The Horse Course is a world leader in well-evidenced high impact equine-assisted interventions. Having started in prisons, we now run a busy community-based HQ in Weymouth, Dorset, UK – an area of high deprivation – specialising in helping people with complex challenges and needs to achieve proven outcomes. Employing 6 facilitators and 14 horses, we work with young people from 8yrs old, families and adults. In Dorset we help over 700 people each year, and we do not charge the participants – our funding comes from a mix of commissioning and charitable grants/donations. We also provide Alternative Provision for young people out of education, accredited qualifications, and supported volunteering through our Working Wellies project. Our Non-verbals Toolbox training is a unique approach to emotions and relationships which we offer to professionals and the public in face-to-face workshops or online.

We train and assess others to replicate our programmes and we work hard to support them in setting up their own centres around the UK and overseas.

We hold an Animal Activity Licence from Dorset Council, No: 8060, licence holder: Harriet Laurie MBE, TheHorseCourse CEO. TheHorseCourse Facilitator training has been approved by the PSA (Professional Standards Authority) Accredited Practitioner Register (for Equine Assisted Services), and all our staff facilitators will soon be added to the register (2024). We also maintain Social Farms & Gardens Green Care Quality Mark. TheHorseCourse is a federation member of HETI (Horses in Education and Therapy International) and our CEO is on their International Executive Committee.