Personal Development through horsemanship
HorseBack UK inspires positive change, encourages confidence and self-esteem, and promotes recovery in an individual. Using horsemanship and outdoor activities, we deliver nationally accredited personal development and wellbeing programmes which offer our participants new coping strategies, life skills and the tools to build resilience.
HorseBack UK is a charity set up to empower service personnel and veterans suffering from life-changing injuries and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and to aid them on their road to recovery.
The success of the first five years of courses for military personnel has allowed HorseBack UK to extend its remit and is now able to focus on the wider community.
Teenagers participate in a 15-day SQA Level 4 Certificate in Personal Development Through Horsemanship.
Over the past three years HorseBack UK has established a unique leadership and team building experience.
In the late summer of 2020 whilst chaos and fear reigned due to the COVID 19 pandemic Jock wanted to help those who had specifically been affected by it within the NHS and Care Home Systems.
We deliver the Team Programme, a twelve week course for young people between the ages of sixteen and twenty-five.
Our Patron
"I am delighted to be Patron of HorseBack UK, whose work clearly demonstrates the extraordinary physical, emotional and mental support that horses can offer to us all."
Our Supporting Partners
🐎 🇬🇧 🏴 Last Sunday, HorseBack UK joined the Tarland community to remember those who gave their lives in service, honouring the fallen of both World Wars and conflicts since. 🌺 🫡
Representing HorseBack UK, 82 year old former Royal Marines Commando John Tuson laid our wreath. John has supported our courses as a volunteer peer mentor for many years now, continuing to give his time and experience in service to others. We were proud to have him carry out this special duty.
Our Course Director, Jason ‘Jay’ Hare, also a former Royal Marines Commando, proudly marched the 1st Cromar Brownies, Rainbows and Guides into Tarland Square. With their standards flying, the young people looked wonderfully smart and represented their units and the community with dignity as they laid their wreath in honour of the fallen.
Seeing generations come together gives remembrance a particular significance. By taking part, these young people help carry forward the memory of those who served, ensuring their sacrifice remains understood and never forgotten.
Accompanying these moments is the voice of HorseBack UK co-founder and Charity President, Jock Hutchison, who narrates this video, as well as attending this service himself.
Thank you to everyone who helped make Tarland’s service such a meaningful tribute. We remember those who never came home, the families whose lives were changed forever, and those who still carry the physical and unseen scars of service.
We will remember them.
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🐎 🇬🇧 🏴 Week 9 and plenty to be proud of!
Under the watchful eye and direction of Taff Teague the Programme Lead, our HorseBack UK Youth Development Programme, delivered in partnership with The King's Trust, enters week 9 today after a physically demanding week 8 residential.
Last week saw our young people tackle navigation, hill walking and cycling, culminating in a cross country mountain bike expedition through the mountains. 🚵♂️🏔️
The learning didn’t stop at their accommodation. Budgeting, buying food, taking turns to cook and clean, and preparing lunches were all part of the challenge. Sharing an unfamiliar living space meant learning to compromise, take responsibility and look out for one another.
And this Wednesday, they’re going military style! 🪖 They’ll be camping out under bivis with sleeping bags and roll mats, with military issued rations for their scran!
They’re taking on this challenge as a charity fundraiser and have already raised an amazing £2,900! 👏 If you’d like to support their efforts with a donation, the link is in the comments below. 💚
This week, they’ll also complete their Level 4 Personal Development Through Horsemanship phase while finishing their Dùthchas Award in conservation. 🌿
By the end of the 12 week programme, they will leave with:
🎓 Level 4 HBUK Personal Development Through Horsemanship Certificate (SQA)
🎓 Level 3 King’s Trust Personal Development and Employability Certificate (SQA)
🌿 Cairngorm Dùthchas Gold Award in conservation
🧠 Training in the 12 Decider Skills for managing stress and anxiety
Alongside those achievements, they’re building confidence, independence and practical skills to take into their next chapter.
We’re incredibly proud of you all. As our Course Director Jason Hare says “Just keep going team, one foot in front of the other, there is no such thing as can’t!”💚
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Still a couple of places for the course starting in the New Year.
We are really excited to offer this qualification to those already working in equine assisted services, as well as anyone looking to take their first steps into this rewarding field.
For more information please get in touch. We'd love to hear from you ...
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