People and Animal Wellbeing Services CIC
It's all in the name
Our Community
Predominantly we work within Surrey; Berkshire and parts of Hampshire. We support our clients via referrals from Parents; carers, healthcare professionals; Schools and Local Authorities. As a registered Alternative Provision we are able to support young people with/without an EHCP. And through a variety of funding streams including; short stay, PEP, Pupil Premium, EOTAS and SEN budgets.
Working closely with Surrey CC; Surrey Virtual School, Bracknell Forest Council; West Berkshire CC and Hampshire CC as well as with schools, academies and children's services we look to support our clients in the way best suited to them
Please feel free to contact us as an LA, signposter or parent/carer to get in contact to see how we can best support you.
Funding Grants
As a not for profit organisation and with the growing restraints on funding, we rely heavily on Grants to subsidise our costs wherever possible.
We have been so lucky to most recently receive grant funding from the Pets at Home Foundation. We received a total of £46800 over two years allowing us to provide our services at heavily subsidised rates to 7 schools supporting up to 210 students across the two years.
Schools supported on Pets at Home Grant:
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Ascot Heath
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Fir Tree
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The Greville
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Brakenhale
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Epsom Primary
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Storyy Alt Prov (Warfield)
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Kings Academy Easthampstead Park
Previously we have been supported by the National Lottery Community Fund who granted £10,000 which provided a year of support in schools across 24 children a week.
Also The CoOp Community fund who raised £3425, these vital funds provided ongoing one to one support for a young person in their local community for 1.5 years.
If you feel your organisation can offer grant based support
to People and Animal Wellbeing Services. Please don't
hesitate to reach out.
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We would also be keen to hear from anyone who has experience in bid writing that could offer some volunteer support to PAWS.
Patrons of PAWS -Support Us
As a small Community Interest Company we value the support you can offer us. Whether that be a one time donation, fundraising, buying a resource for one of our interventions or volunteering your time. Your support means we can offer subsidised or additional support to those that need it most.
Working in a predominantly underfunded sector sponsorship from a business allows us to offer our animal assisted interventions to the most vulnerable in our community.
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Could your business fund a PAWS Practitioner and therapy dog team for a year in a school?
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Could you sponsor our outreach programme?
We are currently seeking a secure outdoor venue where we can deliver training to young people looking to gain valuable employment skills and work with rescue dogs, therapy dogs and other small animals.
If you would like to sponsor one of our programmes or plan a fundraising event please email info@pawswellbeing.org
Feedback and Testimonials
While it is no easy feat to put a quantitative measure on the impact and difference that a service like PAWS can make in a young person's life, speaking to support workers and parents alike the difference is clear.
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Schools report that our PAWS team repeatedly come back as something that students love about their school in Pupil Voice, and individuals tell us that the sessions help them to share their feelings and think of ways to help themselves.
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Most telling is that across the board support workers and carers note that, for those young people who have struggled to engage or ask for help, having an animal present in their sessions proves both reassuring and stimulating - allowing them to engage in a way they would normally find uncomfortable in any 1:1 situation with an adult.
We have been using PAWS for over a year now for a number of our young people and have found the service to be extremely beneficial.
Our pupils are desperate to attend the sessions, and are fully engaged and motivated when there. This motivation and engagement has also transferred into the classroom where the pupils are now more actively engaged in their learning and focused. The pupils communication skills have developed and we are seeing them expressing their needs and feelings more frequently as well as communicating more effectively with their peers meaning they are having more positive interactions. We continue to use PAWS and will continue to reap the benefits as will our pupils.
Anna Walton
Assistant Headteacher – Inclusion Manorfield Primary School
Since her sessions with PAWS, [our pupil’s] attendance has shown clear improvement… The biggest impact has been in her confidence in class and around the school. She now speaks in class, answers questions, and has even begun reading aloud in small groups. She speaks to adults not in her class, such as office staff, which she was never able to do before. She shows more confidence, even in her body language, and she is much happier in herself. The change has been significant and swift… the impact of these sessions cannot be understated
Caroline Black
Headteacher / DSL
Sayes Court Primary School
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Meeting Rudy in reception makes me want to go to school
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Seeing Rudy manages my anger at home and school
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Its the best day when Rudy is here/ id like to work for paws when I'm older
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I feel better coming to the sessions
Feedback from a Young Person
Child is non-verbal but verbal feedback from mum "his face lights up when he sees Teddy and he looks forward to the sessions all week. He gets so excited on a Wednesday when he knows you and Teddy will be there"
Parent of a Young Person
