Sunshine Coast Riding for the Disabled - RDA Inc

27/01/2026

Today's WORKING BEE was great..... Thank You to all the Tuesday Volunteers who showed up 🧹
We now NEED tomorrow's Wednesday 🧼 & then Thursday Volunteers... 9am to 12... 🗓
.. This working 🐝 means we will be ready for Orientation & Induction & Training the following week... & programs the next 🐎
.. The renovations of the foyer and double office space over the holidays = dust 😷

🖐 Many hands will make light work to sweep (or vacuum), dust and wipe down surfaces and the odd bit of mopping... 🪣

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25/01/2026

Happy Australia Day 🇦🇺

🐎 Sunshine Coast Riding for the Disabled - RDA Inc were honoured to be amongst 15 other nominees in the Healthy and Active category at the Australia Day Community Awards 2026...
BIG THANKS to Volunteer Marina for nominating us 😊

🎉 Congratulations to Bamboo Projects & The Parkinson's Centre as Dual Winners.

22/01/2026

That's a wrap on mini camps for the summer holidays... what a great time for everyone involved... including the wonderful volunteers who gave their time to help Megan run these special events 🐎🐎🐎

09/01/2026

This week some of Sunshine Coast Riding for the Disabled - RDA Inc Volunteers enjoyed a morning Trail Ride at Laurie's Farm... beautiful surroundings and weather was the order of the day 🐎❣️🌞

31/12/2025

🥳 HAPPY NEW YEAR to all our participants, volunteers & supporters...
2026 is set to be a great year..... it's The Year of the Horse 🐎

24/12/2025

MERRY CHRISTMAS to one and ALL, big and small, feathered or furry 🐴 Enjoy your time with family and friends ❤️💚❤️

21/12/2025

HUGE THANKS Simon Fielder Horsemanship...
Simon worked with Rocco on float loading over several days making him comfortable in the float to move him to Laurie's Farm for the holiday break. A huge improvement was made... However, we decided he still wasn't comfortable enough to float without it being another bad experience, so decided to ride him to the farm. It took Simon 2 and a half hours with some tricky situations but Rocco was in the best hands! Simon's experience and patience is what Rocco needed and he was the only person for the job. HUGE THANKS to Simon for volunteering his valuable time to help our young boy out.
He's a happy horse to be back with his mates 🐎

03/11/2025

SCRDA is CLOSED on Melbourne Cup Day.. no programs are scheduled for Tuesday 4th November 2025

31/10/2025

SCRDA are in the FINALIST category for the Sunshine Coast Community Gala & Awards !!!
🐎💥🐎 BEST DISABILITY, RECREATIONAL OR SPORTING PROGRAM OF THE YEAR 🐎💥🐎
.. watch this space ...

08/10/2025

Our maintenance crew never stop! 💥 The recent fencing fix on our south-eastern boundary is THANKS to Brian, Bob & Paul 💥... what a difference this makes to all of us with 4 legs 🐎 ...or 2 👍

15/09/2025

HUGE THANKS to the Buderim Foundation for providing 2025 Community Grant Funds to SCRDA... to support people with disability 🐎

BUDERIM FOUNDATION BREAKS RECORD FOR ANNUAL COMMUNITY GRANTS WITH OVER $126K AWARDED 🙌

We are absolutely delighted to announce that community projects including animal rescue, youth development, emergency response and education are to share in more than $126,000 from our 2025 Community Grants Program 🥳

It’s a record for the Buderim Foundation and set to be a game changer for our community!

Here’s some facts about our 2025 grants you should know:

👉 We are proud to support 24 different community organisations this year
👉 Our 2025 round of community grants amounts awards $126,366 to local organisations in need
👉 Since the first grants were provided in 2008, we have distributed 268 Buderim community grants
👉 Our 2025 grants will support projects relating to eight areas of interest, including those which seek to strengthen the fabric of the community, help residents live healthy and fulfilling lives and protect and preserve our natural environment.
👉 We have distributed a total of $1,076,397 in grants over time to 110 community organisations supporting the wider Buderim community
👉 The grants will make a big difference to the lives of many in our community, enabling the purchase of much-needed (and in some cases life-saving!) equipment
👉 The grants will also finance vital infrastructure, supporting a wide range of people in our community including youth, the elderly, those in emergency situations, poverty-stricken families, the disabled, and more

We look forward to sharing more about Buderim Foundation Community Grant recipients over the coming days and weeks, but please LIKE and SHARE this post to help spread the word! 👍❤️

The Community Grants announced today are in addition to grants from the Buderim Foundation Thompson Charitable Fund, established by philanthropists Roy and Nola Thompson, which since April 2021 has provided over $1.8 million to support people experiencing homelessness and financial distress across the whole Sunshine Coast.

If one thing is clear, it’s that community has never meant more, and philanthropy is as alive as ever in Buderim and surrounds 🥰