The Wood Workshop is a centre of great activity at RDA Tauranga.

We have several dedicated volunteers who produce a huge variety of items as well as work with special ‘helpers’ who come to us through the District Health Board and other organisations who offer support to those with need from within the community.

We have received some significant support for this area in the form of wood and other building supplies. One of the recent enterprises was the construction of elements for a sensory trial. Special ramps and walkways were constructed to give the riders an opportunity to experience different sensations especially in regard to sound and feel while out riding. The trail has also been a useful tool for training horses. The timber for this particular project was supplied by Jim Gartshore of Gartshore Construction in Tauranga.

Other enterprises that have developed within the RDA Wood Workshop include the building of book shelves and other office equipment and equipment to store tack and horse feed.

The Workshop plays an important role in the program that District Health Board offers to some of its adult clients.

The cost of sponsoring the Wood Workshop for a year is $1,500.

Please contact us if you are interested in sponsoring our Wood Workshop or donating materials.

The benefits are negotiable to suit the needs of the sponsor. Recognition for sponsors and benefactors would include:

• Naming the Wood Workshop after the sponsor or in the name of a person the benefactor wants to recognise (such as someone who has died or done something that the benefactor wishes to recognise)
• Acknowledgement of your support on our web site with a link to your web site
• Acknowledgement in one or more of our newsletters
• Opportunity to display your own signage at our Welcome Bay Facilities and at the entrance of the Wood Workshop
• Media Release issued about the sponsorship
• Open invitation to visit our facilities and bring clients or other guests
• Entitled to use RDA visuals and visuals of the Workshop in your marketing materials
• Right to renew the sponsorship at the end of the 12 month period
• Other benefits to meet the marketing needs of the sponsor are negotiable

RDA Tauranga is registered as a charity so donations are tax deductible