Riding for the Disabled Association (RDA) enriches lives through the unique bond between people and horses. Each year, they support over 39,000 disabled children and adults through activities including riding, carriage driving, and equine assisted programmes such as Quiet Corners and Tea with a Pony. Champions of the therapeutic use of horses, leaders in disability sport, they’re the only major UK charity focused specifically on the health and wellbeing benefits of bringing people and horses together.

RDA wanted to share the impact of their work with a broader audience, so they came to us. We spent a few days with Charlotte, who lives with Joubert Syndrome. Our film sees Charlotte’s dreams lived out to the full thanks to the support of Riding for the Disabled. We help demonstrate how riding can give people with disabilities the chance to live an enriching life. The power of emotive story-telling, seeing the world through other’s eyes, can be an irresistible force.

This film played at a fund-raising gala, after which Charlotte (and Helen) took to the stage to rapturous applause.

Our first film for Riding for the Disabled led to their nomination as the Guardian Newspaper Charity of the Year. After this, we went on to create more annual fundraising films for them.

Working with disabled people, dedicated members of staff and the horses themselves always reminds us that disabilities needn’t stop anyone from living life to the full. Something we have captured in our films.