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A huge thank you to the fantastic Roche ladies for choosing Digswell Place to spend a day volunteering as part of a Roche incentive to support and promote the benefits of volunteering and also do some offsite team building. They were blessed with glorious sunshine and all did an amazing job painting the three new field shelters with wood preserver as well as finishing off the stables and starting the hay barn   ? We are hugely appreciative as it is a job we just wouldn't have got round to otherwise and it makes all the difference as the buildings [...]

Congratulations to three of our riders on our Monday afternoon session who have achieved their Endeavour award. Our three riders set their own ‘goals’ and 'challenges' to work towards  in order to achieve the Endeavour certificate and badge.  Samantha and Stuart’s goal was to be able to groom their horses. Ryan’s goal was to learn to ride so he could go for a long walk in the woods. A fantastic achievement and well done to riders, ponies, volunteers and coaches !            

What an amazing achievement ! A huge thank you to the lovely volunteers from Black Horse Asset Finance for spending an entire day helping us paint our new stables with wood protector. It was an ambitious and slightly daunting project and the team worked extremely hard and we are very grateful for all their good humour and fantastic help. We would also like to thank Richard from the Crown Decorating Centre in Welwyn Garden City as he supplied the Sadolin wood protector and brushes at an excellent discount. We couldn't have done it without you all !!!      THANK [...]

Most Handsome Dog ! Huge thanks to all our donors, supporters, volunteers & friends of Digswell Place RDA Group who helped make Dogs & Daffs 2016 such a successful event. We are absolutely delighted that your kind donations and sponsorship total around £4500 including gift aid & will enable us to pay for a Field Shelter for our ponies and 10 new riding hats. Please click here for more Dogs & Daffs Photos  at the Stable Yard at Hatfield House. Happy Helpers   The Winners, the Judges, the Helpers !   Photos courtesy of Clare Smith, [...]

Digswell Place Group RDA is very grateful for an extremely generous donation from the Hornbeams Society which has enabled us to replace 10 stables which were nearly 50 years old with brand new stables from Prime Stables. Clearing out the old stables         All the groundworks were completed by A. Veasey and the design of the new stables was customised to provide natural light, increased shelter, substantially better guttering, and level entrances; which all make the stables more accessible and comfortable for ponies, helpers and riders. Demolished ! We have also been able to modernise [...]

  Nicki, a veterinary nurse at The Veterinary Centre, very bravely completed a sponsored aquathlon challenge and raised £354 which was match funded by Brian and Simon, the vets at The Veterinary Centre, to bring the grand total to £708!

  A huge thank you to the Black Horse Runners and Striders for raising £3019 for Digswell Place Group RDA.  The keener members took part in a sponsored 10k Regents Park run and others completed a leisurely 10k sponsored walk through the countryside on Midsummer's eve. To top it all Lloyds Bank very kindly match funded the events bringing the total to an amazing £3019. We are extremely grateful to them for their fundraising efforts and their support for Digswell Place Group RDA.