Meet Our Staff

I started at ESR after meeting Danielle through a practitioner's network. I've joined to provide therapy and trauma counselling , and feel proud to offer a direct route when statutory services are at a crisis point. I have been working therapeutically with people for over 25 years, and became a counsellor after working in holistic nutritional therapy, realising that beneath the physical issues, the cause lay rooted in the emotional/mental/spiritual levels. It's great to be part of a wellness movement with such great social value and holistic approaches for horses and people.

Dad to my amazing little boy Lucas, I started work at ESR in October 2020. I am a yard worker and currently studying part-time to be a groom at Lingfield Uni. Working at ESR has helped me learn new skills and grow as a person. My confidence and patience have improved greatly in the months I've been here and it's a fun job a lot of the time with great people. ESR has helped me realise my potential and challenged me to meet new people and push myself to be a better human.

ESR found me and my family whilst Dani was running her freelance business, my mum was crucial to the set up of ESR and we would make the journey from Linlithgow every week for the first year to exercise the ponies and make signs and equipment out of recycled materials. Dani and the yard have continued to be there for me unconditionally since losing my mum through covid and have supported me through exams such as my ride-out safely and horse health. The yard is my special place and a reminder of what my mum helped build and create.

I am 29 and have my UKCC Level 1 Equestrian Coaching. I'm a volunteer and part-time worker who does what needs doing. Take out rides. Teach lessons in riding and stable management. Help on the yard and with outings. Or more recently, run coding workshops as part of the Take The Reins programme. ESR represents an opportunity for the people involved to feel more enriched in their lives through the people and horses they meet, the valued volunteering work they do and the things they learn.

Longest standing volunteer and member of the local community council, I was involved with ESR when there was only one pony. I look after the Clydesdale's huge feet and feathers, make tea and coffee and am key when running events. I provide a safe space, heating and transport in the form of Scooby; my vintage camper van. ESR is a community of which I'm very proud to be part, its evolution is key to providing much-needed support for many including myself. ESR is part of all of us here and my role as mother hen provides much-needed counsel and advice.

I met with Eat Sleep Ride first through school and started volunteering. I now work part time at ESR, starting from May 2023. I'm starting my Lingfield course to train as a groom.

I feel like I have found my confidence in talking to new people. I'm fantastic with kids and have respect for everyone. I'm pushing myself to work harder every day.