We would like to encourage a degree of commitment to ensure continuity and confidence amongst all involved. There are a number of areas requiring volunteers throughout the year:

With our therapeutic riding programmes, adults and children with disabilities, both physical and mental, receive the therapeutic benefits of being on the back of a horse.

•  Volunteers are not required to have any prior knowledge of horses or horsemanship skills, as training is provided on an on-going basis.
• We require people to help with administrative support (such as co-ordinating the volunteers)
• The preparation of the ponies/horses, as well as to lead horses/ponies and side walk the riders e.g. for our cerebral palsy children, 3 volunteers are required per child – a leader and two side-walkers

• Organise program and participants
• Maintain safety
• Prepare horses and supervise children

Equine Assisted Psychotherapy & Counselling Programmes: With our ground based equine assisted therapy programmes (non-riding) mental health professionals and horse specialists trained in the EAGALA methodology (www.eagala.org) are required as facilitators. In order to participate as “facilitators” in this program we require that:

• You have completed at least the EAGALA part 1 training and are either qualified or working towards qualification as a recognised mental health professional or horse specialist as per the EAGALA definitions www.eagala.org. 
• You participate in feeding the children, as participation and learning cannot take place on an empty stomach, and to assist with administrative tasks. These ground-based sessions involve up to 40 children at a time and typically take place during the week in the afternoons after school.

This is by no means a definitive list of opportunities available to volunteers and we invite you to offer whatever skills and resources you have that will add to and benefit the aims and objectives of our Shumbashaba Horses Helping People programs.