FOR nearly four decades Festina Lente, a charitable organisation that offers equine therapy, has been transforming lives with its unique blend of horses and healing. Dr Jill Carey, its CEO, is leading the charge in an exciting new chapter for the organisation as it undertakes a major expansion with a new facility aimed at increasing its capacity and improving its services.

The core of Festina Lente’s mission has always been to provide a therapeutic environment where people with disabilities can benefit from the healing connection between humans and horses. Now, with its imminent move to a larger, purpose-built site around Belfield House in Kilpeddar, Co Wicklow, the organisation is about to take that mission to new heights.