What We Do

Holiday Programmes 

Our latest Horse Holiday Programme flew by! We would love to have you at our next one!

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In our holiday programmes school-aged participants come for 3 days a week and have fun
with animals, gain confidence and learn about themselves as we teach horsemanship skills 

and farm skills with lots of group challenges and fun as we go.

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Participants get to work with a range of animals including

miniature horses, donkeys, dogs,ponies and larger horses.

We have lots of laughs and jokes and

make lots of friends with others with similar interests

and we work with animals and play horse games.

 We have a team of Holiday Programme leaders who work in

small groups with the participants, and we love getting to know

the kids and having lots of fun with them!
We also take time to just hang out with the animals,

getting to cuddle and play with them, and participants build strong, trusting

connections with the animals and often find one horse that they really click with.
It is always a bit of a tear-jerker when we all have to leave on the last day!

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Some Horse Holiday Programme activities include: 
● grooming horses and preparing feeds
● leading skills and manoeuvring over obstacles
● painting and dressing up horses
● animal hang out and cuddle time
● animal clicker skills
● bush walks and compass skills
● non-horse games and working with dogs
● relays and horse games
● tyre dragging and egg ‘n’ spoon races
● adventures up into the hills 

● riding
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Participate Feedback:

• My experience at this Horse Holiday Programme was fun, amazing, exciting and adventurous”

• “The Holiday Programme was fun and I want to come again!”

• “At the Holiday Programme I built trust with the horses and it was 10 out of 10!”

• “I was nervous to start and now I have gained knowledge and I gained confidence with the animals and I got an enormous love of horses”

• “Now it is the last day I am more confident with animals and I am definitely coming back!”
  
  If you would like more photos and info about our Horse Holiday Programmes go to our facebook page
  https://www.facebook.com/HopeRisingFarmTrust/

Holiday programmes run between each school term. Spaces are limited.