“I am not sure where the coaching path will take me but I will continue on
the journey and see where it leads!”
My name is Andrea and I am a volunteer at the Kingborough Centre, Hobart in Tasmania.
I have always wanted to volunteer with RDA but could never afford the time. In 2017 I had to stop my dream job as a Dental Hygenist fur to injury, which was devastating for me at the time. The silver lining was that this unfortunate turn of events left me with time to investigate the possibility of helping out at RDA. With my love of helping people and owning and riding horses, it was a no brainer to go to an Open Day in August 2019 to see how I could help out.
My main role at our Centre is leading and looking after horses as this is an area I am very comfortable in. I was encouraged to enroll as a Trainee Coach by one of our instructors and I am very glad I did. I have found the content very interesting and also extremely helpful in the foundation knowledge it provides. I am very much enjoying studying and learning new skills and building on the knowledge I have already gained through horses and dentistry and applying it in a different field. After 35 years in the Dental industry it is a welcome change! I am not sure at this stage where the coaching path will take me, as I am somewhat limited by my hand injuries in some areas, but I will continue on the journey and see where it leads!