We are looking for a new trustee to join our board and support our mission as a charity. At Equilore, we believe Equine Assisted therapies are highly effective to those experiencing mental health challenges, often where traditional therapies have not worked. We are committed to removing barriers and ensuring that adults and children have timely access to professional mental health support.

Equilore provides Equine Facilitated Psychotherapy (EFP), a nature-based form of mental health support where people learn new things through experiencing. We work with a range of people from children to adults, from those suffering with extreme anxiety, loss, trauma, relationship breakdown, mental health problems as well as providing a positive therapeutic approach for those suffering with long term or terminal illness.

Horses mirror our emotions and, therefore, it is not always necessary to verbally express the struggles we face. In this respect, equine therapy forms an alternative to talking therapies which can become imperative to those who feel so overwhelmed they are unable to verbalise what they face.

We are a new, small charity, just 2 years old but we have seen significant growth – more than doubling our staff, premises and income (circa £50k p/a).

We’re looking for new trustees to support the continued strategic development and growth of the charity and help us meet the growing demand for our services.

We welcome applications that will help us to diversify in terms of age profile, skills, experience and background and we are particularly interested in applicants who can demonstrate they have one or more of the following skills or experience categories:

• Business, strategic and leadership appropriate to the Equilore’s business
• HR and experience of organisational policy for a small but growing charity
• Publicity to help us maximise our profile both across our region and nationally
• Experience and/or links to statutory services within mental health and youth services to expand our outreach and develop commissioning opportunities
• Other skills and experience demonstrably beneficial to the Equilore’s activities such as fundraising.

If you wish to have an informal chat prior to application, contact:

Loes Koorenhof, Director and Founder at info@equilore.co.uk or

Felicity Mallam, Chair of Trustees at fmallam@btinternet.com

Please send your CV and an introductory email to fmallam@btinternet.com