Volunteering
We Need Volunteers
We always welcome new volunteers and can’t run this wonderful organisation without their help. Please consider giving a few hours a week to keep our group running.
It is not necessary to have any previous experience of carriage driving as training will be given.
Provide support for the ponies as requested by the coaches out on drives, either on bicycles, on foot or in support cars.
Paddock and stable management.
Assist with fundraising.
RDA Carriage Driving offers much needed outdoor health and wellbeing therapeutic benefits for individuals whose conditions often preclude them from taking part in ridden therapy.
Shifford is a small independent charity group affiliated with the Riding for the Disabled Association. We are run entirely by volunteers and financially reliant upon our own fundraising, donations and legacies left direct to our charity.
Our funds are applied directly to the care of our ponies to cover the costs of feed, vet and farriers’ bills and to the costs of insurance. We also have to purchase and maintain equipment such as carriages, harness, bicycles and trailers. Our current annual running costs are in the region of £9–10K.
Please consider making a donation large or small to help keep our group going. Click the button to visit the donation page.
Thank you so much!