“My horse helped me overcome my fears, to relax and not worry.”
Todd, Student Aged 12
“The horses helped me to see the small movements and become more detail orientated.”
Audrey, Team Building Workshop Participant
Growing up can be tough. Youth can experience stress and isolation at school from not belonging to the popular cliques or feeling unsuccessful in classes. At Urban Stable we help youth to overcome challenges and develop life skills to re-engage with themselves, their education and community.
Working in a team is fun, sharing ideas, reaching goals, but sometimes teams struggle with misunderstandings, impatience, and conflicts. This can cause in increase in stress and productivity suffers. Our Leadership Development sessions can address these common workplace challenges and get your team working together cohesively, reduce stress and help your team achieve their goals.
Meet our horses, learn about their breeds, colours, ages, personalities, and likes and dislikes. Explore the barn, see the equipment we use, hear student success stories, and enjoy coffee/tea and snacks.
Have fun and feel good knowing you are giving back. All funds raised from our Barn Tours go back into our mission programming helping youth facing barriers and adversity to unbridle their potential.
Educational Field Trips at Urban Stable. Meet our horses, learn about their breeds, colours, ages, personalities, and likes and dislikes. Explore the barn, see where the horses work, see the equipment we use, learn about the bedding, brushes, and feed. Learn fun horse facts and see other farm animals
Learn about Urban Stable’s experiential learning programs, hear student success stories, and enjoy soft drinks and snacks.
Open to animal lovers of all ages
45 mins – 1 hour fun, accessible, educational barn tours
This summer we offered our Horse Powered Reading Summer Program. Through hands-on learning experiences with horses, like a horse style escape room game, youth built confidence, ignited a renewed interest and passion for literacy, and empowered their road to reading, all while having fun with their horse!Now, as back-to-school is here, we are preparing for the start of our fall programs. We are meeting with schools and teachers, working together to connect students facing challenges with our hor[...]
The Graham C. Lount Family Foundation is instrumental in supporting Urban Stable. Their trust-based approach to philanthropy is invaluable to the sustainability of our programs. We are so thankful for their support through another 3-year multi-year grant! We truly value our partnership with them, the transparent and responsive communication, the open conversations, the meaningful connection, and the relationship we share and have built together. A huge Thank You to the Graham C. Lount Family Fo[...]
We have been invited to participate in One Great Lottery*! Tickets go on sale September 10th. One Great Lottery is a multi-charity lottery program. It is a fun and engaging way to raise awareness and funds for charities, like Urban Stable, across Manitoba.
These lotteries are an online percentage draw that will take place during the fall, winter, and spring. There will be guaranteed early bird prizes, a grand prize winner, and several smaller prizes to be won.
When buying tickets you can cho[...]
The Winnipeg Foundation continues to be a major supporter and partner of Urban Stable. We are profoundly grateful for their steady and ongoing support. Professional development training for our instructors to become certified in Horse Powered Reading, a program we offered youth this summer, was made possible by The Winnipeg Foundation. What a gift to help youth build confidence and a renewed passion for literacy, all while having fun with their horse. Our School Program is also supported by The[...]
We have been chosen as a recipient of Kal Tire's for Good program!Kal Tire is donating a set of new winter tires for our program vehicle so we can continue to transport students from their schools to the barn and back again.Our program vehicle is essential to the success of our program. Being able to transport our students to and from the barn ensures all youth have a chance to experience the life-changing positive impact our horses have, not just youth with personal access to a vehicle. Thank [...]
