From Homelessness to Alternative Education Pioneer | Nicola Hepburn | EAW 60

Equine Assisted World with Rupert Isaacson · Aug 6, 2026 · 1h 53m · transcript

✨ "I think the worst thing that people can do is say no." – Nicola Hepburn

Equine Learning is a therapeutic and alternative education provision based at Wootton Park in Warwickshire, UK, founded by Nicola Hepburn in 2008 as one of the UK's earliest equine-facilitated learning organizations. Today it helps neurodivergent young people and adults with learning difficulties build academic, vocational, and life skills through horses — work that has grown from a small community project into a full alternative education provider funded largely through local authority contracts.

Equine Learning's…