P&A Therapeutic Horsemanship Centre

What is therapeutic horsemanship?
Therapeutic horsemanship is the coming together of horses and people to help improve the person's emotional, mental and physical well being.

What are the benefits of therapeutic horsemanship?
-improved communication skills
-confidence boosting
-learning responsibility
-building relationships
-managing emotions
-boosts self esteem
-improved physical health eg. fine motor skills
-learning leadership skills
-developing trust
-and many more...

Who can benefit from it?
-People with autism and ADHD
-People with a mental or physical disability
-People with PTSD
-Home educated children
-People wanting to gain confidence and try something new
-People wanting to connect with nature
-People with dementia

What is involved?
All sessions are tailored to the person's specific needs and capabilities and can also be adapted to fit in with the school curriculum. Sessions can be 30mins to 2 hours long and can be in a group or one on one setting. These sessions can be done on a weekly, monthly or one off basis.
Activities include:
-building a relationship with the ponies through brushing and massage
-Interacting with the horse through in hand activities like obstacle courses, trail walks and free interaction.
-learning how to take care of a horse through feeding, mucking out, grooming and field maintenance
-understanding horse behavior by watching the herd and seeing how horses communicate with their body language.

Funding

There is a charge for our services. This can be paid privately if you can afford, or by Social Services if you are eligible for direct payments.

We are happy to work with schools and organisations on limited budgets to find extra funding.

We try to make our sessions as accessible as possible so please get in touch if you have any queries.

Safety

We are a fully licensed riding school established in 2009.

Our staff are very experienced in working with horses and children.

We are fully insured.

We require participants to wear a helmet (can be borrowed from us) when walking with a pony unaided.

Our horses have had training to prepare them for their therapeutic roles.

Horse Welfare

Our horses' welfare is very important to us at P&A Therapeutic Horsmanship Centre. We take care to ensure that our horses needs are always met.

Living in a safe environment: Our horses live in a mixed herd, this enables them to freely interact with other horses and get lots of social interaction outside of the sessions.

They also live outside as much as possible. This is to allows them to move, eat and drink freely in an environment that is natural to them.

Our sessions are always centered around the horse, if they show signs of discomfort we will always put their needs first.

We also believe that the horses benefit from the sessions as well! Through the grooming, bonding and play, the horses grow a bond with the participants.

Through our licence we are also required to keep a record of our ponies care and exercise plans to make sure they are healthy and happy.

Get In Touch

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