshire group.
Middleton Park Equestrian Centre - Multi-purpose riding facility in Leeds with specialist facilities. Includes off road hacking and carriage driving in 300 acres of parkland.
Meta Description: [ Middleton Park Equestrian Centre is a multi-purpose riding facility where fun and learning come together. ]
Perry Riding and Driving Group - Overview, volunteer requirements, description of a riding session, how RDA works and a newsletter. Near Shrewsbury in Shropshire.
Meta Description: [ riding for the disabled ]
Ravelrig Riding for the Disabled - Therapeutic riding for people with learning or physical handicaps in Edinburgh. Information about mission, becoming a rider or a volunteer, facilities and news included. .
Meta Description: [ Ravelrig Riding for the Disabled ]
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Rectory Riding Stables - Riding for the disabled group in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. Philosophy, appeal for sponsorship and information on the horses.
Meta Description: [ Riding stables in Milton Keynes. Horses and ponies to love! Riding for the disabled a speciality. ]
Riding for the Disabled - Clydesdale Branch - An introduction to the group and an appeal for helpers with cheery smiles and wellies.
Meta Description: [ An accumulation of the societies and organisations of the Royal Burgh of Lanark, Scotland ]
Riding for the Disabled - Penniwells Group - Meet the horses, a tour of the facilities and the benefits of riding. Based in Elstree, Hertfordshire.
Meta Description: [ Welcome to the Penniwells Riding for the Disabled. Our aim is to provide disabled people with the opportunity to ride to benefit their health and well-being. ]
Riding for the Disabled Association, Stanford - Leicestershire group offers hints for helpers and tick sheets for the riding grade badges. Activities range from competing in the Special Olympics to riding with music.
Meta Description: [ Riding for the Disabled at a British Horse Society approved family run riding school in rural Leicestershire. ]
Riding for the Disabled Association: Gordon Group - Includes session dates and times, photo galleries, group history, and horse profiles. Located in Tweed-dale, just outside Inverurie.
Riding for the Disabled, Buchan Group - The group hires facilities and horses twice a week at Annandale Equestrian Centre in Aberdeenshire. How to help and further details.
South Buckinghamshire Riding for the Disabled Association - News, history, details of their horses and how to help the group.
Tenacre Equestrian Centre - Provides children's summer camps and riding for the disabled. Includes contact details and prices. Boston, Lincolnshire.
West Lothian and District Group RDA - Information about RDA, the ponies, carriage driving, program of events, membership, and newsletters. Located in Winchburgh.
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