Dear RDA UK volunteers and staff,

As you will have seen from the recent email from Caroline, The RDA UK Board has appointed Paul Ringer as Interim Chief Executive. We are delighted to welcome him to the team. If you missed it, a reminder that there is an introductory video of Paul that you can watch here: https://youtu.be/hgFlc6nZ7do. We will be telling groups tomorrow about Paul’s appointment.

 

Group Activity Levels Survey

We’ve had a great turnout for this survey, so please extend our thanks to your groups. We’d still love more to take part, so anything you can do to encourage groups would be much appreciated. It should only take about 5 minutes to complete. 

Survey link: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/YFRM6N7

 

RDA Silent Auction – Live now!

Our Silent Auction, raising money for the RDA National Training Centre, is now live! There are some fantastic lots to bid on including money-can’t-buy experiences, exclusive days out, sporting events, memorabilia and much more! It will remain open until midday on the 25th March. 

To view and bid on the lots, follow this link here:https://www.rdacharityauction.org.uk/

More information about the Silent Auction can be found on our website here: https://www.rda.org.uk/donate/

 

Badminton Charity of the Year

As some of you may know already, RDA has been selected as the Badminton Horse Trials Charity of the Year. We are excited to be able to raise awareness of our work, encourage support and raise valuable funds. As Charity of the Year there will be some extra special elements for visitors to enjoy, including a display by RDA riders from the local area. 

Many thanks to those of you involved in the planning and support for this event.

Read more here: https://www.rda.org.uk/news_cpt/rda-named-badminton-charity-of-the-year/

 

Weekly Webinars

This week: Getting Creative with your Coaching with RDA Group Coach Hesther Tingley (Thursday 10thMarch 7pm)

RDA Group Coach Hesther Tingley will be talking about some creative coaching techniques.

Register here:  https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_cS-Bkp6gS4aQPPanOLzgDA

Next week: Green Card & Health and Safety (Thursday 17th March 7pm)

Faye McKenning, Projects Coordinator: Volunteer Development, and Marisa Bretherton-Mackay, Group Support and Business Operations Manager, will be going over some new aspects of the updated Green Card, helpful reminders on how to run your sessions safely and discussing the e-Learning courses.

Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GJw7UUc1RGusRvNrEFivBg

 

Countryside Challenge Training Video

There is now a new Countryside Challenge Training video, available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tk3o22_0qXA

 

Best wishes,

 

Brigitta Falcini

Communications Coordinator

Riding for the Disabled Association