Strength and Learning Through Horses is a London based charity delivering equine therapy and alternative education programmes to young people aged 5-25.
We aim to improve wellbeing, educational prospects and help young people thrive.
24/06/2025
A little bit of funding news - thanks Selco Builders Warehouse Community Heroes for the grant!
A Barnet charity that supports vulnerable young people through horse-based education is galloping towards success after winning building materials in a national competition. Strength and Learning Through Horses (SLTH) has scooped £1,000 to spend at Selco Builders Warehouse after being named as a Co...
16/06/2025
It's another Benefact Group Movement for Good special week!
Please take a minute to nominate Strength and Learning Through Horses in this special draw to support Children and Young People - we could win a £5,000 grant which will help us to support disadvantaged young people in need of social, emotional, mental health or alternative education support access our services and benefit from getting outside in nature with the horses!
Nominations are open until 22nd June - thank you!
We could receive £5,000 in the Movement for Good draw.
13/06/2025
Seeking young people to act as models for marketing and promotional materials.
We are absolutely delighted to announce that Carl Hester has joined us as an official Ambassador of SLTH. It’s been a real privilege to get to know Carl over the past seven months, and we are so grateful for his support.
We’re incredibly excited to be working together and look forward to collaborating with Carl. We cannot wait to share more with you all on this very soon.
03/06/2025
We are celebrating Volunteers’ Week here at SLTH. Thank you to all our volunteers. Wanda is one of our stars. INSPIRING. REWARDING. EXCEPTIONAL. That’s how Wanda describes her time at SLTH.
With over 50 years of experience around horses, Wanda thought she’d seen it all. But volunteering here has opened up a whole new chapter — one filled with purpose, connection and impact.
“I’ve never experienced anything quite like what I’ve seen here,” she says. “It goes above and beyond — for both the horses and the young people.”
We’re lucky to have Wanda as part of the team.
Thank you for everything …
31/05/2025
Exciting news!! So amazing to have this recognition.
Thank you so much to all our supporters that nominated us 🙏🙏🙏
⭐FINALIST ANNOUNCEMENT⭐
Charity of the Year 2025 Sponsored by
We’re proud to shine a spotlight on three exceptional organisations making a real difference through their work in the equestrian community. The finalists for Charity of the Year 2025 are:
Munchkins Miniature Shetland Rescue
Strength & Learning Through Horses
Greatwood
These inspiring charities are changing lives — both human and equine — through rescue, rehabilitation, education, and emotional support. Their passion, dedication, and impact are what this category is all about. 💛
The winner will be revealed at the 2025 Equestrian Business Awards.
21/05/2025
Every young person we support is carrying more than we can see.
At SLTH, horses help them reconnect, rebuild, and rediscover their potential. 🐴💚
With your help, we can reach even more young people in need of support.
✨ Donate, share, or get involved today. Together, we can change lives.
19/05/2025
NEWS! SLTH partners with
It is with excitement that we share with you that SLTH is now supported by Premier Equine, a brand recognised globally for providing premium quality equine products. This alliance means so much to the team here, the young people who are supported by our Charity and our four legged friends. As we start the partnership, Premier Equine has already donated new riding hats from their extensive range, cementing their commitment to safety and protecting the young people as they work with our herd on the ground. We cannot thank the team at Premier Equine for their belief in our mission, as they stand alongside us in changing the lives of young people through the unique and powerful relationship of human and horse. We look forward to our future initiatives together and a long and fruitful partnership.
13/02/2025
We have so many young people needing our help that we need more staff to train to run sessions! If you’re a mental health professional or equestrian professional and would like to be trained to deliver equine assisted therapy and education programmes for us then get in touch:
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At our dedicated stables in Edgware, North London, we see between 250 and 300 young people each year, helping them to overcome mental health, learning disability or behavioural challenges through working with horses on our Equine Therapy, Education and Work Experience programmes. We also run an After School Club and hold day camps in school holidays.
Last year, 52% of our clients had Special Educational Needs and 46% had either current or past Safeguarding involvement. With our help, 89% said that their confidence had increased and 82% felt that their communication skills had improved.
Mohammed is a typical success story:
“Mohammed has been attending an education course this term with his school. Mohammed has an autism diagnosis, various mental health diagnoses and a registered physical disability. At school his anxiety was crippling him, he wasn't attending classes and had no relationships with other students. On his first day with us his school staff and other students all treated Mohammed as though he was less capable than the others due to his disability and anxiety. The teachers jumped to help him and give him support before he'd had a chance to attempt a task himself and the students did things for him instead of waiting and letting Mohammed have a go. Mohammed accepted this help in a withdrawn and depressed way without any protest.
Things changed immediately as soon as Mohammed started working with the horses. Mohammed built an instant connection with our smallest horse Percy - Percy needs a very assertive leader otherwise he won't comply. To everyone's surprise Mohammed immediately stepped up to the mark to show Percy he was in charge and got Percy to follow him and listen when all the other students had failed. Suddenly Mohammed had a voice and started talking to staff and students, his whole posture and demeanour changed and a hidden confidence came through.
Over the next few weeks Mohammed consistently proved that his ability to empathise and control the horses was the best in his group of students and everyone's perception of him began to change. The other students branded Mohammed as The Horse Trainer and started asking him for help and advice while the teachers stopped offering unnecessary help and waited to be asked before giving help.
As a result Mohammed has flourished both at the stables and at school. His self esteem has rocketed, he now has friends at school and is attending all of his classes. Instead of focusing on his limitations and difficulties Mohammed and those around him now value his strengths. This has transformed his life in all areas.”