Little Margate Therapy Ponies
Welcome to Little Margate Therapy Centre, where healing and growth happen through the power of animals.
Come and spend time with our variety of farm animals including donkeys, goats, sheep, ducks and chickens, as well as our miniature ponies.
Our professional team works with individuals of all ages to develop trust, confidence, and communication skills in a supportive and nurturing environment. Discover the transformative benefits of equine therapy with us.
What we do...
Little Margate Equestrian Equine Therapeutic Centre is thriving at our base on the outskirts of Bodmin in Cornwall. We offer Private and Group sessions.
Our Equine Therapeutic sessions are all non-ridden sessions. They include time spent with the ponies on the yard or in the stable, grooming sessions, time spent learning how to handle a pony in the arena….finding ways to get through certain tasks and obstacles together, learning how our body language and emotions can affect those around us, building confidence and learning new skills.
These sessions are proven to help with anxiety and mental wellbeing amongst other things, which is much needed in this ever changing world we seem to find ourselves in.
Sessions are with fully qualified members of staff with years of experience. We see every single day how horses, ponies & other animals help children and adults of all ages and abilities. They allow people the chance to just “BE” away from the stresses of school and work. They allow children and teenagers to be away from their phones and screens and out in the fresh air in beautiful scenery. They teach people to believe in themselves, they help people’s confidence grow, they never ever tell anyone the secrets we tell them, and they are amazing listeners! They help us to exercise and move our bodies.
How can we help you?
As well as the horses and ponies, we have lots of different animals here who are involved in the therapeutic sessions and are ready to make a difference. We have a therapy rabbit and a guinea pig. We also have some Pygmy goats who are heavily involved in our therapy sessions, micro pigs, sheep, donkeys, chickens, dogs, and cats
Funding is often offered for these sessions from various organisations, or some sessions are funded privately.
We are also able to offer ‘out’ visits with our therapy ponies. We are fully insured and able to visit primary and secondary schools, nursing homes and care homes, specialist schools and colleges, fetes…. you name it, if we are free, we can be there. We also offer visits with our other animals including rabbits, guinea pigs and chickens.
We especially love these visits as our animals make such a huge difference to people of all ages. It is amazing to take them to people who may not otherwise be able to access them and to see the benefits they offer.
We currently have some limited availability during term time 9am – 3pm.
What we offer
'Out Visits'
We are fully insured and available to visit care homes, education facilities and more! Please contact us for more information.
Wellbeing sessions
Our Wild Wellies sessions for 4-16 year olds runs the last Saturday of every month from 2-4pm. All welcome!
Education
Our home-education sessions run on a Thursday between 11am-1pm during term time.
From September 2024 we are delighted to be able to offer short courses through ASDAN.
