Our Face to Face and virtual services explored

This is Tizzy she is a Standard Shetland pony! She is 14 years old and 10 hands tall. She is very sweet. We will offer visits in the community  from our Shetland ponies. 

This is Kik Kat he is 7 years old and 7 hands. Kit Kat is a Miniature Shetland pony. Very small and cute!!

Our two Shetland ponies!

This is our horse Paddy! 

This is our horse Rupert, he is a Cob!

We hope in 2024 to start a face to face service on our High Wycombe based small holding and or in the community. We are collecting expressions of interest and ideas from you on the services we could offer. 

Suggestions based on feedback so far are:

Participants helping us at community events, craft fairs and markets helping manage our stand as we sell participants designs from our virtual work experience in product design.

More participants and organisations print partnering and setting up their own shop selling their designs we continue to print for you.

Those on Supported Internships may like to help us with our Shetland Pony business  focused around pony care and equine pony activities and therapy we want to set up. They may like to help us look after the ponies such as field and stable management, learn about the animals, take booking for visits to us or bookings into the community such as us taking the ponies to SEND schools or day centres or old peoples homes. Maybe you would like to help us on these visits? We may offer parties but we need your help to decide what we will offer and then to set up and run the service! We are already RSPCA approved and have a rescue horse as well as another horse and some Shetland ponies. Our farm has 8 acres of land. We plan this year to do care farming training, the CEVAS Therapeutic Course.

Participants may like to work on our wild flowers pond project we hope to run. The area was once a pond and we want to grow marsh flowers in the area.

You/they may like to help us start a horticulture project. We may get some raised beds and a disabled access polytunnel.

Would you like to do a face to face version of our IWR CPD accredited product design course?

Do you want to design some pattern coasters, chopping boards or tumblers? Or some tote bags?

Would you like to design some summer fun t shirts?

Do you want to do Lego themed product design using photo editing software?

Or some pattern themed compact mirrors or mugs?

Or Pattern themed Keyring’s design?

would you like to do jewellery making?

Would you like to do a equine pony supported work experience?  

Are you a shop happy to stock our designs?

Are you running Community events  wanting us to attend with our products and or the ponies?

Would you like to help us at horse shows and events? Participants can show the ponies once working with us for some time.

Do you want to make Motivational posters?

Do you want to make cards?

Help us put together PR materials?

Help us run our Social media marketing?

Do you want to help us research the products we design or the events we attend?

Would you like to create life skill videos for the website? Such as basic cooking from making a sandwich, a cup of tea to simple meals or food like pasta. Or maybe chores like cleaning or making a bed, or skills like make up.  Or maybe about work skills as a PowerPoint or video like writing a CV.

Maybe you have an art project idea you could put instructions together for in a PowerPoint for others to try?

Maybe you would like to colour some of our IWR outlines for us?

Do you want to help with our product photography and learn to remove backgrounds?

Do you want to write reviews for books, films, TV, games, software, music or visitor attractions? We can put them on the website.

Would you like to do some general employability work or work on your English or maths? Or math inspired design work?

Do you want to contribute to our IWR website?

Do you want to develop your digital and IT skills?

Do you want to do some creative writing work?

Would you like towrite articles about your sports, hobbies and interests?

Maybe your a school or organisation that would like us to visit you with our ponies or maybe you would like to visit us?

Animal themed product design probably and possibly animal themed products.

Pony/horse themed photography or art?

Help us design some Shetland pony themed products, what products do you think should have the Shetland ponies theme?

Weekly photography  challenges? 

We would like to develop some more sensory product design packs, do you have ideas for what we can include in these?

Would you like more product printing videos?

 These are just suggestions email us your ideas and thoughts!

Email independentandworkready@gmail.com

We will also ensure we get facilities in place and enable disabled access. We want to get a disabled access static mobile home or log cabin or similar so we have an inside work area. A space for running inside activities and learning. It's early days but if you want to help us set this up or what to get involved when we are more ready contact us now! We still plan to continue our virtual work experience and product design CPD. 

We attend Bourne End Craft Market monthly and other community events listed also on our website. Participants can help us at events if they would like too.