PETS AS THERAPY

Pets As Therapy's visiting volunteers regularly take their registered PAT Dogs and PAT Cats into hospitals, hospices, residential and nursing homes, day care centres, special needs and mainstream schools and many other establishments. Here, they bring a special kind of love and companionship to people of all ages and often assisting in treatment and therapy. Many volunteers work with health care professionals in stroke rehabilitation, with people who are clinically depressed and with children suffering from severe animal phobias. Over 100,000 people every single week receive life enhancing benefits from the service provided by Pets As Therapy. There are around 3,000 PAT Dogs and 92 PAT Cats visiting throughout the UK, each owned by one of the registered volunteers who make regular visits into various establishments. These wonderful PAT dogs and cats can work with people of all ages and abilities, bringing comfort, companionship and therapy to all those in need. Visit their website to find out more about this valuable work, and to see how you can help.