An Author with no name – Black and blue

‘An author with no name’ has been written to support and bring awareness to domestic abuse. It aims to use the poems as an unlocked door to delve into the middle and the harsh and hidden reality of the subject.

Mental health awareness books

As mental health becomes more and more in the forefront of the public eye, we are committed to raising awareness and supporting mental health in children and young adults.

We will be doing so by publishing a series of mental health books. The first 3 will be written about domestic abuse, suicide and PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) .  They are written with hard hitting poems, with the aim of being close to the reality of the subjects.  At times, we wondered whether some of the poems should be included as they may be ‘too’ intrusive, but it was decided that they would be left in so as to not hold back on the reality of the subjects that we are ultimately trying to raise awareness of , following the advice of professionals in mental health, this is what we have done.

Mental health awareness books

As mental health becomes more and more in the forefront of the public eye, we are committed to raising awareness and supporting mental health in children and young adults.

We will be doing so by publishing a series of mental health books. The first 3 will be written about domestic abuse, suicide and PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) .  They are written with hard hitting poems, with the aim of being close to the reality of the subjects.  At times, we wondered whether some of the poems should be included as they may be ‘too’ intrusive, but it was decided that they would be left in so as to not hold back on the reality of the subjects that we are ultimately trying to raise awareness of , following the advice of professionals in mental health, this is what we have done.

A pony morning

The UK pony and art days have started. Our latest day was a pony theme during our art and craft session, where we made collages of happy and sad ponies. We related this to a children’s story about a pony who was sad and had lost his friends. The children listened to this story at the beginning of the session and we talked about what would make a pony happy and what would make it sad. The children then made lots of food such as carrots and apples out of play-dough which we pretended to feed to our pony collages that we had made.  The children also made pony masks which they could make into any feeling that they chose. All of the masks and collages were decorated with different textures of materials that the children wanted to use, letting them use their creativity whilst guiding them through the aim of the day.

The second part of the morning was based at the farm where the children are able to have hands on contact with our ponies. The children took part in grooming the ponies and some of them had a small ride on them too. The ponies always love a fuss and it was great that the children were able to take part in caring for them.

Animal assisted therapy centre project

Our vision is to create an animal assisted therapy centre based in the UK. We  need to create a lot of awareness before we begin to achieve this.

Yebo will be investing money  into media campaigns to promote the continuous fundraising that will be needed for this as without the awareness, we will not be able to sustain the funds and get sponsors involved.

Our next big media campaign is in it’s early stages but aims to be big!

Keep updated, it’s going to be amazing!

An update on our ponies

Our 4 ponies Toby, Rolo, Jessie and Treacle are all doing well. Jessie is 3 years old and is the mother of Treacle who is now 4 months old. He will be weaned soon from her which will take a couple of months. Treacle is quite a cheeky and independent little pony so likes cantering off across the field on his own from his mummy so he is getting ready to be weaned. Today we introduced him to Toby, who is an 11 year old gelding pony. This went really well and afterwards we put Treacle back into the field with his mummy, Jessie. Tomorrow we will do the same thing so they all start to get used to it.

Toby is ridden by children most days as is a very sweet pony. Rolo is ridden by bigger children/ teenagers or small adults and he is also very lovely. They are all enjoying the grass at the moment, and the rain has been nice for them to cool down from the very hot days lately. Jessie has improved alot since she arrived with her foal. She was very scared at first as she had been rescued. Now she is much friendlier and enjoys being scratched and brushed! We have another pony arriving next week who will be a nice friend for Jessie.

Hopefully eventually all our ponies will be able to live in an animal assisted therapy centre we will be funraising to be built which is ultimately our future goal

Below:Toby being ridden and Treacle having a run around the field.