Welcome to Valley.
Independence through therapeutic horseback riding, since 1983.
Our clients interact with their environment in new, powerful, and inspiring ways.
Valley Therapeutic Equestrian Association is a registered volunteer-based charity that provides medically-approved therapeutic horseback riding, hippotherapy, and counselling treatments for children and adults. Our goal is to enhance our riders’ quality of life by improving their physical, mental, and emotional well-being with the help of our empathetic and gentle horses.
Valley Therapeutic Equestrian Association acknowledges with gratitude that we work, live, and play on the unceded and ancestral territory of the Kwantlen, Matsqui, Katzie, and Semiahmoo First Nations.
What can VTEA do for you?
Become A Client
Achieve independence through equine-assisted wellness.
Make a donation.
Running an equine therapy non-profit is no small feat. We need to raise a substantial amount of funds every year to support our operations — this includes care of our hardworking therapy horses, supplies, and facilities maintenance, among many other things. We are very grateful for any amount you can spare to help keep us going.
It is because of donations from people like you that we are able to keep supporting our clients.
Get involved.
Volunteering at Valley is the opportunity to work with a supportive and compassionate family as passionate and committed to the work they do as you are.
Get To Know What We’re About
Get to know our instructors and physios, board members, staff — and, of course, the most important members of our team, the horses!
Learn about some of the physical, mental, and emotional health resources that are available in your community.
VTEA honours our generous donors and sponsors. Take a look to see who supports us, and learn how you can support us, as well.
I CAN
I cannot walk or run or play a game of tennis every day
I cannot dance or ride a bike, I’ll never know what skating’s like
I have no soccer boots or ball, they are no use to me at all
I’ll never ski the waves or snow, so many thrills I’ll never know
I’ll never sail the wind or surf, or chase a ball across the turf
Nor climb the snow capped peaks above, so many things I long to love
But I Can ride through forest trails and view the fox and rabbit’s tails
And watch the geese and ducks in flight while leaping stags and deer take fright
And I Can follow mountain tracks past climbers weighted down with packs
And trace a river to it’s source above the clouds and feel the force
Yes I enjoy the “Sport of Kings”, when carried high my feet take wings
To fly me on a pleasure course, for I CAN mount and ride a horse!
—John A. Davies
