Women’s Programs

Life skills development for women

“Restoration is always in abundance.
When something is restored, it is always better than it was to begin with!”

The Restore Program has been specifically designed especially for women who are rebuilding their lives after trauma, grief, abuse, violence or mental health issues. This program provides an opportunity for adult women, to work alongside our horse ‘teachers’ to build self-confidence, self-awareness, communication, trust and much more!

By interacting with horses, participants learn how to take empowered action, trying new behaviours and connecting with their own thoughts and feelings. Horses respond to the true self (sometimes participants don’t realise the self they are projecting) and work hard to push participants to a new level where they are attentive and present in the moment.

POTENTIAL OUTCOMES:

  • Build resilience

  • Understand the benefits of effective communication

  • That looking back stops movement forward

  • Develop trust and empathy

  • Overcome barriers to find change

  • Be creative & innovative

  • How to accept accountability & responsibility

  • Match internal/external dialogue

  • How to build positive & healthy relationships

  • Value trust, respect & personal integrity

  • How to find the leader within yourself

  • Build leadership skills

  • Find opportunities in working together

  • Develop decision making skills

  • Build self-esteem

BENEFITS

The benefits of experiential based learning programs have long been recognised as an ideal modality for enabling a participant to learn lessons and skills.  As we all learn differently, some of us learn better through hands-on experience than in a traditional classroom. 

Interactivity with horses is a positive experience and it has been proven that the more senses that are engaged, the greater the likelihood that new learning will be retained.

In addition, working with horses also encourages getting outside, breathing in fresh air, and physical movement.  The horses in our EAL programs do all of the teaching, whilst our qualified and accredited facilitators are there to offer explanation and provide guidance and parallel the lessons learnt from the horse back to real life circumstances.

This type of learning is suitable for everyone and participants do not need any previous horse knowledge or experience, and there is no riding.

This program gave me the courage to believe in myself again.

Anonymous Participant

Program Information

  • A 90 minute session is held one session per week during school term for 8 weeks 

  • These sessions are team based and as such, participants will work with 2-3 humans and a horse in each session.  Team mates will change from week to week.  

  • Maximum of six participants per session 

  • Participants will remain in the same session time each week 

  • If a session is missed, it cannot be made up (cancellations due to weather may be made up depending on availability, but cannot be guaranteed)

  • Admission is by referral ONLY from relevant social support agencies, and is free of charge to those participants who need it the most.

  • Every participant will be required to complete a Participant Waiver Form and agree to the outlined terms required to participate. A completed Participant Waiver must be received before the program commences.

Location: The Restore Program takes place on a private property in Haigslea, Qld. Located just 15 minutes from Ipswich and 45 minutes from Brisbane.