What We Do
Bringing gentle animal-assisted wellbeing into the community.
Equinimity Wellbeing CIC creates calm, meaningful experiences with animals for people who may benefit from connection, confidence and emotional support. Sessions are designed to be gentle, safe and person-led.
How We Help
Support for care homes, schools, young people and community groups.
Every session is shaped around the people taking part, with a focus on emotional wellbeing, communication, confidence and calm.
Care Home Wellbeing Visits
Gentle pony visits can bring comfort, conversation and sensory engagement to residents, including people living with dementia or experiencing loneliness.
Schools & Young People
Equine-assisted learning sessions can support confidence, self-worth, communication and emotional regulation in a calm outdoor setting.
Community Outreach
Outreach sessions bring ponies and dogs to local groups and organisations, helping people access meaningful wellbeing activities in the community.
Working With Local Authorities & Care Settings
We welcome enquiries from residential care homes, local authorities, social workers and commissioning teams. Our sessions are designed to support the emotional health, resilience and development of looked after children and young people, delivered in a calm, secure, staffed yard that quickly becomes a familiar and trusted environment.
Small groups or individual one-to-one sessions available.
Group size
Typically 1 hour upwards, depending on need.
Session length
Weekly, fortnightly or bespoke by arrangement.
Frequency
At Bishton Riding Centre, Staffordshire.
Location
Available on request; sessions can be arranged through direct referral, local authority commissioning or self-funded placement.
Fees
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Why Animals?
Small moments can make a big difference.
Time with animals can help people slow down, feel more present and connect in a way that feels natural and non-pressured.
For some people, a quiet moment brushing a pony, sitting with a dog or simply watching an animal nearby can create comfort, joy and calm.
Supports emotional regulation, comfort and calm.
Encourages confidence, communication and trust.
Creates moments of presence, connection and joy.
A Framework Built on Safety
Every aspect of our provision is underpinned by a comprehensive safeguarding, welfare and risk management framework.
Safeguarding
Level 3 Safeguarding qualified, with mandatory reporting procedures in place.
Enhanced DBS
Full Enhanced DBS disclosure held by all practitioners working directly with children and young people.
Risk Assessment
Comprehensive, activity-specific risk assessments for all session types, reviewed regularly.​
First Aid
Equine Specific First Aid at Work qualified, plus Mental Health First Aid trained.
Insurance & Licensing
£2 million public liability insurance, an Exhibiting Animals Licence with Stafford Borough Council, and Five-Star County Council approval.
More About Our Animal-Assisted Wellbeing Sessions
What We Bring
We bring calm, hands-on connection with ponies and therapy dogs directly to schools, care homes, hospitals, and health settings across Staffordshire. There is no travel required for the people I visit.
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Each session is built around real, gentle interaction: grooming, leading, quiet touch, and simply being present with an animal who asks nothing in return. For many people like those living with dementia, children with SEMH or EHCP needs, patients in hospital, or residents in care, this kind of unhurried connection can reach places conversation alone can't.
Alex Ray
What a session involves
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One-to-one or small group time with our small herd of ponies, flock of sheep and registered therapy dogs
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Activities tailored to the setting and the individual. From simple grooming and stroking to short in-hand walks
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A calm, predictable structure suited to sensory needs and varying mobility
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Fully risk-assessed, safeguarding-led delivery from an experienced practitioner
Leah Ven & Roi King
Delivered with care
With over a decade of experience delivering animal-assisted wellbeing sessions at Bishton Riding Centre, We now bring that same calm, practised approach directly to schools, care homes, hospitals, and health settings through my outreach service. We understand how ponies and therapy dogs can support people through anxiety, low mood, dementia, rekindling treasured memories and additional needs and we're applying that experience to help settings bring these benefits to people who can't easily travel to us. Every visit is fully insured and risk-assessed, with my ponies and dogs specifically chosen and prepared for this kind of gentle, public-facing work.
Dafi Giladul