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North Shore Riding for the Disabled (NSRDA) has been recognised with a Community Impact Award at the Harbour Sport Awards, capping off a busy period for the organisation.
The award acknowledges collaborative projects that have a positive impact on tamariki and/or rangatahi and their communities through play, active recreation and sport, with a focus on those facing barriers to participation.
Now in its 50 year, North Shore RDA, based in Stillwater provides individually tailored therapeutic riding programmes for people living with disability on Auckland’s North Shore.
North Shore RDA committee president Christine Fallas says the award reflects decades of commitment from volunteers, staff and riders.
“We are thrilled to be recognised through these awards. It’s a very public acknowledgement of the amazing work put in over each of the last 50 years that has resulted in the outstanding programmes we run today. This award is for all of our wonderful volunteers, staff and, especially, our riders, who each give so much to ensure our therapy programmes really do change lives. We’re hugely grateful,” she says.
The organisation has also confirmed that coach Kate Bicknell Young joined the team in Term One.
Bicknell Young began volunteering as a side walker with Wairarapa RDA in 2015 before qualifying as an RDA coach in 2020. She later served as president of Wairarapa RDA before relocating from Greytown to Mahurangi West in 2021.
She is returning to RDA coaching after a three-year break working full time as a lawyer. Bicknell Young has also volunteered as a primary school literacy tutor and has been learning te reo Māori through Te Wānanga o Aotearoa since 2024. She hopes to share te reo with riders as part of her role.
