Arrow Riding Centre for the Disabled

21/12/2024

And that is us done for Christmas! Lots of lessons this morning using our Christmas tree pole work, lots of gifts received - thank you so much everyone! Doesn't Val look great in her new light up hat 😂. Ponies are now on holiday until 3rd January. Big thank you to our volunteers! Have a great Christmas everyone, see you next year!

19/12/2024

Fab day at the The London International Horse Show! Govind was brilliant being interviewed by Riding for the Disabled Association (RDA) CEO Michael Bishop in the Live Zone alongside Paralympian Natasha Baker OBE - Paralympic Dressage Rider and Olympian Tom McEwen. What an experience!

19/12/2024

19/12/2024

We still have some unclaimed raffle prizes...if you have any of these tickets from the Carol Concert, please pop into the centre to collect your prize!

18/12/2024

Four years ago, our amazing volunteers made a Christmas video as we couldn't have a carol concert due to Covid. If you haven't seen it have a watch and if you have, watch it again as it's so lovely! From when this video was filmed, we have lost some ponies and volunteers so it's nice to remember them. And a bit of fun! 🎄🎅

Our lovely volunteers and riders have made you a special video to wish you all a very Merry Christmas!Usually we would be holding our annual carol concert no...

17/12/2024

If anyone is heading to the London International Horse Show this week, RDA is this years charity. Pop along to the RDA stand in the shopping area and also make sure you watch Thursday's Live Zone to see our very own Govind with Natasha Baker OBE - Paralympic Dressage Rider and Tom McEwan being interviewed about their competitive journeys. How exciting!! 👏🏻

Only 1 DAY TO GO until The London International Horse Show!✨

We’re thrilled to be the Charity Partner of the Year for the London International Horse Show 2025!

Over the 5 incredible days, we’ll be hosting inspiring and exciting sessions at the Talk Horse Live Zone, featuring amazing speakers like Alanna Clarke, our CEO Michael Bishop, Natasha Baker OBE - Paralympic Dressage Rider, Mari Durward-Akhurst Para Dressage Rider, Govind Nambiar, author Lindsay Nicholson, Faye O'Hara, and our very own Parklane Park Lane Stables RDA.

We can’t wait to see you there!

16/12/2024

Nominations close on the 19th December so if you haven't had the chance to nominate now is the time to do it! Please share with all of your family and friends and let's see if we can do this 🤞🏼

The Benefact Group are donating £1000 to charities with the most nominations - can all our followers help make this happen?! We would so appreciate your nominations 🤞🏼😊
Nominate here https://movementforgood.com/seib

16/12/2024

Our last planned day for riding is this Saturday 21st December but it does depend on whether we have enough volunteers available. Please do let us know if you are planning to ride this Saturday 😊. After Saturday, our ponies are going on their well earned Christmas break and will be ready to welcome everyone back on Friday 3rd January 2025 (where has this year gone 😳!)

15/12/2024

Big well done to Rosa today! Natalie and Rosa have taken part in the Fawkham & District Riding Club dressage series every month since September scoring consistently 1st or 2nd place. Today was the final show of the series and they came 2nd and won the championship 🏆. Red rosettes and big trophies really suit Rosa! Rosa has had a busy but amazing year seeing the world outside of Arrow and I'm sure she is looking forward to her Christmas break! 👏🏻

13/12/2024

💙 Meet Eric 💙
Some of you may have met or even ridden our newest team member Eric. He has been with us for two weeks on trial from Fiona Maynard Para Rider whilst we make sure he is a good fit at Arrow and enjoys being here. He has been an extremely good boy and passed his vet inspection yesterday with Kent Equine Hospital. So today we have agreed with Fiona to buy him and are excited for our future together! A huge thank you to Friendsofshelbynewstead for giving us this opportunity with Eric. Good boy Eric 🌟

We are still on the search for a bigger horse. 15.2hh cob no older than 10 ideally so please keep your eyes peeled!

10/12/2024

What a day we had at our Carol Concert on Sunday! We are totally overwhelmed by the number of people that came, thank you all so much for supporting us ♥️. Our riders and ponies were fantastic and a huge big thank you to all of our volunteers and staff for their hard work, and of course to Val for putting on such a great afternoon. Thanks to all of you, we raised a staggering £4,930 which has blown us away and is just amazing!! Wouldn't it be fantastic if we could raise £70 today to round it off to £5000...please use our Kindlink donation page https://donate.kindlink.com/Arrow-Riding-Centre-for-the-Disabled/4409

We couldn't have done Sunday without so many people so a great big thank you to...
🎄Jeremy Kite
🎄Dartford Concert Band
🎄Dartford Choir
🎄Alistair Gregory
🎄Brian Brockie
🎄Ray Thomas
🎄Dartford Grammar School
🎄ICP Printers

Thank you everyone from all at Arrow. We have had a tough year losing two of our beloved ponies but also some brilliant times. Seeing our riders and their families, our friends and families, our supporters and the local community all coming together on Sunday was the best way to finish this year 👏🏻
Have a lovely Christmas!

08/12/2024

Merry Christmas everyone!!
Thank you for joining us for our annual Carol Concert. Sit back. Relax. And enjoy our festive cheer!

You can donate here - https://donate.kindlink.com/Arrow-Riding-Centre-for-the-Disabled/4409

07/12/2024

We are ready to welcome you all to our Carol Concert tomorrow! The weather may be awful but we have a dry indoor arena to get away from the rain and wind...just wrap up warm! Hot drinks and mince pies will be available to buy along with raffle tickets so please bring cash as unfortunately we cannot take card payments. And of course collection buckets at the end! A big thank you to the volunteers that came this morning to set up. We are all very much looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow 🎄🎅

06/12/2024

🌟🌟🌟Behind the scenes at Arrow!🌟🌟🌟
Today was dentist day for all of the ponies. Our dentist Chris Keates and his team done a fab job making sure all of the ponies teeth were rasped and no sharp edges...not quite like us visiting the dentist is it! They are all done for another year but Chris will be back in 6 months to rasp the younger ponies who have to have a dentist visit twice a year. This is one of the many treatments that the ponies have to have, along with saddle checks, farrier visits, worm counting, vaccinations and physio to help them stay in tip top condition so they can do the fantastic job that they do. Your donations help towards the upkeep of our amazing ponies and it isn't cheap! So we thank everyone that has donated recently, bought raffle tickets and is coming to our annual fundraiser - the Carol Concert this Sunday 🤗
You can donate here 🤞🏼 https://donate.kindlink.com/Arrow-Riding-Centre-for-the-Disabled/4409

05/12/2024

Online raffle tickets sales are still live via our Kindlink donation platform. £1 a strip, sales close Saturday 7th at 12pm, raffle drawn Sunday 8th during our carol concert
https://donate.kindlink.com/Arrow-Riding-Centre-for-the-Disabled/7666?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1h6Jwxt6a6uMuMa03-pOlzxdrOlfvCAMia0eDXgMT6xwWDYTHAgiGpTDE_aem_-oh1posGJVFVUefrrnJl8Q

01/12/2024

🎄🎅🎄1 week to go!!!🎄🎅🎄
The countdown is on! If you have never been to our Carol Concert then this is the year you should! It's the most lovely way to get into the Christmas spirit...carols, nativity (featuring our amazing ponies and riders), mince pies and of course Father Christmas himself! Free entry to all!

27/11/2024

For those unable to make our Carol Concert on the 8th December, you can now purchase raffle tickets online! Raffle tickets will be emailed to you and the raffle will be drawn at the Carol Concert. Raffle ticket sales close 12pm on the 7th December. As usual, raffle tickets will be on sale at the Carol Concert so don't forget to bring cash! £1 per strip. Raffle tickets can be purchased using the link below...