Kent Equine Facilitated Learning

18/11/2025

08/11/2025

Social and emotional interactions not IQ is the strongest predictor of life long sucess.

Read that again. Building these skills into early learning over sats is the change we need to ensure. As parents and families we should demand this from our children’s education.

03/11/2025

28/10/2025

We can be kind, approachable, and open to discussion, but we’re also allowed to draw a line when it comes to welfare.

Education and empathy can exist alongside boundaries. Gentle communication doesn’t mean endless tolerance, and we can stay open to dialogue without blurring the line between different and harmful.

Advocacy and education aren’t the same, but they need each other. Education invites curiosity. It opens doors, builds understanding, and helps people see why change matters. Advocacy draws the line. It says, “This isn’t okay.” It protects the very welfare that education works to nurture.

It’s not unkind to name harm, and it’s not “negative” to take a stand or draw a line.

Choosing to advocate doesn’t make us unreasonable or “too emotional.” It means we’ve seen what species-appropriate care looks like, and we know it’s possible. Advocacy isn’t arrogance, it’s awareness.

If something with advocacy or education feels uncomfortable, it doesn’t always mean it’s an attack. It might just be an invitation to look a little closer at why it feels that way.

That discomfort isn’t directed at you. It’s directed at the system that convinced so many of us that certain practices were good for horses. Questioning that system is VERY important.

Real welfare means drawing the line, even when it feels uncomfortable, for the one saying it or the one hearing it.

26/10/2025

Body scan for people this is a check in with self to see what part of my body is holding onto tension giving awareness

Get the stuck energy out by movement breath acknowledgement .. stored trauma sits in facia connective tissue .. you may dance yoga or imagine / meditate it out.

As the energy shifts and spaces are open in the body repeat the affirmation I am safe in my body I release old negative behaviour and fill my body and soul with amazing experiences.

26/10/2025

26/10/2025

🐴🐴🐴🐴🐴🐴🐴🦙🦙🦙🦙🐱🐱 Here’s our liscence from Sevenoaks council to show our diligence and ethics in the care of our herd staff clients and visitors. This doesn’t come easy there are several policies and duties we must comply with including training insurances supervision and a safe space to be in. If you are in Kent and visiting an animal assisted business like a riding school Zoo or even a therapy with a dog you must always have access to this certificate. We have transferred ours onto a metal sign and will display them on the yard. We also will run a training day on this for anyone in the local area who runs animal assisted therapies and would like help to gain this certificate.

Thank you to the team at Kent Equine Facilitated Learning CIC for your continuing efforts to be the best we can be for all concerned Archie and the herd are very grateful.

21/10/2025

Ingrid Lucas

🧩 EHCP Myth: “If the Local Authority refuses to assess, that’s the end of the road.”

🚫 Myth:
Once the LA refuses to assess your child for an EHCP, you have to wait months — or until school reapplies.

✅ Reality:
You absolutely can appeal a refusal to assess decision to the SEND Tribunal, and many parents win these appeals.
The legal test for assessment is very low:

The LA must assess if the child may have special educational needs that may require special educational provision (section 36(8) of the Children and Families Act 2014).

This means:
• The LA doesn’t need a diagnosis first.
• They don’t need to prove every need.
• You just need to show evidence that further investigation is needed.

⏰ Timescale tip:
LAs have 6 weeks to decide whether to assess once a request is made.
If they refuse, the decision letter must tell you how to appeal — and you have 2 months to do so (or 1 month from the mediation certificate).

💡 My advice:
• Keep all school/medical reports and emails showing unmet needs.
• Ask for mediation advice but don’t be pressured into a delay.
• Appeals are often successful because most refusals don’t meet the legal test.

20/10/2025

What makes ethical horsemanship truly unique?

Most people see horses as healers, but did you know there’s a world of difference between self-certified courses and Ofqual-regulated, trauma-informed practice? At LEAP, we believe both horses and humans deserve the highest standards of care, and that starts with our dual ethical framework.

Every step of our training is designed to protect vulnerable clients and honour horses as genuine partners, not just tools. Our Ofqual-regulated qualifications mean you’re learning with accountability, not just good intentions.

Curious about what sets us apart? Message us to find out how LEAP’s approach could change the way you work with horses and people.