NEWS AND EVENTS
Help us make a difference!
Barnfield Riding for the Disabled aims to raise an additional £5,000 over the next few months to expand our horse riding therapy sessions supporting more members of our community living with physical and mental disabilities.
Your support can change lives!
Please click the Just Giving button below to donate and help us reach our goal.
Thank you for your generosity!
We are pleased to announce that Ham Polo are sponsoring our summer fundraiser for the fourth year in a row!
Where to see us in 2025
-
Ham Fair - Saturday 14th of June
-
Ham Polo Summer Fundraiser - Thursday 19th of June
-
Surbiton Farmer's Market - Saturday 21st of June
-
Ham Parade Market - Saturday 4th of October
Thank you to Waitrose Esher and Waitrose Surbiton for their donations.
Thank you to The Victoria Foundation and the Kingston Charitable Foundation for their continued support.
One of our lovely riders, Rody, is fundraising for us over November. He will be challenging himself at the gym, the pool and the stables!
Good luck Rody from all of us at Barnfield RDA!
Click below for more information and to donate -
Rody Duman is fundraising for Barnfield Riding for the Disabled
We're delighted to share that Barnfield Riding for the Disabled Association is part of the Co-op Local Community Fund, to find out more about our project and to choose us as your cause, click here -
We have been selected by Tesco's Stronger Starts program to take part in the customer votes in local stores - voting will commence at the beginning of October until mid Jan, to vote you will receive a token when you make any purchase in the following stores - Hook Express, Tolworth Express, Chessington Express, New Malden Express, Norbiton Express, Kingston Express, Surbiton Express and Worcester Park Express.
Please pass this onto friends and family to help us win!
Summer Fun Open Day 2024
Thank you to the whole Barnfield Community that turned out to support our Open Day on Saturday. It was such a fun day and raised much needed funds for our very small charity. Thank you to our wonderful volunteers, sponsors, ponies & dogs for making it possible.
Thank you to our sponsors!
The Bistro Ham
The Ham Deli
Special thanks to Marie, Isla, Karlyn, Brian
Thank you!
We have received yet another grant from Kingston Charitable Foundation who have been so supportive of our Wednesday group session. Their funding over the past year has contributed significantly to the cost of running this session and we are so grateful for their support of our charity. Thank you!
Ham Polo Summer Fundraiser
Despite the very wet weather this year we had a yet another successful summer event at Ham Polo Club! Guests were able to watch the polo, eat a delicious barbeque and listen to the jazz band while catching up with friends. It was, as always, a very relaxed evening in a beautiful venue and raised over £2,000 for our RDA sessions.
New Kickboards
Some of you may have noticed the new kickboards in the arena! The wood was kindly donated by www.firecrackerworks.com Thank you so much!
Thank you!
Thank you to The Victoria Foundation for funding 2 new saddles for our RDA ponies (one of which is being modelled by Mr T & Molly) and a set of new poles for our RDA riders! These are much needed items that we struggle to fund but due to their generous support we have 2 happy ponies and countless happy RDA Riders.
Thank you!
We are delighted to announce that we have received funding from Kingston Council to support 5 of our local children with their horse-riding therapy sessions for the forthcoming year. As a very small charity this means so much to us and ensures that these riders can continue their journey with us.
These individual sessions are funded by The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, Community Resilience Fund. Thank You.
Thank you to the Kingston Charitable Foundation
In the past year, Kingston Charitable Foundation has awarded us two grants. We would like to say a huge thank you for this funding which will go towards our work at Barnfield RDA.
Thank you to everyone who supported us via the Coop Community Fund in Kingston
The fund has now closed and has raised an incredible £2,178! This will help so many people in our community who lead very challenging lives, thank you on behalf of all our volunteers, participants and ponies!
Thank you to The Victoria Foundation and Tesco's Blue Token scheme
A very big thank you to The Victoria Foundation and Tesco's blue token scheme for their recent donations. Their funding goes a very long way to support our group horse-riding therapy sessions this year.
Thank you to Holy Cross Prep School
In May, Patsy spoke during assembly to the girls at Holy Cross Prep school about our cause as they have been fundraising for us and look what they gave us! An amazing amount, we were overwhelmed with what they have achieved, thank you so much!
THANK YOU TO ALL OUR RECENT FUNDERS
Thank you to our recent funders - Tesco, Sports England, Megan's Restaurant, Waitrose Richmond, and Waitrose Surbiton. Without grants like this we wouldn't be able to provide the amount of classes we currently do.
HAM FAIR
We had a lovely day at Ham Fair, thank you to everyone who visited our stand and supported us by participating in the tombola, lucky dip and Name the horse. We raised over £350 for the RDA which is great!
We now have no tombola/raffle prizes, they all went! If you could donate any items to us, we would really appreciate it for the Summer Fair at the beginning of September. Please drop off any unwanted items (toiletries, games, bottles of wine/alcohol whatever!) to the office at the stables. Thank you!
POLO, JAZZ AND BBQ - AN AMAZING £4,500 RAISED
We enjoyed a fabulous summer's evening at Ham Polo Club on Thursday 23rd June. The weather played ball so we could watch the Polo, have a delicious BBQ and then caught up with friends while listening to a beautiful jazz band.
The live auction proved very popular, thank you to everyone who supported it by offering prizes and bidding for prizes! And thank you to everyone who came, we are hoping to make this a regular event.
The evening raised over £4,500 - this is a huge sum for us and we are very grateful for everyone's support.
DRAGONBOATS SUNDAY 17TH JULY THE BOATER'S INN PUB
We are going to be at The Boater's Pub in Canbury Gardens during the Dragonboat Challenge, pop along and say hello!
Follow us on Facebook for more details nearer the time.
£2,000 DONATION BY ARNOLD CLARK COMMUNITY FUND
A very big thank you to the Arnold Clark Community Fund for their £2,000 donation. This is a significant amount for our small charity and we along with our riders and ponies are very grateful.
BARNFIELD RIDING SCHOOL OPEN DAY
The Barnfield Summer Open Day will be Saturday, the 3rd of September 12:30pm until 4:30pm.
If anybody would like a stall at the open day or can help us out by donating possible items for prizes, tombola items, raffle or auction items, let us know.
This is always a massive team effort where everyone pulls together to support us in our Barnfield family and the local community so all offers of help will be gratefully received.
BARNFIELD RIDING FOR THE DISABLED CHRISTMAS DINNER - DECEMBER 8TH 2022
We are hosting our Christmas Dinner on Thursday December 8th at 7.30pm at the Wych Elm!
93 Elm Road, Kingston, KT2 6HT
Everyone is invited and please bring your friends if you want to make up your own table.
Two courses for £35 or
three courses for £40 per person
(Drinks not included)
Click the link below to view the menu.
Please email info@barnfieldrda.org
or pop into the office to confirm ticket purchase and so we can send you the menu so you can select your dishes in advance.
So please join us for delicious food, festive fun and raising much needed funds.
Tel: 020 8546 3616
THANK YOU TO OUR CHRISTMAS DINNER SPONSORS!
We'd like to thank our very generous sponsors:
for supporting us at this event by offering some fabulous prizes!
BARNFIELD 2023 CALENDARS
Our Barnfield 2023 calendars are here!
There are £10 each. They are available to collect from the office at Barnfield Stables or you can contact us at info@barnfieldrda.org.
You can pay in cash in the office or you can email us info@barnfieldrda.org to arrange a bank transfer.
THANK YOU TO ALL OUR RECENT FUNDERS
We have received some very generous funds from Kingston Nursing Association, Kingston Charitable Association and BRaG Residents Association - thank you so much! Without grants like this we wouldn't be able to provide the amount of classes we currently do.
HAM PARADE MARKET MARCH 2023
We were back at Ham Parade Market on Saturday 4th March raising much needed funds selling raffle tickets for the Market Hamper.
Thank you so much to Ham Parade Market and our volunteers who helped on the day.
COOP AWARENESS DAY
We will be at the COOP Kings Road, Kington on Friday 24th March 2.30-4.30pm to raise awareness about our cause, please pop along and say hello.
Don't forget, you can support us by becoming a Coop member, simply click here: Co-op (coop.co.uk)
PLEASE JOIN US FOR A BEAUTIFUL EVENING OF POLO, JAZZ AND BBQ - ALL IN AID FOR BARNFIELD RIDING FOR THE DISABLED
This evening is hosted by Ham Polo Club in order to raise much needed funds for Barnfield Riding for the Disabled.
As well as the polo, there will be a jazz band, live auction and a BBQ.
Over the years, Barnfield Riding for the Disabled has helped hundreds of children and adults with physical and mental disabilities to experience the therapeutic benefits of horse riding. Working in association with the wonderful Barnfield Riding School, we share facilities, horses and ponies.
Tickets cost £40 and include a donation to Barnfield Riding for the Disabled, Food and Polo Entrance fee.