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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."

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50% of what we do at HorseBack UK is Equine Assisted Learning. Learning alongside our equine partners.

The other 50% is wellbeing activities, outdoor activities and team building games to demonstrate and teach not only how to be the best you can be and how to be a good team member, but also how to be a good leader.

“We learn so much from playing games, learning new team skills and forging frienships in our lives, we often forget the enjoyment of the whole process itself. Some times we fail yes, that can be often at different parts of our lives. But again that is all learning, and part of the magical process. The trick is to keep all our activities fun, enabling effective, positive and enjoyable learning whilst here at the centre.” - HBUK Course Director Jason Hare

Here are some of our youngsters doing exactly that.

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50% of what we do at HorseBack UK is Equine Assisted Learning. Learning alongside our equine partners. 

The other 50% is wellbeing activities, outdoor activities and team building games to demonstrate and teach not only how to be the best you can be and how to be a good team member, but also how to be a good leader. 

“We learn so much from playing games, learning new team skills and forging frienships in our lives, we often forget the enjoyment of the whole process itself. Some times we fail yes, that can be often at different parts of our lives. But again that is all learning, and part of the magical process. The trick is to keep all our activities fun, enabling effective, positive and enjoyable learning whilst here at the centre.” - HBUK Course Director Jason Hare

Here are some of our youngsters doing exactly that. 

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This week is the Community Impact (Week 10 of 12) for our Youth Development Programme at HorseBack UK.

Our young learners continue to make a positive and impactful difference to the local community of Aberdeenshire. Over the past two days they have teamed up with the dedicated staff at the Grampian Motor Museum, lending a hand in setting up this year's Santa's Grotto, spreading holiday cheer to families in the community.

The remainder of the week, will see them collaborating with several other local organisations. So stay tuned for more updates on their inspiring efforts and community connections. And please share 🙏

The King's Trust
Taff Teague
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This week is the Community Impact (Week 10 of 12) for our Youth Development Programme at HorseBack UK.

Our young learners continue to make a positive and impactful difference to the local community of Aberdeenshire. Over the past two days they have teamed up with the dedicated staff at the Grampian Motor Museum, lending a hand in setting up this years Santas Grotto, spreading holiday cheer to families in the community.

The remainder of the week, will see them collaborating with several other local organisations. So stay tuned for more updates on their inspiring efforts and community connections. And please share 🙏 

The Kings Trust
Taff Teague
#horseback_uk
#fypシ
#aboyneImage attachmentImage attachment+2Image attachment
2 days ago

Just recently The Princes Trust has changed its name to now be called, The Kings Trust.

We at HorseBack UK are absolutely delighted and proud to still be a delivery partner in Aberdeenshire 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Just recently The Princes Trust has changed its name to now be called, The Kings Trust. 

We at HorseBack UK are absolutely delighted and proud to still be a delivery partner in Aberdeenshire 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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We do not rely on government funding so any donations will greatly assist with the running of our charity.