The St John of God Bendigo Hospital has permanently welcomed Rosie as a wellbeing dog to support caregivers within their community. Massive thanks to The Bendigo Advertiser and Chris Pedler for sharing this exciting news! CEO of the Hospital Michelle Stares initially welcomed the Dogs Connect program, and Jack the wellbeing dog, on a temporary [...]
Thank you to St John of God Bendigo Hospital for agreeing to share your Dogs Connect journey and to ABC News Victoria for coming to see how our program is offering a sustainable solution for Hospitals to combat trauma management, wellbeing and mental health of frontline workers and caregivers. See here how Rosie the wellbeing dog is [...]
A big thank you to Chris Peddler and the Bendigo Advertiser team for sharing our story and how it is expanding. IT STARTED in 2015 with Grant Shannon, his idea and a dog named Sonny. Now Sonny is overseeing the new generation of Dogs Connect dogs that have been placed in more than 20 schools. [...]
Five more schools in Bendigo have welcomed Dogs Connect well-being dogs to their staff in the past two weeks. Epsom, Camp Hill, Quarry Hill and St Therese's primary schools along with Catherine McAuley College have joined the program that helps reduce anxiety in students and teach social and emotional interaction. St Therese's classroom teacher Meg [...]
A big thank you to the team at Prime 7 News Border for telling our story and new partnership with Gateway Health, Wodonga South Primary School and Melrose Primary School. Watch the video from Prime 7 News Border
Grant had a great chat with Steve Martin from ABC Ballarat Breakfast Show about our program and new partnership with Maryborough Education Centre.
Grant and Jack enjoyed chatting with Sandra Moon from ABC Goulburn Murray Breakfast show about our new partnership with Gateway Health and Wodonga South Primary School and Melrose Primary School.
Thanks to the team at Prime 7 Ballarat for your interest and sharing our new partnership with Maryborough Education Centre and Loddon Campaspe School Focused Youth Services.
Thanks to the Border Mail for your interest and sharing our new partnership with Gateway Health and Wodonga South Primary School and Melrose Primary School.
Dogs Connect is excited to be partnering with Bendigo Community Health Services to improve mental health in schools across the City of Greater Bendigo. The new joint partnership is supported by the Victorian Department of Health’s Integrated Health Promotion across the City of Greater Bendigo. Now in its second year, its main aim is for [...]
