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[Picture: South Bucks RDA Group riders as Robin Hood and his Merry Friends]

South Buckinghamshire Riding for the Disabled Association is a UK charity (registered charity number 1073721) promoting the aims of the Riding for the Disabled Association Incorporating Carriage Driving (registered charity number 244108), by providing people with the opportunity to ride to benefit their health and well-being in the south Buckinghamshire area.

Riding is widely recognised as an excellent form of therapy - building self-confidence, improving concentration and, at the same time, providing recreation, education and sport.

We have over 100 disabled riders, ranging in age from two to past retirement, who use the Group's facilities on a regular basis. Our riders are private individuals, children attending special schools, and teenagers and adults from residential homes and day training centres.

The instructors at South Bucks RDA Group, in partnership with physiotherapists and all our other volunteers, work with riders who have a variety of disabilities. These include: learning difficulties, cerebral palsy, spina bifida, paraplegia, rheumatoid arthritis, Down's syndrome, epilepsy, deafness, blindness and limb amputation.

All of the Group's riders are encouraged to achieve - whether this be sitting up for a count of 10, competing at regional, national and international levels, or taking proficiency tests in riding and stable management.

All who attend South Bucks RDA Group get great pleasure from riding and just being with horses; as well as benefiting from learning experiences and friendship in safe and supportive surroundings.

[Picture: South Bucks RDA Group started 40 years ago, as Bucks and Berks Riding for the Disabled Centre at East Burnham Park, on the 24th of May in 1965.] [Picture: South Bucks RDA Group wins The Queen's Award for Voluntary Service.]

In 2005, South Bucks RDA Group celebrated 40 years of improving lives, through offering riding opportunities to disabled children and adults. You can find out about the past 43 years of the group in our History section. And you can catch up with our more recent news, in the News section.

In 2006, South Bucks RDA Group received The Queen's Award for Voluntary Service. The Award, announced by The Queen in 2002 to mark the occasion of her Golden Jubilee, recognises excellence in voluntary activities carried out by groups in the community. You can find out more about the Group's nomination and the Award in our Special Report.

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