Animal-Assisted Therapy

Sessions employing animal-assisted therapy are offered to individual young people. Many of the young people referred to this programme are looked after children, others are struggling with their mental health, and a growing number have been exploited.

Each session lasts 2 1/2 hours and we can usually begin delivery within 2 weeks of a referral being received from you.

All sessions are delivered one-to-one, although we aim to move everyone into a small group at their own pace. Some young people progress to our vocational training or teaching programmes.

In most cases we would expect this programme to be booked in 12-week blocks, although in practice most of those referred to us require multiple blocks in order to address their challenges.