The Sanders Watney Trust is proud to work in conjunction with the Riding for the Disabled Association and the British Driving Society.  The RDA is split into 18 regions with over 70 regional groups. You will be able to contact your local area RDA representative on this page.

Carriage Driving Groups      

Driving has been an important part of RDA since 1975 and there are now almost 70 Groups involved.  By taking up driving in RDA you will be joining in with over 1000 other drivers! Carriage Driving is where a horse or pony is hitched to a wheeled carriage and driven around a course and you are the driver! Driving is a wonderful opportunity to make new friends, be out in the open air and have great fun at the same time.

RDA Carriage Driving is particularly useful if you can no longer ride due to disability or if you prefer a different kind of challenge to riding. Carriage Driving can range from a relaxing drive through the rolling countryside to exciting competitions where your ability to make quick decisions and having the confidence to control a fast moving carriage are put to the test.

If you are a confident driver and would like to compete there is opportunity for competition in RDA as well as British Carriagedriving (BC) and British Driving Society (BDS) shows.  Some drivers progress outside of RDA and attend training days and compete internationally. As well as the fun of driving you can also benefit from fantastic therapy benefits of improved coordination, improved muscle power and improved balance, many of which are the same benefits as you would get from riding.

     •     RDA South West Region

     ◦     Covering Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset

     •     RDA Mid West Region

     ◦     Covering Gloucestershire, North Somerset & Bristol, Wiltshire

     •     RDA South Region

     ◦     Covering Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire

     •     RDA South East Region

     ◦     Covering Kent, Surrey, East Sussex, West Sussex

     •     RDA Greater London Region

     ◦     Covering North, Central, South East & South West London

     •     RDA West Mercia Region

     ◦     Covering Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire

     •     RDA North Midlands Region

     ◦     Covering Derbyshire, Leicesteshire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire

     •     RDA East Region

     ◦     Covering Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Suffolk

     •     RDA North West Region

     ◦     Covering Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside

     •     RDA North East & South Yorkshire Region

     ◦     Covering East Yorkshire & Ryedale, South Yorkshire

     •     RDA Yorkshire & Cleveland Region

     ◦     Covering Cleveland, North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire

     •     RDA North Region

     ◦     Covering Cumbria, Durham, Tyne & Wear, Northumberland

     •     RDA Edinburgh & Borders Region

     ◦     Covering Borders, Dumfries & Galloway, Edinburgh & Lothian, Fife

     •     RDA West & Central Scotland Region

     ◦     Covering Argyll, Ayr, Central Scotland, Perth, West Central Scotland

     •     RDA Grampian & Highland Region

     ◦     Covering Grampian, Highlands & Tayside

     •     RDA South Wales Region

     ◦     Covering Dyfed, Glamorgan, Gwent

     •     RDA North Wales Region

     ◦     Covering North Eastern & North Western Counties

     •     RDA Northern Ireland Region

     ◦     Covering Belfast & Co Down and North & West Northern Ireland