The Trustees have met to consider the latest situation following the introduction of Lockdown 3. Sadly we feel we have no option but to continue with our current suspension of all riding activities until the end of March.We will review this again if the situation improves significantly and the Govenment lifts its lockdown restrictions earlier […]
In line with the Government announcement today that Surrey is subject to the restrictions under the new Tier 4 the Trustees have taken the decision to suspend our riding activities again from Sunday 20 December until further notice. We will continue to review the situation with a view of re-opening again for participants as soon […]
Although Surrey is now in Tier 3 we are pleased to be able to confirm that Epsom RDA can continue to offer riding on a limited basis under the COVID-secure rules and risk assessment outlined below in the update from 1 December. Our activities fall within the exception category for organised sports for disabled people. […]
The Trustees are pleased to confirm that we are re-opening again for our riders from Wednesday 2 December. This follows the announcement from the Government on the revised Tier system and the subsequent update from RDA National. We will be operating under the same COVID-secure rules/risk assessment process in place in November as briefly outlined […]
Epsom RDA Trustees decided on Monday 2 November to again suspend our riding sessions from Thursday 5 November for at least the next four weeks. This follows the announcement from the Government on Saturday 31 October and the subsequent update from RDA National on Monday 2 November – see extract below “Unless any new information […]
Leading RDA UK have now approved wearing of face coverings during sessions when leading in specific circumstantes We have updated our risk assessment to permit a volunteer wearing a face covering to lead a pony with rider. In Epsom RDA, if the volunteer is not a member of the riders’ household they MUST wear a […]
Epsom RDA Chair, Ray Lee, interviewed on local radio station, Radio Jackie, explaining the impact COVID has had on our riders and volunteers, and the how we are coping financially
The Trustees have continued to monitor and review the situation with the desire to be able to run riding sessions again as soon as we safely could. While the social distancing requirements currently in place mean we are not yet in a position to return to full riding sessions, we are very pleased to be […]
While the social distancing requirements currently in place mean we are not yet in a position to return to full riding sessions, we are planning for a phased re-introduction for a limited number of participants to take part in riding sessions or pony care sessions To do this the Group needs to ensure we can […]
Below is the RDA National position after this weeks Government announcements: Following the government’s announcement on Sunday, RDA has briefed its groups around the UK to remain closed. Due to the specific nature of the risk for our clinically vulnerable participants, and the impossible challenge of meeting social distancing requirements in almost all cases, we […]