Realignment
to well being
About us
We offer professional equine assisted psychotherapy/learning, care farming/green care with anctuary animals. All these activities can be incorporated into a bespoke programme for individuals or groups.
Hay Farm Centre was established 9 years ago. It is on the border of South Staffordshire and Shropshire, although easily accessible from the towns, it feels like another world. It is based around a 400 year old listed farmhouse at the end of a long drive offering privacy and tranquillity.
Our mission is to relieve mental and emotional distress by providing evidence-informed, professionally led therapeutic programmes involving horses and natural environments. We operate exclusively for public benefit, offering accessible and inclusive services to improve well-being and support vulnerable or undeserved.
Our animals have been rescued and rehabilitated supporting our ethos of recovery and they live out their lives with us here.
Organisations we have worked with include:
West Midlands Police and Fire Services
Sandwell Children’s Trust
Worcestershire County Council Pathways to Recovery (addictions)
and Every Child Matters
Royal Wolverhampton School
Ruskin Mill Educational Trust (Glasshouse College)
Dudley Social Services​
Who we are
Elaine Noble MBACP BA (Hons) Advanced Diploma in Counselling, Cert.Ed.
EAGALA (Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Association) Certified Practicioner.
CEVAS (Countryside Educational Visits Accreditation Scheme) Certified.
Lead Therapist and CEO of Hay Farm Centre.
Equine Assisted Psychotherapy for the last 15 years.
Previously Head of Psychology in Further Education 12 years.
Licence No ( to keep and train animals for exhibition) 24/00443/AEXHTR
Staffordshire Council.
Liz Geobey, Mental Health Nurse
Care Farm Manager CEVAS accredited
Farm First Aider
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Charity Trustees
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Dio Mock
Therapist and former principal of Argent College Birmingham for young adults with complex needs.
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Keith Batham
Financial Advisor
Passionate about supporting better care for young adults with autism through personal and professional experience.
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Greg Bould
Experience in supporting communities and education for alternative provision.
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Our most recent development is to become a Charity. We are awaiting our registration.
This would enable us to reach more people who otherwise would not have access to equine assisted psychotherapy.
We have always been about the bigger picture and never refused any client. Our horses are rescued from neglect, slaughter or unwanted.
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Hay Farm is a registered animal therapy centre. Licence No: 24/00443/AEXHTR
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