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Strength & Learning Through Horses 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.

Another rainy day at the stables! We’re keeping Spike warm and comfortable and collectively dreaming of drier (and warme...
26/02/2025

Another rainy day at the stables! We’re keeping Spike warm and comfortable and collectively dreaming of drier (and warmer!) days☀️

Great to see sessions like this being set up. Well done British Dressage Wales.https://www.facebook.com/share/1CC7YLmYhy...
18/02/2025

Great to see sessions like this being set up. Well done British Dressage Wales.

https://www.facebook.com/share/1CC7YLmYhy/?mibextid=wwXIfr

🌟 Understanding Neurodiversity in Sport – A Zoom Session with Lily Morgan 🌟

🧠Join us for an insightful Zoom session with Lily Morgan, an advocate for neurodiversity in sport! 🏆 Lily, the Youth Sport Trust’s Young Activist of the Year 2024, has been striving to achieve acceptance and inclusion for all neurodiverse individuals in sports through her website NeurodiversityinSport.com and social media platforms on Instagram and TikTok.

📅 Date: 18 March
⏰ Time: 6:30pm Parents and Riders | 7:30pm Coaches
📍 Platform: Zoom

Whether you're a coach, parent, or rider, these sessions will provide valuable knowledge and practical strategies to foster a more inclusive and supportive riding experience.

🔹 What We’ll Cover:
🧠 Understanding neurodiversity and how it can manifest in riders, including autism, ADHD, and sensory processing differences.
🌟 Strategies for creating a welcoming and adaptable environment both on and off the horse.
👨‍👩‍👧 How parents can best support their neurodiverse child’s development, with a focus on communication, confidence-building, and safety.
🎭 Recognising and adapting to sensory needs, social interactions, and other unique challenges faced by neurodiverse riders.

This session is designed to empower and educate, ensuring every rider has the opportunity to thrive in a supportive equestrian setting. Don't miss this chance to enhance your understanding and make a real difference!

Book on Horse Monkey:
Parents and Riders: https://horsemonkey.com/equestrian_event/70577/4647+-+BD+Wales+Neurodiversity+in+Sport+with+Lily+Morgan+%28for+Parents+and+Riders%29-+Zoom

Coaches: https://horsemonkey.com/equestrian_event/70578/4647+-+BD+Wales+Neurodiversity+in+Sport+with+Lily+Morgan+%28for+Coaches%29-+Zoom

We have so many young people needing our help that we need more staff to train to run sessions! If you’re a mental healt...
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:

https://uk.indeed.com/job/education-programme-lead-equine-specialist-freelance-cde5fc3f634f993a

https://uk.indeed.com/job/clinical-psychologist-child-and-adolescent-therapist-slth-freelance-0af2e61d7d443edd

Strength and Learning Through Horses

10/02/2025

We need your help!

SLTH Equine Therapy has been changing young lives through the power of horses for over a decade. Now, we have the chance to be recognised for our work—but we need your nomination!

The Equestrian Business Awards are open for nominations, and we'd love to be considered for Charity of the Year. If our work has made a difference to you, a loved one, or the community, please take a moment to nominate us.

Nominate here ➡️ https://www.equestrianbusinessawards.co.uk/nominate

Nominations close on April 1st, 2025, so don’t wait—help us shine a spotlight on equine therapy and the difference it makes!

Horse Experience Day at SLTHAre you looking for a unique activity this February half-term? Why not try the Horse Experie...
30/01/2025

Horse Experience Day at SLTH

Are you looking for a unique activity this February half-term? Why not try the Horse Experience Day at SLTH stables!

Children will step into the world of horses, learning about:

🐴 Horse psychology - understand how horses think and communicate
🐴 Horse care and exercise - get hands-on with brushing and leading horses
🐴 Foraging - discover plants that keep our horses healthy
🐴 Stable care - help muck out and create a cosy space for our horses

📆 Dates:
Wednesday 19th February for children aged 7 to 11
Thursday 20th February for children aged 12 to 16

⏰ Time: 10am to 2pm on both days

🎯 Location: Greengates Stables, Mays Lane, Barnet EN5 2AQ

Cost: £40 per child - we have limited bursary options available, please ask!

We welcome children and young people with SEN or SEMH who can manage in a small group without parental support. If your child needs extra support, please get in touch with us to see if we can help.

For more information and to book your place, please email Laura Gill at

[email protected]

Meet Obie 🐾Obie is our official SLTH Meet and Greet dog, hurrying to welcome every visitor to the yard, patiently accept...
27/01/2025

Meet Obie 🐾

Obie is our official SLTH Meet and Greet dog, hurrying to welcome every visitor to the yard, patiently accepting patting on the head and reciprocating with face licks if you get close enough.

For many of our young people, visiting our yard for the first time can be difficult; they don’t know what to expect, and we have yet to earn their trust. Obie helps break down these barriers and sets the tone for the work ahead. Much loved by our young people and all the staff, you will find him pacing the car park most days or staring you down at lunchtime, hoping for an invitation to join in 😋

“The whole volunteering experience has been amazing. The SLTH team were superb to work with, and to see the transformati...
16/01/2025

“The whole volunteering experience has been amazing. The SLTH team were superb to work with, and to see the transformations in the young people really gratifying. What a magical space you, your team and the horses have created - can't gush enough about how fab it is. I've learnt an enormous amount, and had a great insight into such a different modality of working from the static, clinic bound talking therapy that I'm used to”

We have a range of opportunities available; whether you have experience working with horses, mental health or something else entirely - get in touch.

Interested? Head to our website to learn more and sign up: https://strengthandlearningthroughhorses.org/volunteer

Recommendation for drainage and structural engineers needed! 2025 is the year we hope to start the next phase of our bui...
09/01/2025

Recommendation for drainage and structural engineers needed! 2025 is the year we hope to start the next phase of our build (more on that in coming months!). To get final costs so we know our fundraising target we need a drainage engineer and structural engineer to do calculations. Can any of our followers recommend firms who would be able to help us and price fairly for a charity?

We were delighted to be awarded funding recently from local business TG Lynes through their Helping Hands campaign. Tha...
07/01/2025

We were delighted to be awarded funding recently from local business TG Lynes through their Helping Hands campaign. Thanks to Andrew for coming to visit on possibly the muddiest day of the year and still smiling!

2024 in review - OctoberOctober can be a busy time in the yard. There are plenty of jobs, both big and small, to get don...
06/01/2025

2024 in review - October

October can be a busy time in the yard. There are plenty of jobs, both big and small, to get done before the cold settles in.

Here at SLTH, we are very grateful to our wonderful volunteers who are willing to chip in and get stuff done - like Annie (pictured) doing her green-fingered magic in the area around the new therapy room. Then during the October half-term, our current students stepped up and volunteered one of their holiday days to help us get the yard looking s***k and span!

September was fun! We were invited to the BBC Make A Difference Awards ceremony to represent our longest-serving equine ...
05/01/2025

September was fun! We were invited to the BBC Make A Difference Awards ceremony to represent our longest-serving equine staff member, Thomas, who was one of the four nominees in the animal category.
For our annual Open Day, we teamed up with Barnet Parent Champions from to deliver a Barnet Health and Wellbeing event for our community. Pictured is the Barnet Mayor, who kindly agreed to open the event!

Back in August, we launched a fundraising campaign to help us get our yard ready for winter. During the winter of 2023, ...
04/01/2025

Back in August, we launched a fundraising campaign to help us get our yard ready for winter. During the winter of 2023, we learned the hard way that our new site in Mays Lane is prone to flooding and had to cancel over a hundred sessions for our young people. This year, we left nothing to chance, and thanks to the generosity of our supporters and the Morrisons foundations and support from our partners and , we have been able to get our yard in a much better shape! 🙏

Throwback to July 2024, when we had the pleasure of hosting the National Lottery branding team for a teambuilding sessio...
03/01/2025

Throwback to July 2024, when we had the pleasure of hosting the National Lottery branding team for a teambuilding session with a difference! The team took it all in their stride and put on a brave face to experience the power of equine-assisted learning.

Happy New Year to all our followers, friends and supporters ✨
01/01/2025

Happy New Year to all our followers, friends and supporters ✨

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EN52AQ

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https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/home-our-horses

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A bit of fun at the yard while presenting Thomas with his Highly Commended award from the BBC Make A Difference ceremony 🏆 True to himself, Thomas is showing why he’s so good at normalising anxiety with his distrustful response to his new trophy 🏆 🤣 Apples, on the other hand, 😋 #bbcmakeadifference #makeadifferenceawards

Ever caught horses sharing a sweet moment like this? 🐴💕 When horses groom each other, it’s called ‘mutual grooming,’ and it’s their way of bonding and showing trust. It strengthens their friendship and creates a sense of comfort and connection. Just like us, they love spending quality time with their besties! #HorseLove #EquineConnection #MutualGrooming #HorseBonding #equinetherapy #therapyhorses

It's wonderful to hear how therapy horses like Thomas are truly making a tangible difference in the lives of our young people and their families. We were deeply moved by this powerful testimonial from one of the SLTH parents in the interview with @bbclondon. A big thank you to @bbclondon for acknowledging and appreciating Thomas' dedicated efforts in the nomination for the BBC Make a Difference Award 2024! #makeadifferenceawards2024 #bbclondon #equinetherapy #healinghorses #barnet #londoncharity

Our Get Winter Ready fundraiser is up and running, and Eric is keeping a close eye on what we’re up to! We need your help to get our stables ready for winter; we’re grateful for every single donation, comment and share 💕🙏 Link in stories or check out the Bio! #equinetherapy #equineassistedtherapy #equinetherapycharity #barnet #northlondon #horse #horselove #horsesofinstagram

Thank you @ascotracecourse . We are so thankful to be an Ascot sponsored charity. Our founders are having a brilliant day at the races networking with other Ascot sponsored charities. Watch this space for some partnership working… #royalascot #equinetherapy #charity #mentalhealth

Everyone is very relaxed and happy this morning! Horses live in herds for safety and companionship. Although they're all in their own space they are together, aware of all the others and content doing their own thing. An important lesson this #lonelinessawarenessweek that just being in the same space as others can be enough to feel part of the community. #horses #horse #equinetherapy #equineassistedlearning #youngpeople #friendships #relationships #lifeskills #loneliness #together #partoftheherd #relaxed #happy #content

New boy Zal is settling in well and is very playful! He's already bringing a different energy to the herd. Great for our young people to see how diferent personalities affect the dynamic of the herd and think about how diferent people bring a different vibe to friendship groups. #horse #horses #horsetherapy #equinetherapy #equineassistedlearning #groupdynamics #friendships #relationships #friends #semhsupport #lifeskills #charity

Today is Micro Volunteering Day, a day to do a tiny deed which could make a big difference for a charity! We are simply asking all of our followers to nominate us is in The Benefact Group Movement for Good campaign. It only takes a minute and we could win £1,000 of funding which could make a big difference to us, the horses, and all of the young people we help. Thank you. https://movementforgood.com/index.php?cn=1159326&ct=education_and_skills&i=1704976036-40195.gif&utm_source=holiday+card&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=M4G2023card&utm_id=M4G2023card#nominateACharity

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Great to have had a visit today from @sadiq who stopped by whilst on the mayoral campaign trail. He took the opportunity to meet Prince and Perry (Polo mints for the horses may have been involved), chat with CEO's Jemma and Rosie about what we do and how it helps some of London's most vulnerable young people to improve their mental wellbeing, engagement in education and longer term life prospects and meet a group of young people and watch some of their session in action. Luckily the rain held off! #horse #horses #equinetherapy #equineassistedlearning #younglondoners #youngpeople #charity #alternativetherapy #alternativeeducation #twohorserace #mayoralcampaign #mayoroflondon #community #greaterlondon #HealingHorses

Eric and Charlie are two of our smallest horses. Eric is a real people person/horse and loves to be near people. Sometimes he gets too close. Charlie can be very timid. At the beginning of the video you can see how Charlie stands stock still while Eric comes to say hello. Eric is much bolder than Charlie. Charlie will hang back until he's sure about something, or wait for Eric to go first. This a great relationship for our young people to observe and many of them see themselves and their own friendships reflected in Eric and Charlie's behaviour. Are you an Eric or a Charlie?

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Healing Horses

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.