Local Heroes: Project rides to the rescue for troubled youngsters..
Nov 24 2010 By Mark Cowan
A UNIQUE equine learning project has been launched to help rein in troubled youngsters in the West Midlands.
Aimed at supporting young people with emotional and behavioural issues, not-for-profit community group, SAFE-LEE Learning Equine Empathy, is the brainchild of Birmingham-born Sally-Anne Lorenzo.
The 41-year-old qualified Equine Assisted Learning (EAL) facilitator, life coach and NVQ assessor aims to create “a peaceful and stress free rural environment where horses and other animals provide the key to unlocking many problems faced by today’s youngsters” at her Staffordshire ranch.
And she has also just linked up to the Community Payback scheme this month – a move which will see offenders working at the centre.
Sally-Anne said: “We hope to be able to provide offenders with the opportunity to learn about themselves while working with us, as a way of appreciating their assistance in helping us to help others.”
SAFE-LEE at Atherstone, near Tamworth, specialises in equine experiential learning and life coaching as well as structured training in animal and horse care.
Equine Assisted Learning (EAL) is also known as Equine Therapy, Horse Therapy or Equine Facilitated Therapy and is aimed at young people aged 14-and-over and adults from all backgrounds.
