Event Name – Alycia Burton Youth Retreat- VIC Australia
Date – Thursday 2nd April 2020 9am – Wednesday 8th April 2020 5pm

Duration – 1 Week
Venue Name – Elcho Equestrian Centre
Venue Address – 185 Elcho Rd, Lara VIC 3213, Australia

AGE REQUIREMENTS – 11yrs old -16 yrs old  (We have a separate Young Adults Retreat the following week)

If you do not meet these age requirements but still want to join- or if you are an adult wanting to join your teen please email Alycia directly to discuss 🙂 alycia@freeridingnz.com

HOW TO BOOK- A $100 non-refundable is deposit required upon booking below to secure your space. You will then be sent an invoice through pay pal & a sign up form for the option you choose. This can be paid off interest free.

Option 1 – Standard retreat experience (7 days)

Cost – $1050 ($150 per day)

Includes – Full retreat experience (see below)

Standard Retreat Experience

• Morning learning session
• Afternoon  learning session
• Evening learning session
• Night games & trail experiences
• Excellent Food (also catering for vegan, vegetarian, gluten free etc)
• Accommodation
• Free pay off option 
• Free Melbourne Tullemarine airport pick up & drop off
• Staff available any time of day or night for any situation
• Outside activities- Movies, Pools, Beach, Lazer Tag, Zoo, etc. Depending on location

Does not include– Riding a horse in lessons – but you are there learning 🙂

Option 2 – Horse & Rider Full Retreat (7 days)

Cost – $1470  ($210 per day)

Includes – Standard retreat experience (see above)

•  Daily lessons on your own horse- catering to all levels
• Cross Country Show Jumping, Show Hunter
• Dressage, Bareback, Trails, Free Riding/ Tricks/Liberty
• Fixing your problems- Rushing, Rearing, Lazy horse, Rails, Refusals etc

Does not include– Food for your own horse & shavings.

Note- YOU MUST HAVE YOUR OWN HORSE

Option 3 – 4 day Mini Retreat (without horse)

Cost – $640  ($160 per day)

Includes -The first 4 days of the standard retreat experience (see above)

Does not include– Riding a horse in lessons – but you are there learning 🙂

Option 3 – 4 day Mini Retreat with your own horse

Cost – $880  ($220 per day)

Includes –The first 4 days of the standard retreat experience (see above)

•  Daily lessons on your own horse- catering to all levels
• Cross Country Show Jumping, Show Hunter
• Dressage, Bareback, Trails, Free Riding/ Tricks/Liberty
• Fixing your problems- Rushing, Rearing, Lazy horse, Rails, Refusals etc

Does not include– Food for your own horse & shavings.

Note- YOU MUST HAVE YOUR OWN HORSE

ABOUT

The Youth Retreat is a live-in mentor program designed to impact youth; helping inspire them to overcome life’s challenges to be the very best they can be.
Each day we have multiple sessions on Horse & Rider Training, and Career Choice/School & Personal Development. We also have daily activities which bring everyone together for lots of laughs and healthy interaction.
A healthy dose of work ethic & team work is also given daily.

Everyone’s journey is unique and there are many different reasons for coming. Some are wanting to know more about the horse industry and how to train horses & riders, others suffer from anxiety, fear or depression. Some are being bullied at school, some have low self-worth and others just need help deciding what career path to take in life.
Everyone is welcomed in like family. When you arrive you are part of the “Free Riding Team”.

This program is very personal. We learn together, work together, sleep together and LOVE LIFE together.
Each Youth Retreat’s activities are slightly different depending on what location we are based at.

In addition to the daily sessions we visit different local attractions such as: wild life parks, Beaches, National Parks, Movies, Markets, Horse Shows, Bowling, Ice-Cream parlors, museums, laser tag, pools and much more.
Team work is essential here and everyone is expected to help out from, setting up for the lessons, packing up camp, cooking, cleaning, looking after the horses and other daily chores. Everything is a learning experience.

The Retreat sessions dive deep into MANY topics effecting teenagers that are put under 3 main categories. We do not guarantee to cover every sub- topic listed but do our best.
 

TIME OFF SCHOOL
These retreats are set up to fit with most States holidays- however every school we have worked with has been 100% on board and allowed for time off for this program without marking the student as absent. There is also time for any homework.

MY TEEN HAS HUGE ANXIETY ABOUT BEING AWAY FROM HOME
Anxiety and panic attacks are VERY common and we are here any day or night to help them through it.
Weather it is 1pm or 1am we are committed to helping your teen develop and mature their coping skills not only with Anxiety but all emotions they will face that affects their quality of life.

HOW TO BOOK
Your space is ONLY reserved once payment has been made (partial or full) . Full payment must be made within 2 weeks of the Retreat starting.
Payments are non-refundable regardless of any reason however they can be used at a later date if needed or passed on/sold to someone else.
If you leave early for any reason the booking is non-refundable however you are allowed to come back at any time for the remainder of your stay.

All proceeds go towards making youth based events happen around Australia & the USA as well as sponsoring youth retreats for disadvantaged youth.

alycia@freeridingnz.com