I love finding organisations that are horse focused. If it’s a ministry that reaches out to people, it’s even more appealing to me! This is the case for Spark of Hope, located in the Melbourne area, Australia.

Spark of Hope exists to provide hope in a world that at times, for some, seems devoid of it. Spark of Hope seeks to bring together both people and horses and explore the different ways that we, humans, can learn from the horse.

Using body language and understanding how horses communicate, Spark of Hope is able to make use of horses to teach people. They can learn how to overcome fears, develop healthy attitudes and also view the world differently. As it says on the Spark of Hope website, “all it takes is a single spark to change a life…”

One of the founders of this organisation – Anna – has long held a vision for this organisation. She hoped to one day be able to see horses being used to help people. Through using horses, it was hoped that people would better understand themselves – and also better appreciate the gorgeous equine animal.

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Spark of Hope has some incredible purposes. One, to provide a home for horses that are considered at risk. This could be due to poor living conditions or neglect or not being deemed useful to their owners anymore. Secondly, they aim to create an equine based learning program.  It will help young people and adults emotionally, socially and spiritually, having a positive impact on their mental health.

On top of this, they aim to provide a respite environment for those who need rest and restoration and increase awareness regarding the importance of animal welfare. If any of these values – or all of them! – appeal to you, then you may like to read a little more about this organisation on their website.

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I have touched on horse applications before as a potential equine passive income stream.  I’ve just recently connected with someone on LinkedIn who is involved in Equimark.  This is an application that can be used to register equine markings of your horse.

Equimark has developed an App for all horse breeds that require markings to be recorded for registration and passport purposes. All Equine bodies may have their own specific forms added to the App for use by their members. Forms are digitally completed and mailed direct from the App to chosen email recipient/s. Currently, forms listed under South Africa are already active.

What I love about their website is that along with links on being able to purchase the application, you can also find out about:

• varying horse markings and their descriptions
• various methods of identification and the advantages and disadvantages of each
• a colour guide to help people identify what colour their horse is
• a labelled image to help with points of the horse

I am sure there are instances when people register their horses, but the forms are filled out incorrectly.  The above information on this site will help to avoid some of the more common errors when filling out forms.

According to their website, advantages of using the Equimark App include:

Equine identification forms are digitally presented
Forms are uniform and easily edited
Environmentally friendly reducing paper wastage
Accessible any time from any Country
Less time consuming

This sounds like a great application that so many people will benefit from and also be able to use!  It’s a good example of creating an app that will be utilised by many.  Be sure to check it out with the above link.

“I had been riding horses before my memory kicked in, so my life with horses had no beginning. It simply appeared from the fog of infancy. I survived a difficult childhood by traveling on the backs of horses, and in adulthood the pattern didn’t change.” ― Monty Roberts

There are many platforms online these days that people make use of to sell products.  For me, I am able to sell horse books via Amazon, horse educational resources via TeachersPayTeachers and horse courses via Udemy.  So I’m thinking: online horse platforms!

One thing that makes platforms so appealing is that people can sell a particular type (or types) of product.  As sales are made, then the creator of the product and the creator of the platform benefit financially.  So say you have a heap of people using your platform.  They may only each make a small amount of sales, but as the platform creator you are benefitting from all of these sales.

What if there was one place you could go to online to purchase a heap of horse resources, or to create and sell them?  Let’s consider equine digital products as the focus of your online horse platform.  You design and provide a platform where people can sell digital products that are horse related:

• horse courses
• horse ebooks
• horse educational resources
• horse patterns
• horse website themes
• horse plugins and applications

I’m going to stop there!  Who knows, perhaps this is just another niche area waiting for someone with the passion and expertise to make it a reality.  Does the idea of online horse platforms excite you?

In time, it could be possible to provide premium accounts on the platform too as a way to bring in further income.  Here’s another potential equine passive income stream!  Food for thought.

“I believe that horses bring out the best in us. They judge us not by how we look, what we’re wearing or how powerful or rich we are, they judge us in terms of sensitivity, consistency, and patience. They demand standards of behavior and levels of kindness that we, as humans, then strive to maintain.” ― Clare Balding