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The Riding For The Disabled Association is a national charity that enables people with a disability to enjoy the many benifits of riding or driving a horse or pony. This is achieved through education, therapy and an abundance of fun.

Popularity
Around 23,000 people from across the UK a year take part and enjoy riding, carriage driving and equine vaulting activities organised by the Riding For The Disabled Association.

Location
The Riding For The Disabled Association now has almost 500 locally found Member Groups across the UK.

Age
All and any age.

Ability
Riding For The Disabled Association Groups work across the spectrum of disabilities. The focus being to ensure that each individual has the chance to derive a direct therapeutic benefit and the opportunity to aieve their personal goal.

Voluntary Work
The Riding For The Disabled Association has around 18,000 volunteers, but many more are needed to enable more people to benifit from the associations work.
Riding For The Disabled Association vollunteers gain as much enjoyment and fullfilment from the activity as the people they are supporting.

Level of Demand
The table below shows the maximum levels of demand that this activity requires. NOTE: These are not entry levels or levels of requirement and has nothing to do with ability.

Energy

Arms

Legs

Sight

Hearing

Speech

Learning

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