Manning Great Lakes RDA is currently seeking volunteers to become part of a team of horse carers.

This opportunity involves grooming, feeding, medicating and other care for our horses.

Duties

• feeding
• grooming
• medicating
• helping care for the horses

Skills and experience

While experience with horses is not essential we are in need of carers with experience as well. Training is provided.

Further information and opportunities at the centre

• Assistant Coach
• Center Coach

Assistant Coach Horse carers often choose to assist in the sessions as a horse and rider assistant. The right person may invited to undertake the Assistant Coach Course. The Assistant Coach Course is designed for committed volunteers to develop skills and knowledge to support the RDA Centre Coach to deliver group lessons that are safe and free flowing in an enclosed area. It provides an introduction to teaching foundation riding skills, an awareness of adaptive coaching for people with disabilities and best practice horse handling and horse management skills.

**Centre Coach ** The Centre Coach course is designed for candidates with a foundation knowledge of horse-riding skills, experience working safely around horses, aptitude for coaching and working with people with disabilities and a demonstrated ability to work within and lead teams.
The coaching accreditation can also be used outside of RDA. Volunteers that are training to become RDA (NSW) Coaches might be able to have their course and course material paid for by RDA (NSW). So, if you are just starting out your career or just returning to the workforce and you are looking for a career in Horse Riding Training give us a shout.

About Manning Great Lakes RDA

RDA is a voluntary organisation providing equine-assisted activities for people with disabilities to develop and enhance abilities through programs such as riding, dressage and carriage driving. Horses provide vital mental and physical stimulation for our disabled participants, improving their confidence, increasing their autonomy and delivering immeasurable amounts of pleasure.

Most of our disabled participants are children.

Our facility at Rainbow Flat has been in operation for over 22 years and draws disabled participants from our local community stretching from Laurieton in the north to Bulahdelah in the south and Gloucester to the west.

The facility includes: • Segregated horse paddocks • Stables and tack rooms • Assembly and mounting yards • A covered dressage arena • A covered observation area • Equipment sheds • A small building (Clubhouse) to house participants and volunteers which includes sitting area, kitchen and toilets.

Operational and maintenance funding for the facility to feed the horses, pay veterinarian bills, buy consumables etc., is derived through fundraising activities such as raffles, storefront BBQ’s, and support from events such as the biennial garden club and other local charities. We do not receive government funding.