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HETI Headlines December 2025
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Welcome to the final newsletter of 2025! What a year it has been! We've had fantastic webinars, presented at and attended many brilliant conferences, met with our AMAZING members and made vital connections. We are so looking forward to everything that's to come in 2026!!
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At the beginning of the year, HETI published its Strategic Plan for 2024–2027, developed in consultation with members. The plan focuses on improving member connections, strengthening global EAS standards, expanding resources, and creating a more accessible, affordable, and efficient membership experience.
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Throughout the year, HETI delivered a strong programme of webinars and meetings, highlighting research, measurement innovations, equine welfare, and sport in EAS. We also launched HETI Live meetings to encourage direct dialogue between members and the Executive Committee.
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Several important resources and initiatives were introduced, including updated Journal webpages, National Standards Guidelines, EAS Sector Maps, the HETI Library, and the publication of The HETI Journal: International Research and Practice 2025. Membership structures were reviewed with overwhelmingly positive feedback from members.
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HETI strengthened its global networks, relaunching the Asia-Pacific Network, launching the Latin America Network (now with over 200 participants), and establishing an International Participation Task Force creating HETI Ambassadors to improve global access and multilingual engagement.
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HETI was represented at numerous international conferences and events across Europe, the Americas, Asia, and beyond, and hosted both in-person and online gatherings, including the first “Meet and Chat” event in Ireland, two HETI(UK) Forums and a meeting of the EEATN in Portugal.
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This snapshot reflects a successful and busy year for 2025. We thank our Executive Committee, volunteers, and members for their continued dedication to best practice in EAS and for recognising the essential role of our equine partners.
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Happy New Year!!
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As we enter 2026, we would like to wish our wonderful members a very happy, peaceful and horse-filled New Year!
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As 2026 will be considered the year of the horse, what better excuse do we need to focus on the well being of our equine partners? Let's commit to better practices, further learning and improving the welfare of the amazing equines without whom EAS simply couldn't exist!
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Please take some time to watch the greeting from HETI President, Vera Lantelme-Faisan.
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HETI Strategic Plan 2024 - 2027
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Updates:
Membership structure and costs
We have now invited all members to renew their membership for 2026. As we will be relaunching our website, all previous usernames and passwords will no longer work on the new system. Please sign up to HETI as if you are a new member. Don't forget to set up your membership profile!
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As we continue to work on our Strategic Plan, we would love to hear your feedback! Please contact the HETI office to share your thoughts.
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Membership renewal
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It's time to renew your HETI membership! As we are setting up our new website, all previous usernames and passwords will no longer work.
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If you are an existing member of HETI, please join as if you are a new member by choosing the relevant membership category on our website.
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We are excited to share the first set of multilingual webinars for 2026! Our first webinar will take place on 22nd January. The English webinar will be on at 19h00 CET (Paris/Brussels).
The Russian version will take place slightly earlier on 22nd January at 12h00pm CET (Paris/Brussels). This will be free to attend. Register here.
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Join Daria Tikhomirova, paradressage coach, where she will share her journey to the Paralympics and best practices for training routines and raising top-rated athletes.
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HETI Educational Webinars
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HETI Educational webinars are free to HETI members. If you are not a HETI member, you will be able to purchase some of the webinar recordings in the HETI store.
Recordings available for free to HETI members:
1. Enriching connection with our equine partners - Andrea Wady*
2. The horse’s movement and how it influences the rider - Susanne von Dietze*
3. From principle to practice: The application of the 5 Domains Model of Animal Welfare - Dr. Andrew McLean*
4. Myths of Equine Vision - Dr. Janet Jones
5. Horse Boy Method and more - Rupert Isaacson
6. Recognising equine emotions and stress and its role in the field of Equine-Assisted Services - Dr. Helen Spence*
7. The role of posture and pain in equine behaviour and how to effect positive change - Linda Tellington-Jones*
8. Social License and the EAS Sector - Roly Owers*
9. An exploratory study into the backgrounds and perspectives of Equine-Assisted Service practitioners - Rita Seery*
10. Applied Equine Anatomy and Biomechanics for the EAS Professional - Gillian Higgins*
11. Enhancing EAS Quality Through Feedback and Measurement Innovations - Prof. Selcuk Akpinar*
12. Horses touch more than our skin: Hospice and Palliative Care with Horses - Mag. Renate Deimel*
13. Achieving the impossible: Our journey to the paralympic games 2024 - Marianna Grammatikaki*
14. The Medical Model in Nature Based Therapy - Dr. Celia Grummitt*
15. Understanding Equine Mental Health: Prioritizing Welfare in Equine Assisted Services - Lucy Rees*
16. The Five Domains of Horse Welfare in Practice - Cristina Wilkins*
17. Mechanisms of action in EAS, particularly in psychotherapy and learning - Roberto Perez Verdia de la Torre (Available in English and Spanish)*
18. Helping people to make changes for the best outcomes for horses and humans - Bronwen Williams.*
19. Entrepreneurship and innovation within EAS - Carlos Ganzabal.*
*available to purchase in the HETI store for Non-members
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HETI Live meeting
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Following a very interesting discussion in November on Equine Welfare that definitely needed extra time, we will be having an extended HETI Live meeting in January to do just that!
Join us on Friday 23rd at 2pm CET (Paris/Brussels) where Ethics and Equine Welfare task force member, Rita Seery, will bring an extended 2 hour conversation on the topic of Equine Welfare and the five domains.
If you have already registered for a HETI Live meeting, you will automatically receive the meeting link.
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The HETI Library is now live. We have the information for 13 books regarding EAS on our website but would love to add more! This is open to anyone who has published a book or reference material about EAS. Please see the submission form below.
This initiative is non-commercial and aims to promote awareness of Equine Assisted Services. However, only books authored by individual HETI members or by organisations that are HETI members will receive additional visibility. This includes promotion on HETI’s social media channels, Newsletter and in the Global Gallop magazine, as well as the option to include a purchase link alongside the book description.
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Call for Submissions!
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We are seeking original submissions with the purpose of advancing knowledge in the field of Equine Assisted Services.
The HETI Journal has several submission categories:
Original Research - An original research study conducted by the author.
Literature Review - A comprehensive or systematic review of research on a specific topic.
Study Protocols - Procedures for proposed original scientific investigations that contribute to the development of equine-assisted services.
Clinical Cases (Case studies) - A presentation of a simple comprehensive case study or multiple case studies.
Theory and Practice - A discussion of a specific topic in the field.
Letter to the Editor - Comments on articles published in the HETI journal or in other journals on topics related to the equine-assisted field.Manuscripts are reviewed through a double-blind peer-review system and submissions are welcome throughout the year.
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HETI Journal 2026
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We are finalising the 2026 issue of the HETI Journal: International Research and Practice. Once published it will be available for purchase through Amazon.
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The Global Gallop online magazine
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The latest issue of The Global Gallop will be published in the first week of January.
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We are now accepting submissions for our August 2026 issue.
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Please send your submissions to the HETI office by 31st May 2026.
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International Events for next month
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Copyright © *|2025|* *|The Federation of Horses in Education and Therapy International A.I.S.B.L.|*, All rights reserved.
Our mailing address is:
28 Willow Vale, Ballybrack, Co. Dublin, A96C2R4, Ireland
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