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Equine Facilitated Wellness Equine Facilitated Wellness involves partnering with horses to promote emotional, mental, and physical health. How to refer someone Equine Facilitated Wellness Referrals for our Equine Facilitated Wellness programme are invited on behalf of children and young people with vulnerabilities, aged between 5 to 18 years of age, who are experiencing personal challenges including low self-esteem or confidence, low resilience, relationship struggles, emotional regulation, experience of trauma or family breakdown, bereavement or trouble with communication. Referral Procedure Stable Life is a charity that empowers young people to reach their full potential through the transformative power of horses. In a safe and nurturing environment, we use equine facilitated wellness to help young people build confidence, develop life skills, and overcome challenges. Our Stories Our History "Imposing yet gentle, perceptive yet non-judgemental, horses can help troubled teens gain essential insights into their inner demons and innate strengths." - Hugh C. McBride Meet Our Horses Who will you champion at Stable Life? Choose your favourite horse, from Pandora to Seamus, and consider adopting them or donating monthly to help children with vulnerabilities find their strength and confidence through horses. Pandora A pocket rocket who's kind right down to the bottom of her hooves, Pandora's an absolute superstar Adopt Me Seamus A more handsome Irish Cob you will not meet: Seamus is kind and forgiving, but loves to show off if given the chance! Adopt Me Rosalin Rosalin is a talented Highland mare with a fondness for dressage but can turn her hoof to anything! Adopt Me Smartie Smartie is an outgoing New Forest pony who loves jumping and hacking out in our beautiful countryside Adopt Me Bert Bert is one of the kindest equines you could meet, and gives great cuddles Adopt Me Paddy Cuddly Paddy, a gentle soul who hacks, plays, and shares a shed with his best horsey pal Ben Adopt Me Misty Playful gem Misty-Sue is a stunning pony who shines on and off the lead! Adopt Me Marcus Genuine, kind Marcus, a tireless pony teacher, always gives 150% in the flatwork arena Adopt Me Maddy Maddy is Stable Life's sweetheart who wins hearts even faster than she gallops! Adopt Me Lachie Gentle giant Larchie charms with cuddles, excels in work and wows in competition! Adopt Me Billy Safe and sensible, Billy patiently builds confidence while thriving in hacks and soaring over jumps Adopt Me Ben Meet Ben, the charming cob gelding, always up for a smile (and a treat)! Adopt Me Book a riding lesson We offer a variety of horse riding lessons and hacking for all ages and abilities. We have lessons for children from 2 years old and group lessons for all ages - because of the lovely nature of the ponies they are brilliant for learning to ride, so we specialise in beginner riding lessons for all. We are lucky enough to have some incredible countryside around us and offer weekend hacks for adults, children and families. How To Book How your donations helped As a registered charity, Stable Life’s activities rely entirely on the generosity of donations. £5 Buys a pair of skipping ropes for a young person participating in our keep-fit sessions £10 Buys four pairs of children’s cozy socks to keep their feet warm £25 Would allow us to offer a 1:1 session for a young person £35 Sponsors one of our special ponies for a year £50 Would provide a 2-hour group session for a young person £120 Pays for a set of shoes for our ponies £200 Buys 10 well-being activity packs £250 Would provide one young person a 10-week 1:1 therapeutic programme £850 Would provide one young person a 17-week group therapeutic programme £1,000 Would purchase 25 bales of hay for our ponies £5,000 Would purchase a special pony to join our herd Donate to Stable Life STAY IN THE KNOW Enter your email here Sign Up Thanks for signing up!

About us At Stable Life we utilise equine facilitated wellness programmes to support young people with vulnerabilties in the Scottish Borders who are experiencing challenges. We are based on a beautiful farm surrounded by rolling hills and we are lucky enough to have some of the kindest ponies we know to help us to do our work. We also offer riding lessons and hacking in the hills. Supporting our young people For most young people growing up is a fairly smooth and natural process but for others this couldn’t be further from reality. Sometimes a young person’s circumstances and related behaviour can push them to feel isolated or excluded from their school and community. This can lead to anti-social and risk-taking behaviour, substance abuse, mistrust of adults and a failure to realise and reach their full potential. Stable Life helps young people to break the cycle of damaging behaviour or feelings of helplessness. We offer youngsters a proven and trusted medium which encourages self reflection and promotes resilience. Working with horses Our programmes are based on a model of Equine Facilitated Wellness using the Theory of Change which we have developed into a person-centred package using the horse and its environment to engage with each young person who attends. We run a team of dedicated staff who work to support young people and their families in either a group setting or on an individual basis. We also have a number of trained personnel from adult volunteers to peer mentors who support our project workers. We also support young people in their transition looking towards college and employment by offering practical work experience opportunities. ​ How it works How to refer someone Young people can be referred to use from across Scottish Borders by anyone; referrers often include people from a young person’s school, or social work team, a GP, an individual from CAMHS or parents or carers. Read more about the referral process for Stable Life. Referrals Theory of change Starting with small achievements and working up, our Theory of Change sets out how individuals who are struggling can slowly grow in confidence, and begin to see demonstrable improvements both in their mental health and their abilities in the wider world. Our theory of change Our history Stable Life has been supporting young people in The Scottish Borders for over a decade. Read more about the history behind the charity, and how we came to be at Dryden Farm Our history "My boy has absolutely loved coming. He has faced his fears, made friends and opened up about previous trauma and at the same time found something that he loves. His learning to keep himself safe skills have really improved and his confidence has sky rocketed. I cannot thank you guys enough" - Feedback from a Parent

Full, DIY and Grass Livery Stable Life is able to offer full or DIY and grass liveries. We offer a range of services which are flexible to ensure, if you are unable to attend to your horse, they are always looked after and cared for. Our livery yard is a safe, caring and friendly environment where the safety and wellbeing of our horses and customers is paramount. The number of horses is limited to ensure clients can fully enjoy the facilities and that grazing paddocks aren’t overcrowded. For the welfare of all our horses, we do insist that your horse is included in our structured worming programme. Full Livery Keep and care – grazing Hay/haylage Use of a box Feeding where hard feed supplied by client Bringing in and turn out Mucking out Change of rugs Use of 20m x 40m indoor school by arrangement Use of floodlit 20m x 40m outdoor school by arrangement Immediate access to fantastic hacking with phenomenal scenery Secure tack storage facility Tea/coffee making facilities Pricing Priced individually to client needs DIY Livery Grazing Hay/haylage Use of a box Use of 20m x 40m indoor school by arrangement Use of floodlit 20m x 40m outdoor school by arrangement Immediate access to fantastic hacking with phenomenal scenery Secure tack storage facility Tea/coffee making facilities Pricing Summer: £35.00 per week Winter: £55.00 per week Grass Livery Grazing Hay/haylage in winter Use of 20m x 40m indoor school by arrangement Use of floodlit 20m x 40m outdoor school by arrangement Immediate access to fantastic hacking with phenomenal scenery Secure tack storage facility Tea/coffee making facilities Pricing Summer: £25.00 per week Winter: £40.00 per week Enquire about Livery First Name Last Name Email Phone No. of horses Message Send Thanks for submitting!

This week is #mentalhealthawerenessweek and this year's theme is Movement: Moving for our mental health. Moving more can increase your energy, reduce stress and anxiety, and boost your self-esteem. We certainly see this with the young people who we work with here at Stable Life. All our ponies also play a vital part in supporting the mental health of our young people, and we coudn't do the work we do without these special equine team members. Over the last year our pony herd has reduced as Rose and Harry went off for their well earned retirements, and this year we will see a further reduction as a couple of our other ponies also look to retire. Therefore we need to find a few more equine team members to enable us to continue to deliver our services, and we need your help on this. We are pleased to announce that we have been selected as one of the charities to be supported through the Big Give #Kind2Mind campaign. This means they will double donations that we receive from now up until the 28th May. Therefore if we reach our target of £2,500 over the next two weeks that money will will be doubled to £5,000 and we will be able to go out and find a new pony to help us to do all the work we are passionate about here at Stable Life. If you are able to donate anything to help us reach our target and help us keep the herd at Stable Life big enough to support our projects we would be forever grateful. Click here to donate: https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a056900002SEVjYAAX Thank you so much #MentalHealthMatters #BigGive

Hello and thanks for visiting our new Stable Life website - we have helped hundreds of young people across the Scottish Borders in over a decade, as well as launching as a commerical riding school and helping lots of people to learn to ride, thanks to our lovely horses and ponies. This month we have relaunched our website with the aim of explaining what we offer here in terms of the charity - our equine facilitated wellness projects - and our riding school which offers horse riding lessons and fun clubs and hacks for our Hoofbeats members. Our new site has a full explanation about how our charity's project works to support the young people of the Scottish Borders who are facing challenging situations. You can find out how to refer a young person to us so we can find out whether they're suitable for Stable Life, and begin the process of working together, or you can find out how to get onto our riding school system and start book lessons and hacks in our glorious countryside. Finally you can hop online and spend some time getting to know our most important team members, our equine friends! See pictures of our ponies and horses, and if you want to you can even sponsor a pony! We hope you find it easy to get hold of all the information you've been looking for here, and we look forward to seeing you at the yard soon.

A huge thanks to Ivan and all his colleagues at Plexus Corp. for raising an amazing £3,684 for Stable Life. We were delighted to hear that we had been chosen as a charity that you wanted to support and blown away by the amount you raised! It really will help change the lives of young people in the Scottish Borders. #stablelifestars #thankyou #makingadifference