Every year FEIF invites all national youth leaders of member countries to submit a report on all activities, and innovative initiatives in the field of youth work. Of course, 2020 offered a particular challenge, which is a particular reason to celebrate success and...
FEIF is looking for interested and active young people 20-26 years old to join the FEIF Committees of Leisure, Education and YouthWork. Help us shape the future of the Icelandic Horse World. Seats, especially earmarked for young people, will become available from...
The FEIF Youth Camp 2021 will take place 17-22 July 2021, at the Ypäjä Equine Centre in Finland. Total cost is €600 and participants will not bring their own horse. Activities might include things like driving a Finnish horse, watching a farrier at work, visiting a...
The Young Leaders’ seminar to be held in Vienna, and scheduled for January 2021, will be postponed until the following winter. Moving the event to an online platform was briefly considered, but all concerned felt strongly that the essence of a leadership seminar is...
FEIF has invited all young people up to age 18 to participate in this year’s FEIF Video Competition. This team event is run in two parts: first at a national level, and after these videos have been judged, each member association can forward up to 5 videos to the...
Fleygur, a little horse with a big heart, his boy, and a dream of a Championships.... A heart-warming story of relationship, trust and adventure, told though the eyes and ears of Icelandic horse Fleygur. A fictional children's book (ages 8 -12) ready for submission to...
The FEIF YouthCup 2020 will take place 18-26 July, in Vilhelmsborg, Denmark. It is a week-long international event for riders aged 14-17 years, and consists of 3 days intensive training, followed by a 3-day competition. Participants are placed in international teams...
In the FEIF Youth Work Meeting, representatives from 11 FEIF member countries discussed matters ranging from specifics, such as this year's FEIF Youth Cup (18-26th July, hosted by Denmark), or the next FEIF Young Leaders' meeting (22-24th January 2021) to broad...
The award 'FEIF Youth Country of the Year 2019' was given to Austria. Each year, FEIF awards a trophy to the country that showed a lot of innovation, or created new energy, or turned good ideas into real events in the field of national Youth Work. Judging is based on...
The deadline for submitting national reports is 15th January and the award is given annually to the national association that has been unusually active, innovative and support of youth work at national and at regional level. Introducing children to the world of the...
The FEIF YouthCup will now take place from 18-26th July 2020. The venue at Vilhelmsborg, Jutland, Denmark remains the same. Apologies for any inconvenience caused. Gundula Sharman, on behalf of the FEIF Youth Work Committee
22 young adults, some from as far away as the US and Australia, came together for a full weekend of team building and leadership training. The meeting was hosted by the Dutch Association NIJSP and took place just north of Amsterdam in the beautiful surroundings of...
The deadline for applications from young people (20-26) has now passed, and the FEIF Board is delighted to announce that we have some outstanding applications. Two excellent candidates will join the Sport and the Breeding committee in February at the annual FEIF...
The question of how to strengthen the flow of communication between the FEIF Youth work committee and the people we want to serve work turned out to be central for all discussions we had during two days of intensive meetings in Haarlem. Communication seems to be at...
Along with their country leaders, 32 young horse lovers aged between 13 and 17 years from 11 different European countries, plus New Zealand (!), participated in the 2019 FEIF YouthCamp in Hestheimar. On foot, on horseback and by bus, they explored the beautiful...
Who? All young people between 18-26 and interested in taking a leadership role in the Icelandic horse world are invited. Where? Egmond Binnen in the Netherlands. What? The topic is 'Coming together in Horsemanship', and the weekend is filled with workshops, lectures,...
FEIF committees are the expert groups supporting the head of each FEIF department - breeding, education, leisure riding, sport and youth work. Decisions, changes and proposals are prepared, questions relevant for all FEIF member countries are discussed and much more....
Remember the next Young Leaders event which will be hosted by the Netherlands 22- 24 November 2019. This year's topic is 'Coming together in Horsemanship: Changing the Game'. The speakers come from a wide range of professions, including behavioural studies,...