What we do
Horse Boy Foundation UK exists to bring the healing effects of horses and nature to autism families via the Horse Boy Method, a unique approach to gaining direct communication with children on the autism spectrum using the horse as a colleague.
It was pioneered in the US by autism father Rupert Isaacson and his son Rowan and is now gaining worldwide momentum.
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Horse Boy Camps
There are four partner centres in the UK offering Horse Boy Camps – a chance for the whole family to immerse themselves in a natural, autism-friendly and non-judgemental environment, for 3-4 days.
As well as providing interactions with horses via Horse Boy Method, families have the time and space to go on an adventure with their children.
Horse Boy Method
We also train people in Horse Boy Method.
Charity
Horse Boy Foundation UK is currently operating as a non-profit organisation. We are gearing up to apply for full charitable status, which means we be able to access the funding we need to reach out to families in the UK by subsidising places for low income families on camps, running shorter sessions or ‘playdates’ free of charge and setting up Horse Boy COPS (community outreach projects) where we take horses into the city to work with kids there.
We will also use funding to subsidise the training of people and horses to deliver Horse Boy Method, to establish a UK headquarters, other partner centres and to support research into the method.
Watch this space…
Contact
For more information about Horse Boy Foundation UK, please contact Emily Carter on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
To help us send autism families on Horse Boy Camps, create new centres, feed our horses and train professionals in the method please donate here:
What your donation buys:
- One bag of feed: £15
- Trimming one horse's feet: £20.00
- One round bale of hay: £60.00
- Get 2 horses shod: £150.00
- 2 Horse Boy COPS playdates: £250.00
- 1 Western Saddle for backriding: £500.00
- Send one family to a camp: £750.00
- Intensive family week: £1,000
- Train a practitioner through HB 1,2,3: £2,000.00
- Organise and deliver a camp: £2,500.00
- Buy and train a horse for a Horse Boy Centre: £5,000.00
To see the work of the Foundation's sister organisation, please visit www.horseboyfoundation.org
Horse Boy Books, DVDs etc.
You can purchase the Horse Boy book, movie and other Horse Boy products at our Horse Boy shop. Proceeds of the sales help us to run the Foundation.
