Hooves For Hope Equine Assisted Therapy

26/12/2025

🌿 REFERRALS NOW OPEN | Horse Care & Mentoring Program 🌿

Hooves for Hope, in partnership with Sanctuary Care Services, is delivering a culturally respectful Horse Care & Mentoring Program for Indigenous people.

This hands-on program supports Aboriginal participants to develop:
• Practical horse care and animal handling skills
• Confidence, responsibility and routine
• Social, emotional and wellbeing skills
• Pathways toward employment and future opportunities in animal care

Participants are supported by experienced mentors and work alongside horses in a calm, supportive environment that values cultural safety, connection and strengths-based learning.

This program may suit those who may benefit from:
✔ Practical, hands-on learning
✔ Mentoring and routine
✔ Connection to animals and nature
✔ Alternative pathways to education or employment

📍 Delivered by: Hooves for Hope
🤝 In partnership with: Sanctuary Care Services

📩 For referrals or enquiries:
hoovesforhopeequineassisted@gmail.com

Please share with colleagues or services supporting Aboriginal community members who may benefit 🤍

24/12/2025

Many individuals with PTSD often struggle to feel safe, which can stem from intrusive negative thoughts, constant hypervigilance, or past experiences of betrayal. Equine-assisted psychotherapy (EAP) creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where individuals can explore emotions without pressure or expectation.

To learn more, visit this blog post on Eagala's website: https://www.eagala.org/blog/equine-therapy-for-ptsd/

23/12/2025

Holiday hours:

•Christmas Eve: Closed
•Christmas Day: Closed
•Boxing Day: Closed (still seeing regulars)
•Sat 27/12: Closed (still seeing regulars)
•Sun 28/12: Closed
•Mon 29/12: Closed
•Tues 30/12: Closed
•Wed 31/12: Closed
•Thur 01/01: Closed
•Fri 02/01: Resume our regular hours

From Mon 05/01/26: School holiday program commences (bookings being taken now)

22/12/2025

EDITED TO ADD - Blackheath Area Neighbourhood Centre lunch is fully booked. Please be sure to contact these organisations directly for details and to book.

thank you to the volunteers and community groups bringing people together with free Christmas lunches this year. If you or someone you know could use a warm meal and good company, support is here.

21/12/2025

✨🎄With Christmas fast approaching (three days away?!) we thought we would share a simple mindfulness technique known as Orienting, which will help to support you through the silly season.

🌿Orienting encourages you to go outside - or a place you feel at ease - and take the time to observe your surroundings, to really notice what is around you and to then notice how you feel as you look around.

We are all different. For some of us, looking out at the horizon will feel supportive, for others focusing on an object will feel good. Try both and see what feels best for you.

Allow yourself to stay looking at the particular detail that has captured your attention - a tree or the colour of a candle? Notice how your body feels - what changes when you allow yourself the time to look around and to focus on one thing that feels good to look at?

🧘‍♂️Does your mind calm down a little? Do you start to feel more present and grounded?

Our students at EATA are taught how to introduce this mindfulness technique, along with many others, into their equine-assisted therapy sessions. It helps clients to build more resilience and flexibility within their nervous systems.

When we have a more flexible and resilient nervous system we have more capacity to meet the daily demands of life.

We wish you all a very merry and safe Christmas 🎄✨

19/12/2025

Our very talented farmhand Greg singing at the Trop in Seed Duo with Mr Breeze

17/12/2025

I love how our younger participants (aged 11 and up) asked “where’s Deb today”

All waiting for our Deb to arrive to horse care course.
I love how everyone loves and accepts each other. Check up on each other, making sure we’re all okay 🫶🏻

It’s absolutely beautiful and heart warming ❤️ so proud of our young ppl

15/12/2025

Found on Google from simplypsychology.org

13/12/2025

Hoxton

13/12/2025

So pleased to see our new bike getting some use 🫶🏻

12/12/2025

Hi guys, unfortunately we are following up outstanding payments again please?

12/12/2025