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Scottish veterans’ charity at the heart of an extraordinary national year-long campaign to mark the First World War centenary

By HorseBack UK On November 9, 2017 · Add Comment · In Latest News
Horseback UK, a Scottish charity that uses horsemanship to inspire recovery, regain self-esteem and provide a sense of purpose and community to the wounded injured and sick of the military community is at the centre of a national year-long fundraising campaign “We Remember Them”. The name of the campaign is inspired by the Laurence Binyon [...]
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Repsol Sinopec Resources UK announces Charities of the Year and pledges its support

By HorseBack UK On May 21, 2017 · Add Comment · In Latest News
We are thrilled to announce that HorseBack UK has become a Charity of the Year with Repsol Sinopec Resources UK. The company announced that throughout 2017 it will be supporting Horseback UK, Alzheimer Scotland and the Forget-Me-Not Club, and has committed to matching funds raised by its staff up to a grand total of £25,000. [...]
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A newborn filly with royal connections

By HorseBack UK On May 9, 2017 · Add Comment · In Latest News
We are delighted to announce that our mare, Chexys Gold, gave birth to a filly on the 8th  of May 2017. What is even more exciting is that the healthy newborn is the daughter of Balmoral Hercules who is one of the Queen’s horses. Chexy, an American Quarter Horse competed in the discipline of reining [...]
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HorseHour Podcast Interview

By HorseBack UK On April 25, 2017 · Add Comment · In Uncategorized
Last month, Jock was invited to record a HorseHour Podcast interview with Amy Stevens, the host of the number 1 equestrian podcast. We were properly excited about the opportunity; none of us has given a podcast interview before and especially to one with so many listeners worldwide! Unfortunately, just a few days before the interview [...]
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Another Christmas Testimonial

By HorseBack UK On December 25, 2016 · Add Comment · In Latest News
Our next Christmas testimonial. (It’s starting to feel as if we should put in a partridge in a pear tree at this point.) The really lovely thing about gathering these all together is the cumulative power of them. They show, more vividly than any of our words ever could, the power of hope and the possibility [...]
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Wendy the Farrier

By HorseBack UK On February 12, 2016 · Add Comment · In Blog
There are many people who work behind the scenes to make what we do at HorseBack possible. Quite often, their industry is not seen because the Facebook Operative is not on hand with the camera. So it was particularly pleasing to catch one of our devoted farriers tending to the horses this week. As anyone [...]
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Support for Help for Heroes

By HorseBack UK On February 9, 2016 · Add Comment · In Blog
Help for Heroes was one of the earliest contributors to HorseBack. Their support, generosity and encouragement continue to this day. We would not be the organisation we are without them. We have witnessed lives changed and lives saved through the work we do here. There are veterans who have told us, in terms, that they [...]
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Storm Frank

By HorseBack UK On December 31, 2015 · Add Comment · In Blog, Latest News
Thank you to everyone who has asked whether HorseBack has survived the drastic floods. Although we are far enough away from the River to be safe from the damage it has caused, we do however take the brunt of the rainfall coming off the hill at the rear of the farm.  Unfortunately the quantity of [...]
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Last Christmas Testimonials

By HorseBack UK On December 25, 2015 · Add Comment · In Blog
I have been going to Horseback since the beginning and having horses of my own and knowing how they helped me on my own recovery. I knew how they could help others in similar situations. Very proud to been a small part of the Horseback journey. As part of my ALIVE journey with Veterans In [...]
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HorseBack Criteria

By HorseBack UK On December 25, 2015 · Add Comment · In Blog
A lot of people ask what the qualifications are for coming to HorseBack. All you need is to be serving or have served in the British Armed Forces. We do assess whether attendees are at a safe stage in their recovery, but aside from that there is no physical barrier. It does not matter whether [...]
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Christmas Testimonials

By HorseBack UK On December 25, 2015 · Add Comment · In Blog
Here are some more Christmas testimonials from HorseBack veterans. Some of the messages have come from people who know HorseBack well, and some from those who have only recently come on their first course. This is from one of the latter: ‘Horseback, even after Phase 1, has started to instil self-confidence again, something I lost [...]
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Christmas Testimonials

By HorseBack UK On December 25, 2015 · Add Comment · In Blog
This week we put out a special Christmas appeal to those who had been on our courses, to talk a little bit about what HorseBack meant to them. It’s always much, much better to get the veterans in their own words. The response was very wonderful. Here is the first message that came winging its way [...]
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Happy Christmas, from everyone at HorseBack

By HorseBack UK On December 23, 2015 · Add Comment · In Latest News
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Help from Gavin Hastings

By HorseBack UK On December 17, 2015 · Add Comment · In Latest News
We were very lucky to have Gavin Hastings at HorseBack for our leadership day. He has probably forgotten more about leading than most people will ever know. He is a great supporter of the work we do here, and the plan is that he will become more involved in this side of our work, which [...]
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Leadership Day

By HorseBack UK On December 15, 2015 · Add Comment · In Blog
What, you may wonder, can six high-powered business executives learn from leading muddy winter horses round an indoor school? For that is what was happening at HorseBack today. It turns out that there are profound lessons in this simple exercise. At HorseBack, we think of leadership as a complex, authentic thing. It is not a [...]
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Leadership Day

By HorseBack UK On December 15, 2015 · Add Comment · In Uncategorized
What, you may wonder, can six high-powered business executives learn from leading muddy winter horses round an indoor school? For that is what was happening at HorseBack today. It turns out that there are profound lessons in this simple exercise. At HorseBack, we think of leadership as a complex, authentic thing. It is not a [...]
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Great Excitement

By HorseBack UK On December 8, 2015 · Add Comment · In Latest News
So it could be said that HorseBack vehicles are like buses, there are either none at all or they come in twos. We are very excited to show off our new truck and tractor. The tractor has been very kindly funded by Andrew Bole in response to the very sad picture of our old and [...]
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Twiglet Comes of Age

By HorseBack UK On November 26, 2015 · Add Comment · In Blog
We love a success story at HorseBack and Twiglet today passed her first big test with flying colours. She is a home-bred, and when we started working with her she was spirited to the point of wildness. There was even some doubt as to whether she might prove suitable as a course horse. Working with [...]
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Our very own Modern Apprentice

By HorseBack UK On November 24, 2015 · Add Comment · In Blog
Today, HorseBack’s own Becky is taking another step along the road to her NVQ. She is working for a qualification in stable management and riding. Becky first came to us as part of our Youth Initiative, which was developed in partnership with Colin Nichol of Banchory Academy. The idea was to invent a course for [...]
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International Raptor Research And Conservation Raise Funds for HorseBack UK

By HorseBack UK On September 17, 2015 · Add Comment · In Latest News
The Path of the Peregrine Ride from Glencoe to Glenisla Stewart and Jo are planning to ride two highland ponies from Glencoe, leaving on the 23rd September. The route crosses some of the wildest and most remote places in the Scottish mountains. Apart from two ponies, they are taking two dogs and a peregrine falcon [...]
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Breaking News – The Grand Day Out Golf Day

By HorseBack UK On August 31, 2015 · Add Comment · In Latest News
Breaking News – The Grand Day Out Golf Day 2016 on Friday 10th June at The Duke’s Course St Andrews will be in support of the unique HorseBack UK Charity. We are delighted to be working with them over the next twelve months. For more information please visit: Website
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Success At The Cairn ‘O’ Mount Challenge

By HorseBack UK On August 29, 2015 · Add Comment · In Latest News
The Cairn O’Mount challenge was organised by our own Ian Wren. Ian’s tireless fund-raising efforts are what keep the wheels of HorseBack turning. His mind is never still; he is constantly thinking of new and imaginative ways to keep the cash rolling in. He has the gift of inspiring his growing band of volunteers and [...]
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Aimee Holtom Photography

By HorseBack UK On August 24, 2015 · Add Comment · In Blog
We are incredibly lucky at HorseBack to have occasional visits from Aimee Holtom. Aimee is trained in the art of photography, and her talent and vision produce some ravishing pictures. This is wonderful for us since the images are not only dazzling in their own right, but bring to vivid life what our veterans experience [...]
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A Very Kind Donation to HorseBack UK

By HorseBack UK On August 18, 2015 · Add Comment · In Latest News
Today we had two visitors to HorseBack UK. Les Chadderton  and his partner Dale had come to pass on some of Dale’s late brother David’s collection of Western memorabilia and what a fantastic collection it was, from Stetsons to amazing belt buckles. David had been a member of the T.A. in Aberdeen when he had a [...]
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HorseBack UK at the Arbroath Seafest

By HorseBack UK On August 12, 2015 · Add Comment · In Latest News
Our great fund-raising stalwart, Ian Wren, is running a HorseBack stall at the famous Arbroath Seafest on the 15th and 16th of August. This tremendous Scottish festival is well worth a visit, and if you are there do go along and say hello to Ian. He is a gentleman who is guaranteed to put a [...]
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The Scottish Veterans Commissioner comes to HorseBack

The Scottish Veterans’ Commissioner comes to HorseBack

By HorseBack UK On August 11, 2015 · Add Comment · In Latest News
Today, the Scotland Veterans’ Commissioner came to HorseBack. Visits like this are incredibly important for our work, and everyone put their shoulder to the wheel. We had many of our veterans with us, including some who go back right to the first days of HorseBack, and Eric Fraser spoke to them all. He was interested [...]
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Sky Diver Raising Funds for HorseBack UK

By HorseBack UK On August 9, 2015 · Add Comment · In Latest News
A great friend of Ian Wren, our Fundraising Manager, Walter Leiper, is going to raise funds for HorseBack UK by doing a sky dive,  please help Walter to raise lots of Money . For information on how to support Walter please visit: Website
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Phoenix Fire Walk – Jay Hare Raising Funds for HorseBack UK

By HorseBack UK On August 7, 2015 · Add Comment · In Latest News
Our own Jay Hare is taking part in the Phoenix Firewalk to raise money for HorseBack. In typical Marine fashion, he has decided to do it twice, on account of one of legs being a prosthetic. (There is some kind of crazy logic in there somewhere.) Jay is like a mighty oak tree at the [...]
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Aimee Holtom Rasing Funds for HorseBack UK – Cairn ‘O’ Mount Challenge

By HorseBack UK On August 4, 2015 · Add Comment · In Latest News
The very talented Aimee Holtom is taking part in the Cairn O’Mount challenge to raise funds for HorseBack. Aimee is a photographer who has spent time with us and taken some ravishing pictures. Go Aimee! We know you can do it.   For more information on how to support Aimee in her quest please visit: Website: [...]
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‘Grand Day Out’ at The Open, St Andrews

By HorseBack UK On July 24, 2015 · Add Comment · In Latest News
This is a piece written by Jay about his trip to St Andrews last week Last week saw the final ‘Grand Day Out’ at The Open, St Andrews. A brain child of Major (Rtd) Tim and Lesley Grantham, the GDO 2015 was the sixth event of its kind introducing Golf to the wounded, injured and [...]
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World’s Biggest Ocean-Going Rowing Boat Raises Funds for HorseBack UK

By HorseBack UK On July 23, 2015 · Add Comment · In Latest News
This morning, if you had walked up the HorseBack drive, this is what you would have seen. She is a boat. She is not just any old boat. She is the world’s biggest ocean-going rowing boat. (We really need a new word for boat.) Avalon is on her way to Thurso. Tomorrow, she will set [...]
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HorseBack Goes to Aintree

By HorseBack UK On April 9, 2015 · Add Comment · In Latest News
The spring sunshine dazzled down on Merseyside as our good Brook stepped out onto the biggest stage of his career. After months in the Scottish hills, relaxing with his HorseBack herd, working with small groups of veterans, Brook is used to a quiet life. Suddenly, he was in the middle of a huge city racecourse, [...]
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Princess Anne visits Horseback UK

Royal seal of approval for Horseback UK

By HorseBack UK On April 8, 2015 · Add Comment · In Latest News
A charity that uses horsemanship to rehabilitate wounded service personnel was given the royal seal of approval yesterday. The Princess Royal visited Horseback UK at Dinnet, near Aboyne to hear about the work the team do to help physically and psychologically wounded servicemen and women move on with their lives. About a dozen of the [...]
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Open Country – Horseback UK –

By HorseBack UK On March 25, 2015 · Add Comment · In Latest News
Helen Mark is in Aboyne, Aberdeenshire to find out how horses and the natural landscape of Royal Deeside are helping wounded and serving military personnel. Listen Now: Click Here Set up by ex-marine Jock Hutchison and his wife Emma, Horseback UK is a charity aiming to provide a safe and secure environment for soldiers returning [...]
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HorseBack UK on ‘9/11 A hidden legacy’

By HorseBack UK On February 11, 2015 · Add Comment · In Latest News
On the tenth anniversary of 9/11, Jackie Bird investigates the terrorist attack’s hidden legacy for Scotland’s servicemen; the growing number of amputees returning from Afghanistan. Given exclusive access to 45 Commando Royal Marines over nine months, BBC Scotland follows the moving stories of the military men and women who have to cope after suffering serious [...]
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Royal Marine Veteran’s life-changing story is one of the highlights as conference considers ‘The Value of Horses’

By HorseBack UK On November 17, 2014 · Add Comment · In Latest News
Opened by HRH The Princess Royal who underlined the many different ways in which horses are valued in today’s society – as sport competitors, as working horses which whole families rely on in impoverished communities overseas, as a much-loved family pet and even valued in the slaughter trade for whatever price they are worth [as [...]
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School commemorates WW1 centenary

By HorseBack UK On November 14, 2014 · Add Comment · In Latest News
Remembrance at the High School of Dundee took on extra significance as pupils and staff commemorated the centenary of the outbreak of WW1. Alongside the traditional Armistice Parade and Service, which saw guests including the Lord Provost Bob Duncan, local politicians and forces personnel gather as the school’s Combined Cadet Force paraded in front of [...]
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Soldiers ride out trauma of war with Horseback UK

By HorseBack UK On September 3, 2014 · Add Comment · In Latest News
Original article STV Aberdeen By Laura Smith on Wednesday 3 September 2014 For the past five years, an Aberdeenshire charity has been helping ex-service personnel overcome psychological and emotional traumas of war through horsemanship. In 1999, former Royal Marine Jock Hutchison set up HorseBack UK to introduce injured servicemen and women to horse riding and [...]
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Horses that help injured serviceman on show in Perth

By HorseBack UK On July 29, 2014 · Add Comment · In Latest News
The valuable help equine charities give to returning servicemen can be seen at Perth racecourse tomorrow (30 July). The “Celebration of the Horse” raceday, will feature demonstrations by the charities Retraining of Racehorses (RoR) and HorseBackUK. During the day former racehorse, Peopleton Brook (pictured) will be on parade. The horse ran 93 times in his [...]
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Blair Castle International Horse Trials 2014 links up with HorseBack UK

By HorseBack UK On February 20, 2014 · Add Comment · In Latest News
The Blair Castle International Horse Trials official charity for 2014 will be HorseBack UK. The Aberdeenshire-based charity works with wounded veterans by introducing them to horses to help improve their rehabilitation, mobility and confidence. 2014 is the Centenary Year of World War One which will create even more awareness for this importance cause. HorseBack UK [...]
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HMS Sultan physical trainer works hard to promote the benefits of horse riding

By HorseBack UK On October 1, 2010 · Add Comment · In Latest News
HMS Sultan, Leading Physical Trainer Kelly Gooch, is working hard to promote the benefits to health of the sport equestrian within the services community. Kelly took a team from the Medical Department, HMS Sultan, to experience the therapeutic side of the sport in an afternoon of Equestrian training at Willowbrook Equestrian Centre, Hambrook. Each individual [...]
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