Minnowburn RDA
Trustees Annual Report
Our aim at Minnowburn RDA continues to be, to achieve our goal to provide adults with various disabilities with therapeutic riding.
At each lesson our riders continue to work towards thelr therapeutic goals, develop their skills as riders, make new friends and build relationships with the horses, Lusk Equestrian Centre where we are based provides our riders access to both indoor and outdoor arenas and safe hacking when the weather is good, The riders find their lessons both challenging and enjoyable, and get the opportunity to chat together over 6 cup of tea or coffee at the end of each session. Both riders and volunteers get together for lunch at Christmas and hold a BBQ and prize giving ceremony in the summer.
Some of our riders entered the RDA Regional Championships as usual in May and were excited to come back with rosettes. We continue to be grateful to the owners of Lusk’s Equestrian Centre for their generosity in letting us use their facilities free of charge, together with some liveries, who loan us horses free of charge. We own one horse called Mario, who, together with the other horses, helps us provide this valuable therapy.
We do all we can to ensure that the lessons are well planned and carried out safely and professionally. We also make sure that our coaches and volunteers are kept up to date with training to RDA standards.
We cover our costs by doing some fundraising, applying for grants, by donations and by charging our riders a nominal fee. Our main expenses are the cost of keeping our RDA horse anc insurance.
We believe that we have had regard to the Commissions guidance on public benefit and have fulfilled our obligations in this respect.
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V Brown
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Chairperson
On behalf of the following trustees - Barbara Simpson, Annie Armson, Alison Magowan, Hugh McCann, Frances Mulley, Nicholas Morrison and Karen Morrison.