Sorry matey for upsetting you. I just know this will not end well for you. I get frustrated when I know I can help someone but they just cannot see it. This is my issue. And I tend to treat horse people as I would face to face. No bull.

There is also some cultural difference here. The other person I mentioned (not in mental health treatment) also got legal advice, followed it to the t. The process she went through was incorrect in this business and the barn invited the professionals out to get it straightened out.

The barn was found to have no safety issues, no issue with feeding (there were volunteers who fed not soaked enough beer pulp, wrong medicated feeds etc), the complaints about the centre manager were completely thrown out - because in the associations eyes she is doing great. Safety issues were also thrown out as it is understood that therapy barns run differently to the book. The person who complained will never work in therapy barns in this state again and they have gone to ground as the social media hype was ruining her reputation.

Much of what you had written is in the option of yourself and barn friends. How do you think someone else will see this situation?

You guys may think I'm judgemental etc but do one horse show and you will see that I am just your typical horse person! Also the horse industry is not like any other. I Am not a fluffy bunny hugger and anyone who follows my posts knows this.

Examples of other barn complaints - track work rider at my work whinged about being called a "stupid c **t" slapped and chased with riding crops/whips, the only drinks available were soft drinks that got taken out of your pay, if you don't pick up the crap quick enough you get verbally absued and given the prick horses to ride. This persons complaint was thrown out, she was told to toughen up and she has a black mark against her name, meaning no one in the horse industry wants anything to do with her. After 2 years of trying she gave up horses as no one in the state wanted someone in their barn who was going to make waves.

Mental health barn complaint - person wanted to do mornings (but after 8am cos of Meds making it hard to get up) person was put on afternoons only. Person then disclosed mental health issues in an attempt to get morning shifts. Barn made work life extremely difficult until person was forced to quit. Person did not have a legal leg to stand on here.

Also in regards to her offering you a volunteer position- she has done her bit in trying to accommodate you. Therapy and volunteer barns do not run by traditional working standards and those who you will complain to know this. Horses are hugely different to any other job, you just cannot compare it.

I've run a few barns in my time and have offered lesser positions and volunteer positions to those who have not been up to scratch. Better than firing them (which was within my right) in the hopes that would not destroy them. Some have reacted like you, but it was never taken any further.

I can go on with more barn related stories but this is long and I think you get the point. You know the horse world is like no other - people outside of the business can NOT understand.