HORSE RIDE FOR HOPE
Ride with us for hope by supporting every kilometre along the way from Gympie to Longreach. Aiming to connect communities along the path to strengthen lives in support of mental health.
Horse ride for hope will connect communities and individuals in towns along the route with planned events. These events will be about bringing organisations and individuals together in a time of celebration and encouragement, to connect, learn and share stories with one another.
Horse ride for hope is about supporting Hope Reins and Outback Futures. Both organisations provide free programs and services to support communities in Queensland.
Help us reach our fundraising goal of
$100 per km
THE JOURNEY
Kylie and a small team from Hope Reins will commence their journey from Gympie on April 1, stopping at Nanango, Condamine, and Mitchell before making the longest leg of their journey to the final destination of Longreach in Central Queensland.
In total the team will travel approximately 1200 km to reach Longreach by June 3, 2023.
Our aim is to connect and learn from individuals and communities along the way, bringing awareness of support services and programs available to those facing challenging times. We will have a range of organisations and businesses that will attend events at each location to help provide information and support to attendees.
We are simply mates getting together with a purpose.
We encourage individuals to come along to our events at each location.
RIDE & EVENTS TIMELINE
Ride Partners
At Hope Reins we rescue horses in need and offer them a safe and loving home. But what we do goes much further than that … We also use our horses to work with people from all backgrounds and walks of life. We facilitate that quiet, beautiful connection between horse and human, to help make our people (and our horses) feel whole again, as well as loved, connected, worthwhile and accepted.
People come to Hope Reins for all sorts of reasons. They may lack confidence or have a fear of horses; some are suffering stress or anxiety; others are battling with depression and/or thoughts of suicide; some are overcoming trauma; and some are dealing with self-harm. Whatever the reason, they find the time and space to heal.
Most of our horses have stories of rescue or recovery. Whilst the size of our property means we can’t responsibly accept all horses, we do try and help or refer people who have a horse for rehoming. Some of our horses are ready for adoption, so please enquire by sending us an email.
Outback Futures currently work alongside 11 LGAs (local government areas) in Western Queensland to provide consistent and accessible allied health services to remote communities and equip them with the confidence and tools to identify and address their own mental health and wellbeing challenges.
- Multi-disciplinary teams include psychologists, counselors, social workers, speech pathologists, occupational therapists, and literacy and learning professionals.
- Community clinics connect teams and individuals face-to-face.
- Stay With Me telehealth, provides access to regular support through a phone/video telehealth service.
- Critical incident response for on the ground support and care if tragedy or disaster happens in remote communities.
- Community workshops that provide practical tips and tools to help everyone take care of themselves and others.
- Workplace wellbeing
- Community action support
Hope & Resilience
Hope is one of those words we are used to seeing a lot. Hope links our past and present to the future. Hope is a vision of what you desire to have happen. To have hope is to want an outcome that makes your life better in some way. We believe hope is generated through unity of struggle and purpose.
Resilience is about facing you troubles, being adapting, persistence, gathering wisdom, having courage to do things differently, hoping for better outcome, exploring options.
Hope & Resilience
Hope is one of those words we are used to seeing a lot. Hope links our past and present to the future. Hope is a vision of what you desire to have happen. To have hope is to want an outcome that makes your life better in some way. We believe hope is generated through unity of struggle and purpose.
Resilience is about facing you troubles, being adapting, persistence, gathering wisdom, having courage to do things differently, hoping for better outcome, exploring options.