Welcome to Random's Retreat CIC

 Thank you for visiting our website. We are a natural learning centre based in Medomsley on the outskirts of Consett.
We believe in all things outdoors, allowing everyone to learn and play in nature and with our animals.
To find out more please feel free to explore our site or visit our Facebook at the links below

Natural Living with Natural Learning

We thrive to be a place for our animals to live naturally, play and enjoy being themselves.
Watch our Equi-central track journey with regular updates and follow our progress from day 1.
We hope to succeed in giving our herd of 11 horses & ponies and a selection of small animals the most natural life possible whilst enjoying playing and working with us and our visitors.
Our first steps on this amazing journey are to grow and develop a natural living space, create a mini woodland with hedges and wild flowers within our paddocks.
We invite you to join us and be a part of growing our centre from the beginning, meet our herd, spend time with us and help plant and grow our trees and meadows.
We offer Equine Assisted Learning and Children's Outdoor Play sessions alongside our developments for you to come along and share time with our herd, get to know each horse as an individual and learn within their natural environment.

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Meet Our Team

Our team of humans includes myself, Mandy, my 4 daughters, Skye, Reaghan, Keirah & Aisha and our small team of directors and volunteers. We take the responsibility of caring for the herd and our other animals with the support of Donna & Kerry, we complete daily maintenance for the land with support from Dave, Mark, Terry & Adam.

​Our Rangers leaders are Ian & Honor, who with support from Dean and ourselves arrange and lead our weekly sessions for children.

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OUR GOAL

To bring natural living and natural learning together with ​re-wilding and build a better future for all.
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First Let's

​​Discover
Join us for our Equine Assisted Learning sessions and explore your mental and physical capabilities within our herd. Find your deeper confidence, build bonds and a respectful relationship whilst learning to work alongside the pony that chooses you. Our herd know what you need to build a stronger self and will donate their time and energy to support you through your journey. Giving you 100% honest and non-judgemental feedback our herd will guide you to achieve any goal you desire.

Now let's WORK to

Conserve
Take part in our Re-Wilding, come along to our planned events or just pop in to help maintain the land, record the wildlife or simply relax and enjoy the scenery. 
We are working to bring nature back to the centre and have this little piece of paradise buzzing with life all year round. Our project includes sowing wildflowers, planting native saplings and fruit trees, building creature homes and feeders and anything else we feel the centre needs.

IT'S UP TO US

Change
Do you see the change coming? Feel a difference in your mind and soul after completing one of our Rangers or Peer support groups. Join other people who are looking for something else, finding themselves & building confidence whilst at our centre. We are here to support you through whatever journey you need to take, we can chat or be silent, we can work or relax, when visiting with us taking part in our sessions means you decide what you need and make our centre work for you.

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