Providing emergency responders with equine handling skills

Communities For Horses supported local emergency responders by providing expertise in equine handling and psychology. The introduction to equines was part of a wider qualification enabling...

Paris 2024 Campaign

Communities For Horses has pledged support for the Alliance for Horse Welfare in Sport (AHWS) Campaign to make the Paris 2024 the Olympic Games of Equine Welfare. There is growing unease aboutRead...

Science Workshops

Science can be a bit like marmite, we either love it or hate it. Sometimes it can be hard to see what the point is, particularly if what you are learning isRead More...

I know it happens…

“I know what happens, but I do not want to think about it” Firstly, a bit of history: there have been equines in Wales for thousands of years. In the Middle Ages,Read More...

Dark Side of Horse Racing

Our Statement RE BBC Panorama’s “Dark Side of Horse Racing” There has been public outcry and debate following the broadcast of BBC Panorama’s “The Dark side of Horse Racing”...

When Love Is Blind

Warning – this article contains distressing images Back in July we attended a call for help. We briefly mentioned it in our July Newsletter and now, 3 months on, we can discloseRead More...

I Never Polished Him

It is show season … owners, loaners and proud parents with great love for their child, pony, or horse work hard to make their horse look and act fantastic and in theRead More...

Adoption #adoptdontshop

‘Adopt don’t shop’ is a phrase which was recently coined to highlight the importance of adopting animals from rescue centres. It was hoped that families would go to their local rescue centreRead...

Trick or Treat

Some of you may remember a video that went viral on social media platforms – a video of a little pony, apple bobbing. His name was Doc a 23 year old ShetlandRead More...