Disabled people across the High Peak now have the chance to try their hand at driving a pony and carriage for the first time since the millennium. Helen Atkin Group Buxton Riding for the Disabled Association (RDA) has reintroduced regular driving sessions in its covered arena at Buxton Riding School,… Continue reading Disabled carriage driving back on track in High Peak
Volunteers and competitors at a High Peak-based disabled riding charity are celebrating an outstanding summer of success – including the Royal seal of approval for their service and expertise and top dressage results in a national competition. Both Pat Atkin and Alison Riley of Helen Atkin Group Buxton Riding for… Continue reading Top summer of success for disabled riding group
Almost four decades of unstinting service to a Buxton-based charity set up in her late daughter Helen’s name have been crowned with a very special Royal invitation for Riding for the Disabled champion Pat Atkin. Pat – one of the founder members of Helen Atkin Group Buxton Riding for the… Continue reading Veteran volunteer Pat’s Royal appointment
Community minded card players have raised around £20,000 over the past 33 years to support a Buxton-based charity offering riding therapy for disabled people of all ages. Weekly whist drives held at Thomas Fields on Brown Edge Road, Buxton help to swell the coffers of Helen Atkin Group Buxton Riding… Continue reading Buxton card players rake in £1000 in record time for disabled riding charity
Two dressage competitors supported by a Buxton-based disabled riding charity have crowned their successful 2023 season with impeccable performances at the Equissage Para Bronze and Silver Summer Championships. Jessica Limb of Chesterfield and Vivienne Milburn of Great Longstone – both competing on behalf of Helen Atkin Group Buxton Riding for… Continue reading Buxton’s disabled dressage riders clear their highest-ever hurdle