THE 16th International Congress of Equine Facilitated Programmes (HETI) Congress took place this week in the Royal Dublin Society. The congress ran from Tuesday to Friday. The triennial conference enables anyone connected to equine assisted leaning and intervention to gather, share knowledge and learn.

‘Striking the Balance’ was the overall theme of the congress, this was addressed and interpreted in a variety of different ways. There were four keynote addresses along with a number of research papers presented over the course of the conference. Topics covered included horse welfare, managing supply and demand and producing robust studies.