2016 saw the launch of the brand new FEIF Young Leaders initiative. Yes, we have expanded our remit to include the age group 18-26.... and there were many other activities as well - check the report for a complete overview!
As of February 2017, the FEIF Youth Work Committee has created a new seat for young people to join the work on international youth initiatives. This place is reserved for young people between the age of 20-28, and in all other aspects the elected person will have the...
As of February 2017, the FEIF YouthWork committee has created a new seat for young people to join the the work on youth initiatives. This place is reserved for young people between the age of 20-28, and in all other aspects the elected person will have the same rights...
The 17th international FEIF YouthCamp will be hosted in Sint-Truiden, Belgium from July 11-18, 2017. The main focus on this FEIF YouthCamp will be on carriage driving and heavy horse culture. Belgium is known for its heavy horses and their huge capacity of pulling...
Every year FEIF gives out the award 'Youth Country of the Year' to the member association which has run the most innovative and exciting activities. The winner is selected on a basis of a written report, and that country is given an extra place at the FEIF Youth Camp...
23 young people from AT, BE, DE, DK NL, IS, SE, NO, LU came together in Wenngarn, Sweden. The seminar on leadership explored questions like motivation, self-awareness and cultural difference, following dreams and making things happen, took place in an experimental...
The FEIF Youth work committee had an enjoyable and productive set of meetings in Haarlem. Routine tasks included (a) the review of the very successful FEIF YouthCup 2016, which was held in Exloo, NL. The efforts of the organisers together with the valuable input of...
The 2016 FEIF Youth Cup ended in the spirit in which it began: new friendships were made, participants and all other volunteers learnt a lot about cultural differences, and all of our activities had the Icelandic horse at the heart. This made for displays of good...
The judges at the FEIF YouthCup 2016 awarded Franziska Hunz, Germany, with the FEIF Feather Prize 2016. Congratulations! The aim of this prize is to encourage good riding and good horsemanship, a tribute to feather light riding. The awarded rider sets an example to...
Five participants of the FEIF YouthCup 2016 in Exloo (NL) received the Eva Maria Gerlach Award 2016 for being the most versatile riders (in alphabetical order): Ann-Sophie Gebhard, DE (Team Leaves Blue), Charlotte Seraina Hütter / DE (Team Fancy), Franziska Hunz / DE...
The FEIF YouthCup 2016 hosted by the Netherlands got off to an excellent start! On Sunday morning, training started, the renowned instructors of this year's Cup are: Erik Spee, Yvonne Groven, Katie Brumton, Noortje Gregoire, Yoni Blom, and Þórarinn Eymundsson. On...
One of the speakers at the FEIF Young Leaders seminar near Stockholm will be Karen Woodrow from Iceland who has studied Masters of Project Management for the past two years were she focused her final thesis on leadership skills and asking the question: what can the...
16 FEIF member countries confirmed their participation in the FEIF YouthCup 2016, which will take place in Exloo, Netherlands. Registered riders and horses - as far as known at the moment - are listed on the FEIF website.
One of our guest speakers in the FEIF Young Leaders' Event, 28-30 October near Stockholm is Perry Wood, horseman and 'people whisperer'. For several years now, Perry has successfully been teaching Icelandic horse riders in Sweden. His focus is never just on riding the...
The Netherlands are hosting this year's Youth Cup, 23-30 July in Exloo, near the German border. Preparations are well on the way, and with several qualifying events all over the FEIF world taking place in the next few weeks, excitement is growing. There are several...
FEIF Young Leaders is a new initiative run by the FEIF Youth Department. The aim is to develop and support young leaders and volunteers who we depend on for the future. The programme will start off by a weekend seminar, 28-30 October near Stockholm. The focus is on...
All allocated places for the FEIF YouthCup in July 2016 have now been confirmed. The demand was exceptionally high this year. A set number of places is allocated to each country, and some countries choose to have some extra young people on the waiting list. But there...
The annual award - FEIF Youth Country of the Year 2015 was given to Sweden. Not only does Sweden maintain a very varied and inclusive programme of events for children and teenagers, as do all of this year's very high quality entries, but it has taken the next step,...