News from Youth Work

FYCamp 2025 – final day

FYCamp 2025 – final day

The final day of the FEIF Youth Camp started in the class room again with a lecture on horse health by Úndina Thorgrimsdóttir and a presentation by Johannes Armplatz about the latest research into the maximum rider‘s weight an Icelandic horse can comfortably carry....

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FYCamp 2025 – Day 4

FYCamp 2025 – Day 4

Of course, the highlight for any rider coming to Iceland is a ride out into the ever surprising landscape - and horse trip in Reykholtsdalur is no exception. The ride was hosted by Haukur Bjarnason from the horse farm Skáney, home to a number of champions, horses and...

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FYCamp 2025 – Day 3

FYCamp 2025 – Day 3

How often do you try to reach for your left foot with your right hand when sitting in the saddle? That - and many other seat exercises - were practised by the participants on day three of the 2025 FEIF Youth Camp in Iceland finally getting on a horse under the...

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FYCamp 2025 – Day 2

FYCamp 2025 – Day 2

A sense of place, a sense of self and a sense of others: the first full day of the FEIF Youth Camp 2025 started with an introduction of the programmes offered  by the Agricultural University of Hvanneyri, a small institution with a proud history. This was followed by...

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FYCamp 2025 has started!

FYCamp 2025 has started!

They have arrived! The participants of the FEIF Youth Camp 2025 have arrived in Hvanneyri, one of Iceland’s two universities that offer equine studies. Over 30 young people aged 14-17, from 11 FEIF member countries have come together for a week of horse related...

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FEIF Youth Camp 2025 in Iceland

FEIF Youth Camp 2025 in Iceland

Preparations for this year’s FEIF Youth Camp are in full swing. 32 young people from 11 nations will come to Iceland for a week of learning, fun and new friendships in July. Between them the participants speak 9 different languages, but the camp language is English....

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FEIF Young Leaders Event 2025

FEIF Young Leaders Event 2025

This year we are going to Denmark! We are inviting all young people aging 18-26 years in FEIF countries to come to Denmark for an inspiring weekend. We aim to encourage young people to engage in organizational work and inspire curiosity in a natural and reflected way,...

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Meet the new Director of Youth  – Catherine Mynn

Meet the new Director of Youth – Catherine Mynn

What motivates you to take on this job? I had the privilege to go through the youth program that FEIF had to offer during the years that I was a young rider. The events taught me so much about the Icelandic horse and our way to work and live with them. Over the years,...

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FEIF Youth country of the year 2024

FEIF Youth country of the year 2024

After struggling to connect with the next generation of young riders, this country came up with the excellent idea of a new form of academy. „If the young riders don‘t attend the programmes we invite them to, we will bring the programmes to them - virtually on...

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FEIF YouthCamp 2025 in Iceland

FEIF YouthCamp 2025 in Iceland

Invitations for the 2025 FEIF Youth Camp have just been sent to national Youth Leaders. The Camp will take place 9-14th July in the Agricultural University of Iceland, Hvanneyri, near Borganes. Participants will enjoy a rich programme of horse related learning,...

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FEIF Youth Camp 2025

FEIF Youth Camp 2025

The FEIF Youth Camp for participants aged 13-17 will take place in Iceland from 9-14th July 2025. Look out for the invitation which will be published very soon. The goal of the FEIF Youth Camp is to bring together young people from different countries. All should...

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Youth Work Committee Meeting 2024

Youth Work Committee Meeting 2024

As part of the FEIF committee meetings, the discussions of the Youth Department centred around the evaluation of past and the planning of future events: this summer’s FEIF YouthCup which was brilliantly hosted by Switzerland, and the most recent FEIF Young Leaders’...

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Young Committee members

Young Committee members

For a good number of years now, each FEIF Committee has a dedicated seat for a young committee member. Candidates are aged 18-26 and can apply directly to FEIF. Young committee members have a full vote and work under the same conditions as any other serving committee...

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6th FEIF Young Leaders’ Event in Stockholm

6th FEIF Young Leaders’ Event in Stockholm

Join us in Stockholm from October 4-6, 2024, for the sixth FEIF Young Leaders' seminar, focusing on youth integration into the Icelandic horse community. Targeting individuals aged 18-26, this event by FEIF and SIF aims to inspire young adults to engage in...

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Friday – FEIF YouthCup 2024

Friday – FEIF YouthCup 2024

And the final full day of the FEIF YouthCup. The competition went as competitions go: excitement and nerves, tears and smiles and the occasional moment of disbelief: how wonderful is my horse!!! Did I really to that? How did this happen? But the YouthCup is about more...

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Thursday – FEIF YouthCup 2024

Thursday – FEIF YouthCup 2024

Let the games begin! What can we say? Sunshine, most of the mud is gone, happy faces, eager horses, a sense of great anticipation, visitor cars are rolling in. The competition starts, the judges are impressed, the opening ceremony added a bit of festive magic, the...

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