Equine-Assisted Services For Uniformed Public Service Workers
Many Uniformed Public Service Workers face a wide range of visible (for example, life changing injuries) and invisible (for example, mental health issues including PTSD) challenges which impacts on their ability to transition back into civilian life or continue in active service.
Working with horses is a good way of achieving as research has shown that working with horses improves the overall quality of life on physiological, psychological, and spiritual levels.
Although horses have their own unique histories, personalities, moods, and needs for connection, they function within a herd, and just observing herd behaviour can make humans aware of their own challenges.
This is especially significant for Uniformed Public Service Workers who are conditioned to be on alert and aware of themselves and others.
Horses can help Uniformed Public Service Workers learn to develop the relationships they need to reconnect with their communities, each other, and their families.
Research has demonstrated that even caring for horses by grooming, feeding, and being around them has positive effects on physiological and psychological functioning.
Equine-assisted services allow Uniformed Public Service Workers to experiment with caring for another again.
The relationship that develops between the individual and horse becomes a powerful change agent.
Making a Referral to Equustrong UK
We welcome referrals from GPs; other medical staff (including counsellors; occupational therapists and physiotherapists) as well as from other charities and non-profit making organisations working with Uniformed Public Service Workers. We are also happy to accept self-referrals.
To make a referral please contact us:
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