Sense Stables

The Sense Stables are the only stables in the UK entirely adapted for the complex and specific needs of deafblind people. 

The Stables, which serves deafblind people from Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire, were opened by HRH The Princess Royal in 2007. 

They are a unique educational centre. Our Stables are a classroom, where every aspect of horse care and yard work is adapted so that deafblind people can participate in every aspect of stable life.  

 

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Daily life at the Stables 

Visitors get involved in a wide range of activities from riding to stable management, grooming, animal care, maintenance tasks, horticulture and administration. They also learn life skills such as sequencing, catering and healthy, appropriate eating. Staff also use the Stables to develop basic literacy and numeracy skills.

 

 

Person centred approach

Every regular attendee has an individual programme of development, with clear aims and objectives.  

We help them build their confidence, learn new skills, achieve independence, stretch themselves so they discover what they are capable of, as well as develop a sense of self-worth. The Stables have been used to modify the behaviour of institutionalised attendees and, of course, this gives enormous and continued pleasure to participants. The Sense Stables are entirely funded by charitable donations.

Contact us

For further information, please contact Helen Mitchell on:

Tel: 020 7520 0981
Email: helen.mitchell@sense.org.uk

First published: Friday 21 September 2012
Updated: Wednesday 12 June 2013