Equine Assisted Services for Businesses
At CEGR we offer a range of business services, including leadership programmes, teambuilding events, individual personal development sessions, volunteering and therapeutic support for employees.
Our business services focus on 3 important principles.
Principle 1: Self Awareness
Becoming aware of our strengths and vulnerabilities in relation to any goal is the foundation upon which improvements occurs. Horses provide direct, non-judgmental and honest feedback, creating an opportunity to boost self-awareness and create focused change. These insights can often feel like revelations, and provide a basis for unlocking doors to achieving goals where barriers may previously have remained concealed.
Principle 2: Communication
Communication on many levels is essential for successful business. Authentic leadership requires clear, honest conversations, and the ability to communicate with each other in an effective ways, resulting in stronger connections and mutual understanding. Similarly, communication within teams supports aligned achievement of business targets. Non-verbal communication is often unconscious and conveys, intention, energy and emotion. Horses are masters at translating this unconscious information and will only respond positively to authentic, confident, and trusted communication.
Principle 3: Being Present
Horses require of us that we exist in the moment and are present with them. In this way they teach us about effective connection that forms the basis of positive relationships.
Self awareness, effective communication and being present in the current moment, form the basis of authentic leadership and are central to our equine assisted programs for businesses.
Our business services are designed to support:
- Leaders who would like the opportunity to promote greater support, direction and motivation in their teams.
- Teams who would benefit from greater cohesion and collaboration.
- Individuals who would like more time and focus to explore how they can make positive impacts in their work role.
- Organisations who would like to support the wellbeing and productivity of their workforce through taking part in practical outdoor tasks in a beautiful and peaceful environment.
- We also offer sessions for employees who are facing a range of more personal emotional or mental health challenges and who would benefit from a therapeutic experience.
Our business services are thought provoking, effective, and fun. They are bespoke to your organization and designed to support both individual wellbeing and organizational productivity. Our services are run by experienced professionals with therapeutic qualifications which enables delivery of high quality programmes and support.
As a Community Interest Company any profits from our business with you is reinvested into our services to run therapeutic or wellbeing groups or to offer concessions for those in need, who wouldn’t otherwise be able to access our services. So, when you contract services from us, you are investing in your workforce whilst also creating a social return on your investment (SRI).
What our clients say…
“Made me stop and think about things rather just pushing on and thinking I know what I’m doing.”
“Made me realise that I need to think twice sometimes before acting to ensure that I’m doing the right thing rather than the first thing that comes to mind.”
“The team delivering the experience worked well together and bounce off each other really well giving different insights.”
“I thought the debriefs after every activity where we could share and listen to each other’s thoughts and feelings were very helpful and informative. It opened my eyes to new perspectives and helped me to understand my own thoughts on certain subjects.”
“I think its really helpful and interesting even to people who maybe aren’t directly managing employees.”
“I was really impressed by the strong, positive atmosphere throughout the experience. The calm environment made it so easy to share and feel comfortable opening up. It was also incredibly informative and I learned so much about myself and how I approach challenges. The final challenge was particularly enjoyable, as it brought everyone together and demonstrated what a full team effort could achieve. Overall, it was such a positive experience and gave me plenty of opportunities for self-reflection. I would definitely recommend it to anyone looking to grow personally and professionally.”
“This was a truly wonderful and insightful experience. I really appreciated how the tasks were connected to leadership, with clear communication about their purpose, but we were also given the space to discuss and connect the dots for ourselves.”
“The environment was incredibly safe and I felt genuinely listened to and able to express myself without any fear of judgment. It’s rare to find a space where you feel so supported while exploring meaningful growth. I would highly recommend this to anyone looking to deepen their understanding of leadership and themselves.”
CEGR Business Programmes & Events
Leadership Programme
CEGR runs Leadership Programmes that are designed to help your leaders become great leaders.
Our programme offers participants opportunities to:
- Develop and grow as leaders
- Explore the key qualities of effective leadership
- Reflect on individual leadership styles
- Develop specific leadership qualities
- Promote positive change to enhance productivity
- Connect with colleagues in a relaxed, outdoor environment
- Enhance employee well-being
The programme is comprised of a range of interactive activities with horses designed to promote self-reflection and discussion. The activities also provide opportunities to experiment with the different qualities of effective leadership. No prior experience of horses is necessary.
Our programmes are delivered over 1, 2 or 3 days. We recommend at least 2 weeks in between each day however, to enable workplace-based tasks and reflection to be undertaken between programme days.
Teambuilding Events
Our teambuilding events are designed to support your teams to develop greater cohesion and productivity through increased partnership and collaboration.
Our teambuilding events are designed to be both fun and thought provoking. They provide practical experiences and opportunities to reflect upon effective teamwork and what might undermine it in the workplace.
Delivery is designed to offer participants a chance to:
- Develop and grow as individuals.
- Explore the key qualities of effective teamwork.
- Reflect on how individual attributes impact on the functioning of the team.
- Consider how individuals can consciously contribute to team collaboration.
- Connect with colleagues in a relaxed, outdoor environment
- Enhance well-being.
Self-Development Programme
Our self-development programme is designed to enable a process of personal insight leading to greater confidence, motivation, and effectiveness to tackle work-based challenges.
The delivery of the programme is on a 1:1 basis, offering opportunities to explore personal challenges within a confidential setting and to apply insights and learning to the workplace. Activities with horses are facilitated to promote self-awareness as a foundation for personal development and effectiveness.
Our self-development programme offers participants the opportunity to :
- Develop and grow as individuals.
- Explore the key challenges that they are facing.
- Reflect on the resources that they have to overcome challenges.
- Consider and practice strategies for greater personal effectiveness.
- Explore issues in a safe, relaxed, non-judgemental and confidential space.
- Enhance employee well-being.
- Promote positive change to enhance productivity.
A taster self-development session is recommended prior to the programme starting. The number of self-development sessions can be negotiated according to need.
Volunteering Programme
The volunteering programme is aimed at organisations who would like to support the wellbeing and productivity of their workforce through taking part in practical outdoor tasks in a beautiful and peaceful environment. Tasks vary but may include; painting, digging, fixing fences, gardening or horse care activities, such as mucking out stables and grooming horses, depending on preference and experience.
Up to 6 volunteers can be accommodated at any one time. Volunteer days will normally run from 10 am until 3 pm. The frequency of volunteering can be negotiated on a bespoke basis from a one off day, to more regular experiences.
Key Areas of Expertise
Assessments
Assessments in learning, social and emotional development, disabilities and mental health issues
Therapeutic Support
Advice
Advice regarding programmes interventions and environments designed to address social emotional and behavioural issues and maximise progress
Consultancy
Programmes for Businesses & Schools
Programmes for individuals, groups, leaders and teams within businesses and schools
Case Work Supervision
Development
Support
Training
