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Amber’s Op and Rehab Go Fund Me

Thankyousomuchtoeveryonewhodonated Thanks you so much to everyone who donated to Ambers Go Fund Me. With your generous donations we reached our target and a bit more and Amber is now happily back at the yard with her friend and at the start of her rehab. Amber is one of our most popular and loved ponies at Digswell Place. Amber is unfortunately injured and needs surgery, followed by 6 months rehab. The lovely vets at the Royal Veterinary College will take very good care of her however the operation will cost approx £4000. Digswell Place RDA relies mainly on donations and fundraising to deliver subsidised therapeutic rides for our participants. Amber always makes her riders smile and [...]

By |March 28 2025|Categories: Uncategorized|

Rotary Swimathon

Thank you so much to St Albans & District Rotary for their generous donation of £7200 raised from their recent swimathon. The cheque was presented by Rotary members and the High Sheriff of Hertfordshire.

By |September 27 2024|Categories: Uncategorized|

HRH Princess Anne visit for our 50th celebrations

For our 50th celebrations we welcomed a special guest -HRH Princess Anne, Patron of RDA. She started the visit by meeting core, long standing members of the Digswell Place team and was shown a board taking you through 50 years of history of the stables and horses. This was followed by a tour of the yard to meet ponies, minders and volunteers. Some of our riders did a fantastic display and HRH Princess Anne presented a number of riders with 50th Anniversary rosettes. Finally she unveiled a plaque and cut a fabulous 50th cake before being presented with a lovely posy and 50th anniversary horseshoe [...]

By |September 19 2023|Categories: Uncategorized|

Open Day raises £2000

Riders, volunteers, friends and family enjoyed a day at our 2nd Open Day and helped us raise £2000. There were plenty of activities to enjoy- rider demonstrations, tombola, plant sale, welly throwing, cake sale BBQ and hobby horse and dog gymkhana.

By |September 18 2023|Categories: News, Uncategorized|

Sport Massage Therapy for our ponies

After a recent bequest it meant we could get some much needed rehabilitation massage therapy for our ponies. After all the hard work they do this is essential for their wellbeing. The therapist released lots of tension and afterwards they had much better posture and appeared very relaxed.

By |September 17 2023|Categories: Uncategorized|

Arabian Nights Ball raises an outstanding £31000!

We are so excited  to announce that our annual Ball raised over an amazing £31000! Thank you so much to everyone who attended, we hope you enjoyed the night as much as we did... and also to all those who donated, sponsored and helped towards the evening. We really appreciate your support and can’t wait for next year. Please share the date with your friends and family and pencil it in the diaries - 12th November 2022! The Fundraising Team x

By |December 3 2021|Categories: News, Uncategorized|
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