Home Ed Group
Galloping Minds
For Curious Kids Aged 8–12
Galloping Minds nurtures confidence, connection, and learning in children and young people—especially those who are home educated or have SEND—through meaningful, hands-on experiences with horses. Our safe, supportive environment allows every child to grow emotionally, socially, and educationally while engaging with nature, animals, and their community. We believe every child, regardless of learning style, background, or ability, deserves the opportunity to thrive through connection with horses and the natural world.
What We Do
- Grooming, feeding & stable care
- Learning horse behaviour & communication
- Outdoor fun, teamwork & gentle responsibilities
- Building confidence in a safe, supportive space
- Snack and Drink
- Games and Activities
- Nature based setting
Our Values
- Inclusion: We welcome all children with respect for neurodiversity, disability, and difference.
- Compassion: We lead with empathy—toward the children, the animals, and each other.
- Connection: We build trust-based relationships between children and horses, and between peers and adults.
- Growth: We support emotional, social, and educational development through experiential learning.
- Safety: We create physically and emotionally safe spaces with trauma-informed practice at the heart.
- Stewardship: We teach care, responsibility and kindness toward animals and the natural world.
- aged 8–12, in particular but not exclusively those who are home educated or have special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), by providing equine-assisted learning, animal care activities, and outdoor experiential education.
- To promote social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing young people from becoming socially excluded, relieving the needs of those who are socially excluded, and assisting them to integrate into society, through inclusive educational experiences with horses.
- To relieve the needs of children and young people who may be disadvantaged due to disability, neurodivergence, trauma, anxiety, or other barriers to mainstream education, by providing access to animal-assisted learning
Session Day & Time:
Wednesdays
11:00am–1:00pm
We Are:
- First Aid trained
- Vetted/DBS compliant
- Peer 2 peer support embedded within our programme
- Fully licensed and Insured
- Fully Risk Assessed