We believe in supporting the local causes our colleagues get behind, helping to make a difference to your local community. For us, sharing their passion is the ideal way to give something back to the communities that support us. That is why we set up the Asda Foundation, which through a range of projects supports good causes across the UK.

Asda raises the roof at Throstle Nest Riding School

A long-running RDA (Riding for the Disabled Association) in Pudsey, West Yorkshire, has been given a new lease of life with help from the Asda Foundation.

Throstle Nest Riding School, a small family-run centre, holds its own on-site RDA running group and individual riding sessions for people with disabilities – giving them the opportunity to learn new skills and improve their health, wellbeing and confidence.

The centre was previously limited by their open riding arena – which meant that lessons often had to be cancelled when there was bad weather.

Volunteers at the school managed to raise £25,000 towards a new roof above the arena which would allow lessons in wet or cold weather – and the Asda Foundation’s donation of a further £20,000 helped the centre to complete the construction, giving more members in the community the chance to experience riding for themselves.

For more information on a Riding for the Disabled Association near you visit the charity’s website.

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