Lottie’s Yard

Lottie’s Yard Animal Assisted Living & Learning We also have access to farms and yards across the county to visit and learn about larger animals.

Lottie’s Yard is a unique living and learning experience available to people with learning disabilities and mental health needs in Northampton. The therapeutic effect of animals is becoming more recognised within the scientific field, especially amongst people with mental health and communication difficulties. Findings from our sessions have revealed that people arriving at a Lottie’s Yard session

will often leave with an observable sense of increased mental well being. Our sessions run from our centre in Moulton Park called The Pod where we care for small animals and complete a learning program. We try and vary the sessions so you can experience as much as possible! With the assistance of small and large animals as well as the great outdoors, we support people with learning disabilities to set outcome based goals, recognise undiscovered strengths, develop life skills, improve health and wellbeing, produce pride inducing art and crafts, socialise and make new friends and expand their knowledge on animals and outdoor living. The scope of our sessions is vast and person centred. We use work books to track peoples progress, which come in alternative formats dependent upon a persons ability and understanding. Achievements are celebrated regardless of their significance – we support people to be forever reaching their potential and beyond. Our programs are flexible – after assessing your needs, abilities, likes and dislikes, a program will be developed especially for YOU and reviewed at least annually. Your program could include any or all of the following:
(For all topics there are practical and theory based activities available)
- Safety (MANDATORY)
- Horse and small animal care
Safety, grooming, husbandry, feed & nutrition, anatomy, exercise, mental wellbeing & healthcare
- Land maintenance
Pasture and boundary care and maintenance
- Life skills
Transferrable skills (yard to home), promoting independence, hygiene, health & safety, self-care, outdoor living skills.
- Arts & Crafts
Therapeutic work, functional art work/communication tools, decorative, personal achievement.
- Project based activities
Customer led topics encompassing self-sufficiency, resourcefulness, community projects and helping others.

😃 Our team are always taking good care of the herd! Whatever the weather! ☁️
30/12/2024

😃 Our team are always taking good care of the herd! Whatever the weather! ☁️

🥶 It might be a bit chilly, but we are still smiling!! 😊
30/12/2024

🥶 It might be a bit chilly, but we are still smiling!! 😊

☀️ Feeling hot HoT H☀️T!!🐰🐹 Animals can need some help to stay cool in the summer - ensuring they have clean beds and fr...
13/08/2024

☀️ Feeling hot HoT H☀️T!!

🐰🐹 Animals can need some help to stay cool in the summer - ensuring they have clean beds and fresh water makes a big difference!

The rabbits & guinea pigs enjoyed some attention today! 🥰

💚💜 💚💜💚💜💚💜💚💜💚💜violet and made the hard work look easy today!!Never seen someone look so happy taking the rubbish out! 😂 ...
09/08/2024

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violet and made the hard work look easy today!!

Never seen someone look so happy taking the rubbish out! 😂

Well done ladies you packed a lot into today!

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💜💚 THANK YOU 💚💜👏🏽 Our open day was a huge success!💜💚 THANK YOU to everyone who came out to meet us and join in the fun! ...
04/08/2024

💜💚 THANK YOU 💚💜

👏🏽 Our open day was a huge success!

💜💚 THANK YOU to everyone who came out to meet us and join in the fun! It was a pleasure to meet so many wonderful and extraordinary people and their families and carers 💚💜

💛🩶 THANK YOU also to our incredible team who did us proud as always. Our services are only as strong as our team and you always demonstrate why our services are rated so highly 🩶💛

🩷🧡 THANK YOU to our existing customers who took time out of their weekend to help out with the open day activities and chat to our guests! 🧡🩷

And special thanks to - Chelsey brought her award winning Zumba class to The Studio! You brought THE VIBE 🙌🏽 & so much energy!!!

And another special thanks to for the loan of your tables 🙏🏽

30/07/2024

Do any of our business owner friends have some free standing display boards we could borrow this weekend to display some photos on for our open day?

We hope they find suitable, loving homes 🫶🏼
12/05/2024

We hope they find suitable, loving homes 🫶🏼

Here are 10 abandoned guinea pigs looking for a forever home in Northamptonshire this week.

So One of our groups got to go visit Ellie Cowlard Equestrian . Ellie very kindly gave us an in-depth tour of her new ba...
10/05/2024

So One of our groups got to go visit Ellie Cowlard Equestrian .
Ellie very kindly gave us an in-depth tour of her new barn, showing us all the horses , the Xc course , the lunge pen and our favourite - the muck heap 💩
We was very lucky to be able to feed the horses and learn a bit about them all .
We then watched Brogan ride a sales livery and then jump his own competition horse - cookie .
Ellie was very knowledgeable and talked us through the demo rides and explained to us about course walking and some of the fences Brogan was jumping .
We got to look at how to measure a show jumping fence and all took guesses on how big it was .
We are very grateful that Ellie and Brogan was able to spare us some of their valuable time out of their busy schedules/yard duties.
We had a fantastic time and hope to visit again soon.
Thank you for having us Ellie & Brogan x

💚💜💚💜💚💜💚💜💚💜💚“What adventure are we going on today then girls?” They look ready to get up to no good that’s for sure! 🤨
19/04/2024

💚💜💚💜💚💜💚💜💚💜💚

“What adventure are we going on today then girls?”

They look ready to get up to no good that’s for sure! 🤨

💜PURPLE DAY💜🟣 Some of our favourite people have epilepsy and we loved spending the day recognising this condition and sp...
26/03/2024

💜PURPLE DAY💜

🟣 Some of our favourite people have epilepsy and we loved spending the day recognising this condition and spreading awareness….

🍰 Not to mention another excuse to bake/eat cake 🙊

📸 Polly says CHEESE 😁Photo credit goes to
20/03/2024

📸 Polly says CHEESE 😁

Photo credit goes to

💜💚🐴💚💜🐴💜💚🐴💚💜Kirsty did some in hand work with Lottie today. Kirsty was firm but calm and got the best out of our precious...
14/03/2024

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Kirsty did some in hand work with Lottie today. Kirsty was firm but calm and got the best out of our precious Lottie 🫶🏼

Embracing the weather! 🌧️ 💜💚💜💚💜💚💜💚💜💚
14/03/2024

Embracing the weather! 🌧️

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L💜TTIESL💚VE
11/03/2024

L💜TTIES
L💚VE

P💜NYTHER💚PY🐴 Do you have an interest in horses? Maybe their size worries you a little bit??🥰 We have a beautiful herd of...
09/03/2024

P💜NY
THER💚PY

🐴 Do you have an interest in horses? Maybe their size worries you a little bit??

🥰 We have a beautiful herd of 2 horses and 3 miniature shetlands, so whatever your confidence level, you can enjoy them and learn whilst feeling safe.

🌟 Want to know more??

☎️ 01604 307758
📧 [email protected]

🔨 It was FARRIER day today!🐴 Ed comes out every 4-6 weeks to trim the horses hooves. Today he showed us different shoes ...
06/03/2024

🔨 It was FARRIER day today!

🐴 Ed comes out every 4-6 weeks to trim the horses hooves. Today he showed us different shoes horses can wear!

💪🏽 The team worked hard to ensure the horses were groomed and fussed over before getting back to the P🩷D to sort out the Lotties Room.

What a team?! 👏🏽

Want to know more about
L💜TTIES Y💚RD?

☎️ 01604 307758
📧 [email protected]

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The Pod
Moulton
NN36RT

Opening Hours

10am - 4pm

Telephone

+441604307758

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Lottie's Yard is a unique living and learning experience available to people with learning disabilities in Northampton. The therapeutic effect of animals is becoming more recognised within the scientific field, especially amongst people with mental health and communication difficulties. Findings from our sessions have revealed that people arriving at Lottie's Yard will often leave with an observable sense of increased mental well being. Using small and large animals, we support people with learning disabilities to set outcome based goals, recognise undiscovered strengths, develop life skills, improve health and wellbeing, produce pride inducing art and crafts, socialise and make new friends and expand their knowledge on animals and outdoor living. The scope of the sessions is vast and person centred. We use work books to track peoples progress, which come in alternative formats dependent upon a persons ability and understanding. Achievements are celebrated regardless of their significance - we support people to be forever reaching their potential and beyond. All within the beautiful Northamptonshire countryside.

OUR LIVING & LEARNING PROGRAM

Our programs are flexible - after assessing your needs, abilities, likes and dislikes, a program will be developed especially for YOU and reviewed at least annually. Your program could include any or all of the following: (For all topics there are practical and theory based activities available)


  • YARD SAFETY (MANDATORY)