Garioch Carriage Driving for Disabled Group

Garioch Carriage Driving is a group member of Riding for the Disabled Association (RDA) www.rda.org.uk which incorporates Carriage Driving. We are also a recognised Scottish Charity - Scottish Charity No: SC 028644 (SCIO). We are based at Strathorn Farm Pitcaple, Aberdeenshire.

 

Our aim is to improve lives by giving people with disabilities, including those in wheelchairs, the opportunity to learn to drive horse-drawn carriages.

 

We currently run twice a week on Wednesday mornings and Thursday evenings from May to September. 

 

Our trained volunteers harness our horses to their carriages and assist each disabled driver into their driving positions, beside their Coach. They are taught to drive the carriages to the best of their ability, on tracks and competition courses at Strathorn or at other venues in and around Scotland.

 

Our drivers have also qualified to compete at the RDA's National Championships in England.

 

​The group is a small friendly community who all enjoy a laugh, chat and a cuppa at the driving sessions.  During the winter we don't carriage drive but aim to arrange and meet up either for arranged talks or activities.

We rely on committed volunteers to help provide this service.

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​​With limited fixed income, we also rely on fundraising and donations to keep the group going. 

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