At Ride High, we work with 80 children aged 8-17 every week, particularly those living in the most deprived areas for whom there is no or little support available. All our children are referred by childcare professionals to ensure that we’re working with those that need us most. They all face a variety of challenges that make everyday life a struggle, and without our help they have little chance of a happy future.

Ride High offers a unique and innovative approach to engage these children, using horses and ponies. We effect lasting change in their attitude, self-confidence and life prospects so they become happy, confident young people who are positively engaged in the outside world. Our programme helps the children develop essential communication and teamwork, social and literacy skills and improve their confidence and self-esteem to enable them to go out into the world and fully participate. Ride High was founded by Rachel Medill MBE in 2008 working with just six children. Today Ride High has helped to change the lives and prospects of over 1000 children and young people.