BHS Changing Lives Through Horses
Duchy College Stoke Climsland - 10 January 2025
Duchy College Stoke Climsland - 25 April 2025
Every Friday for 6 weeks
Part-time
Course information
The British Horse Society Changing Lives Through Horses is an alternative education programme where young people can learn in a safe and nurturing environment alongside highly trained coaches. Horses and equine facilitated learning can have a remarkable role to play in impacting on a young person’s life.
The main aim of the programme is to develop and support 6 key life skills: Communication, Confidence, Teamwork, Building Relationships, Perseverance, and Responsibility. This will be achieved through practical horse care and handling and recognized with structured awards and certificates. Activities contained in each award provide opportunities for the participant to develop in the six key life skills that are transferable back to school or further education opportunities, practice learning skills linked to their school curriculum and build a portfolio of equine knowledge and experience that could lead to a pathway of further industry qualifications. For further information please visit Changing Lives through Horses | The British Horse Society ( https://bhs.org.uk )
This is a full cost course so fees apply to all
Before I came here I was really badly behaved, I would be sitting in the toilets & not going to lessons at school. I got suspended & the school thought this course would be good for me. After the first day at Duchy I was in school every day & going to my lessons because I knew I had something to look forward to at the end of the week. I haven’t got a behaviour point since I started Changing Lives Through Horses
After starting Changing Lives Through Horses at Duchy I attended my first full week of school in years
• Make friends with a horse in the stable
• Groom with a body brush
• Identify four different colours of horse/pony
• Give a bucket of feed to a horse
Achieve Award 2
• Put on and take off a head collar
• Pick out and clean feet
• Tidy a stable and remove droppings and sweep
• Identify two different leg markings and two different face markings
Achieve Award 3
• Put on and take off a head collar
• Pick out and clean feet
• Tidy a stable and remove droppings and sweep
• Identify two different leg markings and two different face markings
Achieve Award 4
• Tie and untie a horse
• Name five items from the grooming kit and use them
• Muck out a stable, lay down a bed and add clean bedding
• Name four breeds of horse
Achieve Award 5
• Lead a horse to the fields and turn out
• Help with bathing/washing
• Plait a maine
• Understand horse expressions/behaviour
Achieve Award 6
• Catch a horse in the field and lead in
• Plait a tail
• Identify three types of bedding
• Name the signs of health in a horse
Achieve Award 7
• Lead a horse in trot
• Show preparation of a horse
• Prepare feed for a horse (with directions)
• Know how to reward a horse and what to do when they do not do what you want
Achieve Award 8
• Lead a horse in trot
• Show preparation of a horse
• Prepare feed for a horse (with directions)
• Know how to reward a horse and what to do when they do not do what you want
Achieve Award 9
• Navigate a horse through different obstacles
• Put on and take off boots on a horse
• Use a feed chart to make up feed for a horse/pony
• Give three reasons to call a vet
Achieve Award 10
• Present a horse for show
• Handle and trot up a horse in a show environment
• Complete an in-hand agility course with a horse
Please email zoe.barwell@duchy.ac.uk to discuss any support needs
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| Course type | Leisure and Professional |
| Tuition Fees: £400.00
If you are aged 19+, the cost of the course will depend on your circumstances. Detailed information can be found in our Financial Support Section. Financial support for ages 19+ |
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Course Code 12863-DSC-24, 12860-DSC-24
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