#activate Darwin A Very Darwin Christmas
Come down to BALI VIBES | Beach Alive 2024 and say hi to the ponies. The breeze is perfect and the drinks are cold!
What a fantastic morning at Brekkie in the Park ! Thanks to all that came and said hi!
Well done to City of Palmerston for organising such a great community event! 🤠🐴🤩✨
✨It’s always a fun morning with Jessie!✨
Jessie has taken part in our programs durning the dry for the past three years. She brings so much energy and always put a smile on our faces. 🤩 It’s been fantastic to see her confidence and skills grow! 🤠
As well as being super fun, activities like these have a wide range of benefits, including:
• integrated movement
• visual perception and control
• learning about gravity and properties of objects
• the ability to react and concentrate
• hand-eye coordination
• fine motor skills
• gross motor skills
• confidence building
✨Interested in learning more about our program or supporting our centre?
Check out our website, or get in touch!
#Ridingdevelopsabilities #helpingpeopleacheive #disabilitysupport #topend #helpushelpothers
Volunteer feedback!
Check out our volunteer responses from the 2023 end-of-year volunteer survey!
✨Interested in becoming an RDA Top End volunteer?✨
We have various rewarding and flexible opportunities, Monday to Saturday:
🐴 horse feed and care
🤠 client support
👨🔧 maintenance
Check our website www.rdatopend.org.au/volunteering for more info or drop us a message and we will be in contact.
#Territory #helpushelpothers #community #supportlocal #ridingdevelopsability #ridingforthedisabledtopendinc #jointheteam #opportunities #HelpUsHelpOthers
It's been a huge year for us here at the RDA Top End! We could not have done it without our amazing clients, families, carers, volunteers and partners and supporters. Huge thanks to you all!
Have a lovely break and we look forward to connecting with you in 2024!
The festive celebrations are in full swing here at Riding for the Disabled in the Top End! 🎄
It’s been a huge week kicking off with our Volunteer end-of-year thank you dinner at Cazalys - Palmerston Club! Our volunteers are the heart of what we do and we thank them for their continued support!!
Our President Tania Lesneuck and volunteer Leigh Moore represented the centre at the International Volunteer Day reception on Tuesday evening, organised by Volunteering NT hosted by, The Administrator of the Northern Territory, his Honour Professor The Honourable Hugh Heggie PSM, and Ms Ruth Jones to recognise and celebrate local volunteers in the community.
Thursday night, Tania Lesneuck and Treasa O'Kane attended a fantastic night at the Palmerston Regional Business Association Inc Christmas party! What an amazingly energising, generous and fun business community we have here in Palmerston! Thanks to the organisers for a wonderful evening.
Highlights of the evening were the community's amazing generosity to the event charity Palmerston Boxing Club and @Eva Lawler MLA: Member for Drysdale overview of the year that was presented in a humorous rendition of 12 days of Xmas!
Next up our Client and Volunteers end of year presentations tomorrow here at the centre. We will also be celebrating International Day of People with Disability - Australia!
It’s been a huge year for the RDA Top End. We are delighted to take the time to recognise and celebrate our amazing people and our wonderful community! ✨
Our horses and people will be glad of a well-earned break and look forward to another exciting year ahead!! 🤠
#community #celebrations #territory #volunteerappreciation #ridingdevelopsabilities
Check out this beautiful painting on our horse Jo, created by a very talented student from Henbury School, participating in the RDA Top End 'Saddle Up' Program. 🤠🎨
The program engages 24 students to participate in an 8-10 week program at the centre, funded through the Inclusive Education Grant, Northern Territory Government.
RDA Awareness Week Riding for the Disabled Association of Australia (RDAA)
Ngaree Ah Kit: Member for Karama
#inclustion #RDAAwarenessWeek23 #LetYourLoveFlow #TaniaKernaghan #JasonOwen #ridingdevelopsabilities #saddleup
What a day, 216 pony rides and lots of happy smiling faces at the annual RDA Top End Community Open Day 🐴
Huge thanks to the community for coming out to support the centre. We hope you had a great day!🤠
Huge thanks to our staff, supporters, our amazing volunteers and horses for helping to make it a huge success!!
Top End Mustangs Line Dancing, Darwin, Crocodile CountryHHyper the Clown, Ngaree Ah Kit: Member for Karama
FRM refrigeration and air conditioning, Power and Water, Community Bank Coolalinga & Districts, City of Palmerston, Kate Worden MLA: Member for Sanderson Arafura Traffic Control Pty Ltd Caffeinated Glory
Raffle Prizes
Wetland Cruises, Territory Wildlife Park, Darwin Physiotherapy, Lia Finocchiaro MLA, Eva Lawler MLA: Member for Drysdale
Natasha Screpante
Tania Lesneuck
Siobhan Romaine
Julie Bliss
@Julie Lawrence (Julie Cadd)
Daisy Alice
Treasa O'Kane
#CommunityFun #supportinglocal #funday #ponyrides #helpushelpothers #ridingforthedisabled #thankyou
Long weekend... Trot on down to Bunnings Palmerston and grab a sausage sanga or two! You will be supporting the great work we do here at the RDA Top End! 🌭🤠
Huge congrats to out amazing volunteer Julie Cadd on completing her Level 0 Coach certificate! ✨
Well done Julie!! 🥳
Julie is the second volunteer in the past year to complete Level 0 training with the assistance of Horse Manager Natasha Screpante! 🤠
Wishing our clients, volunteers, supporters, and sponsors a very Happy New Year! The RDA Top End staff and Committee appreciate your contribution to our success in 2022.
May your 2023 be filled with happiness, health, success, and new opportunities!
We look forward to an exciting year and working with you again in 2023!
Northern Territory Government @Community Bank Coolalinga & Districts City of Darwin City of Palmerston Northern Territory Government Bendigo Bank City of Darwin City of Palmerston CAZALYS PALMERSTON CLUB INC | Palmerston Golf & Country Club Halikos Group Bridge Toyota Darwin & Palmerston BMD Group Variety - the Children's Charity NT Palmerston Regional Business Association Inc Elgas Limited Howard Springs Veterinary Clinic Kate Worden Mark Turner Eva Lawler Minister Paul Kirby MLA Lia Finocchiaro MLA Katherine Outback Experience
Arafura Pest Control Wild Science - Wildlife & Feral Animal Management Florance Electrical Sundance farms REGUPOL Grill'd Canva J & R Building, Painting & Repairs, Rural Fire protection, Trevor Warrington-Breffni Construction, Territory Insurance Brokers, Remote Area Tree Service, Stockfeed Shop, Cally Photography, Oasis Tourist Park, Buffalo Bills Western NT Rotary Club of Darwin North, Darwin Racing, Friendly Pools and Spas, Downes Graderways Pty Ltd, NTRS, Saddleworld NT, Rotary Club of Darwin Sunrise, Blue Taxi Company, The Mining Pty Ltd, The Buff Club, Pump365, CCD Electrical, CWA Northern Territory, Precision Marine NT
#communityengagement #supportlocal #makingconnections #ridingdevelopsability #disabilityisnotinability #volunteersmakeadifference #corporatesponsorship #makingadifference #ridingforthedisabled #territory #thankyou #happynewyear2023
