Riding For The Disabled
Association (N. Ireland)
Incorporating Carriage Driving

Riding for the Disabled aims to provide disabled people with the opportunity to learn to ride or to carriage drive benefiting their health and well being. We hope to create a sense of achievement and increase their self-confidence through contact with horses and ponies. The benefits to disabled riders and carriage drivers are plain to see and is an enriching experience for all involved.

There are 31 Riding for Disabled Groups operating out of Riding and Driving Centres throughout Northern Ireland - there may be one at your locality. The Riders come from Schools, Rehabilitation Centres and Workshops

Have you an hour to spend working with disabled riders or carriage drivers? Each group of disabled riders or carriage drivers has a fully trained and accredited Instructor in overall charge of the riding or driving activities. The Instructor is assisted in the arena by volunteer helpers, usually three for each rider, one to lead the horse or pony and one to walk on each side of the rider. Experience of horses and riding or driving is not essential for all helpers. Riding or driving Sessions take place once or twice a week and usually last for about one hour.