Trustws Annual Roport Enniskillen Group of Riding for the Disabled 14 June 2022 Charity No. Nl 104289 The Charity exists to provide Iherapeutic rmling and assoclated activit￿ to children in the age group &13 Yea￿ old with specaal needs in the Femianagh area. The Principal Address of the Charity and contad for the Charity C(Knmission is Mrs Marina Kidney. 97 Gola Road. Cappy. Tamlaght. Ennlsklllen. Co Fennanagh BT74 4NQ During the year, one of our Trustees (Dr Diana Cody) resigned to retum to work within the NHS. She has been replaced by 2 new Trustees. Mrs Melanie Litue and Mrs Liz Mccaldin. Our rlding sw3sions are held at the Cafre Camws of the Enniskillen Agricultural College where we use their covered arena for most of the sessions. The Group meets on Tuesday momings during temi ti￿. Due to Covid. we did not meet during most of 2021. Covid restrictions V•fre Gased and then tightened, and by August 2021 it looked as rf the relaxing of regula￿nS meant that we might be able to resume RDA. At the start, Cafre Campus and HQ Belfast were not keen for us to come bad( on site. Phone calls. begging and Risk Assessments later meant that we could re-start on 5 October 2021. After an (xrtside meetiThJ il was decided that with sanitising. face masks. scKial distancing and all the measuring duty bound for us to take. it was also deaded to do lateral flow tests either ts evening before or the moming of each RDA session - rf positive. stay at hon￿. Everything had to be 8igned off by RDA HQ, having filled in Heath & Safety fom￿ etc. We started back with 5 ponies. We own one pony who is looked after by one of our members. One of our Coaches drives from Fivemiletown with 2 ponies, and our Treasurer brings a furlher 2. Another volunteer has also been able to bring a further pony. Willowbridge and the Model School were visited. Both schools had 5 pupils they wanted to send. All were kept in their own bubbles at schcx)l. We sLqrted with just one school Iwillowbridge) to get used lo the new regiTh - face masks, sanitising arKI social distancing etc. After Halloween 5 chiklren from the Model Sth)ol started. . To comply wlth all Covld regulations. our Chrislmas Party was held in the Arena with Santa visiting us there. after which we stopped for the Christmas holiday. We retumed on 11th January with a half-temi on 15th March. We have 2 Coaches at Ihe present time. BartHa Lunny and Rushelle Kerr. Rushelle attended a Therapeutic Training c￿rse on 30th November, 1 st February, 29th March and 24th May whith meant that on those o(xas1￿ we were reduced to 3 ponies.Throughout the year both coaches worked hard with the children on their riding and equine knowledge. All the children finis1￿d the year gaining both Grade 1 and Grade 2 in Riding Proficiency and Horse Care Proficiency certificates. They all passed and our Regional Chairman - Celia Mcmorran. who ￿rne to visit us at the first of our 2 picni(% organised for the end of the year. presented them. Our first picnic and Ride was at KillyTeagh. very kindly trK)sted by our Chairman L