New Yatt RDA

12/12/2024

Congratulations to Ken for receiving his ‘Over and Above’ award today from Coach Pam Mason. Ken’s award is in recognition of his hard work and dedication to organising our afternoon horse care rota. Thank you Ken.

10/12/2024

A huge thank you to our Monday morning rider Darcey for delivering these wonderful handmade treats to our volunteers. It was just what we all needed last week after a full morning of muddy yard jobs and back to back lessons. Thank you 🙏🏻

09/12/2024

Monday morning riders Erika-Beth and Skye braved the cold, wet weather to take their Grade 3 Horse Care tests today. Congratulations to you both on passing with full marks. 🎉🏅🐴

30/11/2024

Congratulations Bailey on passing your Grade one riding proficiency test today on Betty! You are doing so well we are all very proud of you!

27/11/2024

On Monday morning Darcey and Dylan took part in one of our horse care sessions where they helped groom our ponies, pick out their feet, put their rugs on and then learnt how to clean their tack and tack boxes. Both Dylan and Darcey were awarded with their Grade 2 Horse Care certificates and badges. Congratulations to you both! We are super proud of you both.

25/11/2024

On Saturday we congratulated Tilly, Jake, Heidi, Louis, Olivia and Joey on all completing their Grade 1 Riding proficiency tests. All these riders have been practising over the last few weeks on sitting happily in walk and halt, and in changing the rein. They have all held the reins and demonstrated a number of exercises such as standing up in their stirrups, leaning out to reach a toy and drop it off, or reaching forward to touch their ponies ears. We are very happy and proud they are all making great progress!

24/11/2024

We had a really fun morning at this event, despite the weather. Thank you to everyone who helped us sort tack and/or donated items for us to sell. Thank you to the organising team (tutors and students at Abingdon & Witney College) for running such a lovely event! And thank you to the other sellers/buyers for helping us raise much needed funds for New Yatt RDA 🙏🏻🐴💚

24/11/2024

All set-up (and already selling, raising money for New Yatt RDA) at the Abingdon & Witney College (Common Leys campus) Tack Sale! We’re (along with lots of other sellers) here until 12noon - come along for lots of tack (and other horsey related) bargains! 🐴 💚

There’s also a fab raffle and refreshments, run by the college students.

20/11/2024

Mondays are a busy day- Taylor and Bella have both passed their Level 2 riding proficiency tests - both of them have started riding new ponies in the past few weeks- Harry and Peggy- so this challenge was extra special as they have both bonded with their new ponies and made excellent progress! Well done Taylor and Bella

19/11/2024

And we’ll be there! Selling secondhand tack etc. to raise funds for New Yatt RDA. Please join us! ⬇️ 💚 🙏🏻

Our tack sale is this weekend! We hope to see you there. This is a great oppprtunitu to grab yourself a winter bargain. We will have refreshments available and will be hosting a raffle too!

18/11/2024

Luca and Juno have both been riding at New Yatt RDA for some time now - both have today passed their Grade 1 proficiency test in riding and horse care. Well done both for great riding and concentrating and their smiles say it all! Tia and Splash were super today and helped their riders pass their tests

15/11/2024

New Yatt RDA are pleased to support the upcoming Abingdon and Witney College Tack Sale
We will be selling surplus tack and riding equipment etc in aid of our funds.
We will be happy to sell your surplus equine stuff too- please drop it off in the next week at the tack room.
Please come and support us all and buy if you can, and let anyone you know about it, free entry just turn up on the day!

15/11/2024

Please nominate us if you can.

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14/11/2024

You can nominate New Yatt RDA for the Movement for Good Award from Benefact Group. Click on the link below and put our name in, one nomination per person per charity! It's free and every vote counts!
Did you know we get no government or central RDA funding? We rely almost entirely on our community giving donations and gifts in Wills. Did you know that 69% of our income comes from donations and gifts in Wills? Your donations secure our work with disabled adults and children every day, help us provide more services and transform more lives with therapeutic riding. Thank you for your support, it means a lot1

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13/11/2024

On World Kindness Day we wanted to celebrate one of the kindest, committed volunteers we know. Jane has not only been awarded with her 15 years of service award this year, she has also received her ‘Over and Above’ certificate for doing over 80 evening checks at our yard. Congratulations Jane!

13/11/2024

A huge thank you to Wednesday volunteer Simon for gifting us a new bench for the yard. We just need to find a way of stopping Milo the Cat from sunbathing on it!

12/11/2024

Last but very much not least, Annie S is part of our horse welfare team, and our safeguarding officer, and a long standing Trustee - here she tells us why she joined New Yatt RDA
"In common with many people who volunteer with RDA, I was a pony mad little girl and teenager. However, as I got a bit older other responsibilities and commitments meant I wasn't able to continue to ride or have much contact with ponies. The love of horses never diminished so when I retired from being a social worker for over 30 years, and I knew that New Yatt RDA was close to where I live, I applied to be a Volunteer. I have been with the Group for nearly 7 years and a Trustee for ?? years. It's a real privilege to see the enormous benefits that riding can give our riders and to be closely involved in our ponies' health and wellbeing. In addition, I've loved making new friends and continuing to learn from the experience of the other Trustees and Coaches in the Group." photo updated!

12/11/2024

Kate is a coach trustee and secretary at New Yatt
“ When I moved to HK in 1996 I wanted to volunteer and having ridden as a child I chose RDA where I made friends and enjoyed learning about the benefits of riding therapy. I then had three kids and Max was diagnosed with autism- so when he was offered riding therapy I rejoined RDA as a weekly helper. On moving back to UK I made it a mission to find local groups and helped at Rossway and now at New Yatt after moving to Oxford in 2018. I trained as a coach and have found it a wonderful learning experience - now as a Trustee I am finding out how much work goes on behind the scenes to keep the group functioning in a healthy and positive way. I have met many horses and friends over the years and always look forward to my RDA days.”