10th October 2024 | Canine Assisted Learning, Emotional Wellbeing, Mental Health, Schools
World Mental Health day is celebrated on 10th October every year, and this year the theme is “it’s time to prioritise mental health in the work place”. I feel truly blessed that I am able to take my dog to work with me everyday. She provides me with support and... 
18th May 2023 | Canine Assisted Learning, Emotional Wellbeing, Mental Health, Workplace Wellbeing
Written by CAL Practitioner Alison Brazier This week, 15th-23rd May 2023 is Mental Health Awareness week and the theme is Anxiety. Anxiety has become one of the most talked about topics in mental health. Anxiety levels in the population increased throughout the... 
8th March 2022 | Emotional Wellbeing, Mental Health, Workplace Wellbeing
Today is International Women’s Day! At CAL we are blessed to have an amazing team of talented hard working women, all making a difference and all committed to improving the mental health and wellbeing of others through the human-animal bond. Celebrate the women... 
3rd March 2022 | Canine Assisted Learning, Children, Emotional Wellbeing
World Book Day, 3rd March 2022 Today is World Book Day, the theme for this year’s world book day is ‘you are a reader‘ We support children every day, helping them become “a reader” For children who find reading tricky our dogs’ presence enables them to feel... 
9th February 2022 | Canine Assisted Learning, Children, Emotional Wellbeing, Schools
Author Mollie Watkins CAL Practitioner This year’s theme for Place2be’s Children’s Mental Health week growing together is encouraging children (and adults) to consider how they have grown emotionally and how they can help others to grow. We grow... 
2nd April 2021 | Canine Assisted Learning, Children, Emotional Wellbeing, Schools
The Child-Animal Bond by Anglea Crook Working as an Animal assisted intervention practitioner encompasses so many varied aspects of therapeutic and strategic interventions in an enormous range of settings, including schools, universities, hospitals, the workplace,...