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... 
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,... 
1st February 2021 | Canine Assisted Learning, Children, Emotional Wellbeing, Mental Health, Schools
‘Express Yourself ‘ is the theme for this year’s Place2Be’s Children’s Mental Health Week, running from 1st to 7th February. The idea being that by connecting the mind, body and imagination when expressing ourselves creatively, can help us feel better about ourselves.... 
7th October 2020 | Canine Assisted Learning, Children, Emotional Wellbeing, Mental Health, Schools
Perhaps even more so this year with the twists and turns that 2020 has brought, it feels like we are hurtling towards Christmas more quickly than ever. This means it’s time for us to start thinking ahead to one of our most heart-warming campaigns of the year –... 
29th June 2020 | Canine Assisted Learning, Emotional Wellbeing, Mental Health, Schools, Workplace Wellbeing
The past few months have been incredibly challenging for everybody in many different ways; the pandemic has had a huge impact on every element of our lives. As a family business supporting mental health through 1:1 interventions, our initial concerns were how we were...