British Blind Sport and RDA are working in partnership to better understand of the needs of visually impaired people when accessing equestrian sport. With support from Sport England, the two organisations have collaborated on a research project to identify new insight about the barriers to taking part in horse riding that people with a visual impairment can face, and to better understand the support that coaches feel they need, in order to deliver equestrian activities for VI people with confidence.

Insight gathered from the research project has been used to produce a new educational resource, titled ‘Guide to Visually Impaired Equestrian Sport’.

The new guide is designed to educate coaches, leaders and staff at equestrian centres across the country about sight loss and the needs of people with a visual impairment in equestrianism. It also provides recommendations on how they can adapt their equestrian opportunities to make them more suitable for VI people.

British Blind Sport and the RDA are proud to launch the new guide, and hope it will encourage more people with a visual impairment to take part and enjoy equestrian activities, such as horse riding and carriage driving.

The report will be distributed to all RDA groups. To access a digital copy of the resource visit: www.rda.org.uk/coaching