Nonprofit

Come enjoy our horses and help people with disabilities ride!

On-site, Volunteer must be in or near North Andover, MA
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  • Details

    Available Times:
    Weekdays (daytime)
    Time Commitment:
    A few hours per week
    Recurrence:
    Recurring
    Volunteers Needed:
    20
    Cause Areas:
    Children & Youth, Disability, Health & Medicine, Mental Health, Sports & Recreation
    Benefits:
    Training Provided
    Good For:
    Teens, Age 55+
    Participation Requirements:
    Attend Orientation
    Age Requirement:
    14+
    Wheelchair Accessible

    Description

    Come enjoy our horses and  help people with disabilities ride!

    Interested in working with people with challenges?

    Join our vibrant volunteer community on a beautiful horse farm! Windrush Farm is a therapeutic riding center helping people with all kinds of challenges in their lives. Our mission is to promote confidence, independence and well-being in children and adults with physical, cognitive or emotional challenges through therapeutic riding and horse related programs.

    Side walkers assist our riders during their lesson, everything from helping them physically on the horse to giving them encouragement and emotional support. They focus on the rider and create enduring relationships with them!

    Horse handlers are responsible for bringing our horses down to the arena for the lesson, and leading and managing the horse during the lesson and taking them back to the barn after the lesson. Horse handlers will need to learn our horsemanship techniques to keep handling skills consistent for our horses.

    Barn Support helps with chores in the barn and getting horses groomed and tacked for classes. This position requires horse experience and volunteers must go through orientation, horse handler training, barn training and be approved by our Barn Manager

    The minimum age for horse handlers is 14.

    We typically need volunteers in 1 hour classes Monday through Friday between 8:30- 6:30pm.

    Please email us at volunteer@windrushfarm.org. or sign up at https://www.windrushfarm.org/volunteer-registration/

    Thank you for considering us as your volunteer opportunity!

    https://www.windrushfarm.org/

    Interested in working with people with challenges?

    Join our vibrant volunteer community on a beautiful horse farm! Windrush Farm is a therapeutic riding center helping people with all kinds of challenges in their lives. Our mission is to promote confidence, independence and well-being in children and adults with physical, cognitive or emotional challenges through therapeutic riding and horse related programs.

    Side walkers assist our riders during their lesson, everything from helping them physically on the horse to giving them encouragement and emotional support. They focus on the rider and create enduring relationships with them!

    Horse handlers are responsible for bringing our horses down to the arena for the lesson, and leading and managing the horse during the lesson and taking them back to the barn after the lesson. Horse handlers will need to learn our horsemanship techniques to keep handling skills consistent for our horses.

    Barn Support…

    Location

    On-site

    Windrush Farm Therapeutic Equitation, Inc

    479 Lacy St, North Andover, MA 01845, USA

    Apply to This Volunteer Opportunity

    Instructions:

    You can register to volunteer on our Website, www.windrushfarm.org. Thank you!

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