RDA Website gets 50th Anniversary Revamp
Posted on Thursday, January 24, 2019 by Sasha Melia
Riding for the Disabled Association (RDA) has launched a new website to better reflect the organisation in its 50th anniversary year.
The new site, still at www.rda.org.uk, has a clear focus on attracting new participants, volunteers and donors. It’s bright and vibrant new look brings the site in line with the fresher style RDA has adopted recently.
Visitors to the website can discover more about the impact of RDA’s life-changing activities, find their nearest group and meet some of the participants, coaches and horses who make it all happen.
The website will also be a shopfront for RDA’s anniversary year, telling the story of how it all began. In March, the site will host the charity’s ‘50 Faces’ campaign, challenging preconceptions about disability, equestrian sport and volunteering through some of the people who make up the vast RDA community around the UK.
RDA Chief Executive Ed Bracher said: “In our 50th anniversary year we will be shining a light on the impact of our work like never before, and it is vital that we have a website that supports us. When people find out about RDA we want them to visit our site and feel inspired to give their time, give their support or to find their nearest group and join in.”
Communications Manager, Caroline Ward said: “The design and development team at Red 13 Digital have helped to bring RDA to life on screen and given a real boost to our online presence. We will be driving new visitors to the site throughout our 50th anniversary year. The website may be the first experience people have of RDA, a springboard to what will hopefully be a life-enhancing partnership with us.”
The site includes a postcode search to help visitors locate their nearest group, easy online donations, information about the impact of RDA’s work and the opportunity to subscribe to the free quarterly RDA Magazine.
For further information visit www.rda.org.uk
Dates announced for SEIB Search for a Star and Racehorse to Riding Horse 2019 HOYS qualifiers
Posted on Tuesday, January 15, 2019 by Sasha Melia
The dates for the 2019 series of SEIB Insurance Brokers Search for A Star and Racehorse to Riding Horse have been announced. Search for a Star is the competition for aspiring amateur show riders and the Racehorse to Riding Horse series sees the top racehorses turned show horses in the UK compete against each other for this national title. Following qualifying shows held across the country through the spring and Summer months, the SEIB Search for a Star and Racehorse to Riding Horse finals will take place at the ever-prestigious Horse of the Year Show (HOYS) in October.
The Search for a Star full schedule including classes, times and rules will be released in due course.
Following some research on venues on social media and a request to find out where people would like the Search for a Star qualifiers to be, we have moved to two new venues this year.
Search for a Star is purely for amateur riders and this rule is very strictly enforced. The SEIB Racehorse to Riding Horse classes are open to professional and amateur riders. SEIB support ethical showing and testing for prohibited substances and tack inspections may take place.
Leading equine Insurance brokers, SEIB Insurance Brokers set up Search for a Star over 20 years ago so they could offer a unique competition opportunity to many of their amateur rider customers. SEIB has a long association with the showing world and is renowned for ‘putting something back’ by supporting many equestrian events and activities in addition to Search for a Star.
SEIB provide cover for horses, horse boxes, yards and much more. For insurance queries visit www.seib.co.uk or call 01708 850000.
Visit: www.search4astar.org.uk or find us on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/SEIB.Search4AStar and https://www.facebook.com/SEIB.R2R/.
SEIB Search for a Star and Racehorse to Riding Horse 2019 HOYS Qualifier Dates:
14th April – Osbaldeston Riding Centre, Blackburn, Lancashire BB2 7LZ
19th May – Stretcholt Equestrian Centre, Bridgwater, Somerset TA6 4SR
9th June – Bury Farm Equestrian Club, Leighton Buzzard, Buckinghamshire LU7 9BT
7th July – Greenlands Equestrian Centre, Carlisle, Cumbria CA4 0RR
11th August – Arena UK, Grantham, Lincolnshire NG32 2EF
8th September – Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials, Stamford, Lincolnshire RACEHORSE TO RIDING HORSE ONLY
2nd – 6th October – HOYS Search for a Star Final, NEC Birmingham
