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Jennifer Swallow

Youth Program CoOrdinator

LAMP Inc

To whom it may concern, I was involved with the Horse Vision Centre as part of a partnership with my current employer Lamp Inc. The program was incredibly beneficial not only for me but also for the young people involved. This program promoted confidence and resilience within myself and the participants and allowed the building of self esteem. Through our individual journeys we were able to discover what we were capable of and focus on what we could do rather than what we were unable to. We were given the opportunity to participate in activities as we felt comfortable to do so, thus allowing an increased self awareness without a pressured environment. The activities were fun, exciting and relaxing, and at the end of each session all were reluctant to leave. Through the recognition of their own skills and abilities the young people involved have now made positive choices in their lives having a new found confidence to do so. The lessons that were learnt through the activities are transferrable to all areas of our lives encouraging us to grow and prosper. The development of relationships between participants and with the horses was positive, beneficial and practical. The evaluation that was received at the conclusion of the program was all positive, with all participants stating that they would like to be involved again. I felt that this program was incredibly beneficial for the young people but also gave me an opportunity to learn a great deal about myself, my boundaries and confidence. I learnt how to have a clear mind and remain positive. The program had an overall healing effect allowing young people the opportunity to learn to love laugh and play again. The young people learned the benefits of being committed, reliable and consistent through the length of the course. I would not hesitate to be a part of this program again, and feel that the activities could have a positive effect on a range of people.

Harry

Student , Geo Training

Recently I was going to the Horse Vision program to get hours for my work experience and to pass the Certificate Two in General Education for Adults. The Horse Vision program helped me with communication. I am ok with it I just lose the words in my mouth and can’t find them. All the horses, but mainly Guinness helped me get better at communicating properly with other. The crew at Horse Vision are great; they helped me to overcome my fear of heights when being on a horse. I found it hard at the start to make a real connection with the horses but with all the exercises we did and with the team I made it eventually. I think that if you are unsure of going, give it some thought and just think of how you can benefit from it and you will find out. Communication is a big deal in my life and going to the horses fixed the thing I could not do myself. It also gave me ideas on how I can soon help myself in the future when it comes to communicating with people. We gave the horses help with activities that they could not do and in turn they helped us. Again if you are not sure that is fine, you just need to give it a try because you can’t judge it until you try it. And once you try it you will love it.

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