Horserenity

02/09/2026

Help us build a horse-guided UK–Ukraine programme supporting military personnel, veterans and families living with the effects of war.

01/09/2026

Fab team meeting in the new outdoor classroom area today. Fab team and fab team meeting!

30/08/2026

Lessons from the herd #5

Stay true to yourself when the world around you changes.

The evenings are drawing in now, and at the farm we are beginning to think about the shift from summer routines to winter ones.

The horses will adapt. They will use the land differently. Their coats will change. Their patterns of resting, grazing and moving will alter as the weather, light and ground conditions shift around them. They respond to what is happening, but they don’t lose themselves in it.

The outside changes, but there is still something deeply steady at the centre of each horse. Johnny is still his sensitive self, choosing his people and requesting routine; Texas is still master of all he surveys; and Dude - well Dude will always be a dude. They do not seem to question who they are because the conditions around them have altered. They adjust what they do, without abandoning what they are.

I keep thinking that there is something very powerful in that. Our surroundings change and sometimes when we least expect it. Relationships change, work changes, expectations change - of ourselves and of others. Sometimes entire chapters of our lives shift around us.

And it can be so tempting to shift with all of it — to become what the situation seems to require, what other people expect, or what feels easiest in the moment.

But perhaps the herd offers another way. Perhaps what we can take from this grounded way of being, is that we can adapt where we need to. You can change your routine, change your pace, or even find a different way through; but you don’t need to move away and change who you are.

So when life around you is shifting and perhaps doesn’t flow the way you were expecting it to, stay grounded in yourself. Stay grounded in what matters to you, in what you value, and in the part of you that does not need to be rewritten every time life around you changes.

Lesson #5: let your surroundings change without letting them decide who you are.

30/08/2026

Lessons from the herd #5

Stay true to yourself when the world around you changes.

The evenings are drawing in now, and at the farm we are beginning to think about the shift from summer routines to winter ones.

The horses will adapt. They will use the land differently. Their coats will change. Their patterns of resting, grazing and moving will alter as the weather, light and ground conditions shift around them. They respond to what is happening, but they don't lose themselves in it.

The outside changes, but there is still something deeply steady at the centre of each horse. Johnny is still his sensitive self, choosing his people and requesting routine; Texas is still master of all he surveys; and Dude - well Dude will always be a dude. They do not seem to question who they are because the conditions around them have altered. They adjust what they do, without abandoning what they are.

I keep thinking that there is something very powerful in that. Our surroundings change and sometimes when we least expect it. Relationships change, work changes, expectations change - of ourselves and of others. Sometimes entire chapters of our lives shift around us.

And it can be so tempting to shift with all of it — to become what the situation seems to require, what other people expect, or what feels easiest in the moment.

But perhaps the herd offers another way. Perhaps what we can take from this grounded way of being, is that we can adapt where we need to. You can change your routine, change your pace, or even find a different way through; but you don't need to move away and change who you are.

So when life around you is shifting and perhaps doesn't flow the way you were expecting it to, stay grounded in yourself. Stay grounded in what matters to you, in what you value, and in the part of you that does not need to be rewritten every time life around you changes.

Lesson #5: let your surroundings change without letting them decide who you are.

30/08/2026

30/08/2026

This is Willow. Willow is a standalone, one of a kind, board certified Diva. She is currently on treatment for ALL, a type of leukaemia. That was not the plan at all.

Being diagnosed with cancer as a teenager is life changing, the impact is profound at a time of life when many plans and decisions affect your future. ��One of our goals here at Meredith’s Mission was to support young people and their siblings with wellbeing therapies to help them process the complex emotional difficulties of a childhood cancer diagnosis.

YLVC reported that 47% of children report a strong need to speak to someone about their wellbeing however 82% felt they did not receive enough support . We wanted to do something about that….

It’s why we fund counselling and therapy with carefully selected provisions and therapists so young people like our icon here Willow, can have a place where they can simply breathe and step outside a cancer diagnosis even for a brief time. We’ve funded 50 sessions of therapy for children since opening in October!

Our friends at Horserenity are doing incredible work in their community and we are delighted to be working with them to support young people affected by childhood cancer.

Willow said “I just love it they make me so happy” and her mum Leanne said “She loves to walk, wash, pet and feed them. They don’t expected anything from her and they calm her. She enjoys that it’s something she can focus on that she can control.”

We couldn’t do this work without your support - we are looking forward to some special fundraising for Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Keep those eyes peeled 👀👀👀👀

20/08/2026

We need your help to raise £5000

Help us build a horse-guided UK–Ukraine programme supporting military personnel, veterans and families living with the effects of war.