Spirit At Play supports children and adults to improve both physical and emotional wellbeing

"I have diagnosed Bipolar, Borderline Personality Disorder along with General Anxiety Disorder, I ultimately suffer from mental health issues. I reached out to Judith at Spirit at Play when my symptoms became so debilitating, I couldn’t leave the house, let alone integrate within society. Obviously being a huge step, I took my father with me as my support. Stepping way out of my comfort zone. I cannot even begin to explain the difference this therapy impacted on my health. I had lost trust in everyone, so to suddenly find it in a horse just blew me away.

I must be honest and say that I was sceptical at first, but that cynicism soon vanished when I could quite literally feel my soul bonding with the horses. Don’t get me wrong it didn’t happen overnight but sure enough session by session it had a massive impact on my own self confidence. I was literally excited for my appointment time to come around each week, I had learnt to laugh, be at ease and feel no judgement whatsoever. "

The children are getting ready to go back to school. If your child is home taught and is troubled by any life problems it may be the time for you to get funding in your package for sessions with Spiritatplay.

Thanks to the Big Lottery Communities Grant, we can run the Families United project as a free of charge service for those families with no recourse to finances to pay for it. Where a family is being funded we will invoice a charge of £80 per session. It is the same price whether for an individual or whole family attending.

The best way to book sessions is by referral, however we will consider family self-referrals sometimes. There is a simple referral form to complete (see below). Our horses are an essential part of the team. We are not a horse riding project, all the activities take place on the ground. But don’t let this put you off, we are confident that to experience horses next to them rather than on them brings a different and special relationship...