Free Rein Wellbeing

20/10/2024

Are you working in the veterinary health sector? Do you need animal-assisted mental health support?

You can apply here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/C7JW86S



Elanco

11/10/2024

Has Mental Health been affected in you or some you love by the recent NDIS changes?

If you or your childs mental health has been negatively affected as a result of the recent changes to NDIS funding, you can apply to ATL for animal-assisted mental health support. Once approved, ATL will fund up to $1000 in animal-assisted mental health support through an ATL approved service provider. Funding recipients can choose the practitioner of their choice listed on the ATL National Directory and ATL will pay the service provider following each session.

Applications can be made here:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LZJNNVH

11/10/2024

Yes! We can help Victorian Schools with providing Animal Assisted Support to their School Community and Students!

Grant Alert - The Victorian Government has committed to provide funding to schools for the implementation and delivery of animal-assisted programs in Victorian government schools, to support the wellbeing and engagement of students.

Animal-Assisted Programs: Grant Guidelines: can be downloaded here:
https://www.vic.gov.au/animal-assisted-programs-grant-guidelines

Who can apply:
Government schools
Status: Open, closing in 36 days
The Victorian Government has committed to provide funding to schools for the implementation and delivery of animal-assisted programs in Victorian government schools, to support the wellbeing and engagement of students.

Animal-assisted programs may be used to support:

- individual student(s) to participate, learn and succeed at school
- the inclusion of specific cohort(s) of students within the school
- whole-of-school approaches to wellbeing and engagement.

Animal-assisted programs
Animals can be incorporated into school communities in a variety of ways, including:

School support animal – where an animal is trained to work in a school under the care of a trained handler to engage in goal-directed, structured programs to support student wellbeing and engagement.

Animal-assisted therapy – where an animal is used by a psychologist, counsellor or social worker in delivering their professional services to help support the psychological needs of students (e.g. canine-assisted therapy, equine-assisted therapy. Animals trained to work alongside qualified health professionals are referred to as therapy animals.)

Animal-assisted activities – where students participate in activities involving animals for the purposes of student support or environment enrichment for example, programs where students read to dogs. Activities may involve the engagement of an external organisation.

02/07/2024

🌟 **Embracing the Journey of Change: Moment by Moment, Experience by Experience** 🌟

Welcome Human Herd!

Let's dive into the process of **change**—a journey that unfolds moment by moment, experience by experience, we grow, we develop, we continuously evolve through every encounter and challenge life presents. 🌱

Change is **experiential**. Each moment and every experience contribute to our growth. We're essentially **experimenting** with life, learning and adapting as we go along. This experimental nature of life means there is no absolute right or wrong way to navigate it. Every step, whether it goes as planned or not, teaches us something valuable. 🧩

It's important to become **comfortable with the uncomfortable**. When things don't turn out as expected, it can be unsettling. However, these moments are crucial for our development. Embracing these experiences without judgement and instead with curiosity helps us gain insight or new knowledge, build resilience and discover new strengths within ourselves. 💪

Remember, life is a series of experiments. Celebrate your successes and your setbacks equally. Both are essential parts of the beautiful tapestry of growth and change. Setbacks or experiments that didn’t provide the desired outcome are just information gathering for your next experiment.

Here's to embracing every moment and experience with an open heart and a curious mind! 🌟

If you need some support

27/06/2024

One of our adult clients recently shared with me the profound effect one of our beautiful co-facilitators, Belle, had on her. She shared the words she had shared to her social media with me and agreed to let me post them here also.

"I've been having a few rough months but something amazing happened at equine therapy (equine assisted learning) Friday just gone. I was taking the rugs of the horse and while one was easy to work with the other Belle, was like working with a neurodivergent kid, I took my time and worked at her pace and when i was done we walked to the middle of the paddock to talk and Belle decided to follow, nudge me, proceeding to turn and face me, knelt on her knees and rolled over to scratch her back in front of me, got back up and nudged me again before trotting away back to her food. I've never in my life had a horse show such trust in me that it overwhelmed me happiness I was nearly crying, this has taken me a few days to process but its clear as day I need to put the same trust in myself as this magnificent creature has done. I'll never forget this moment nor the feeling that came with it"

Have you ever had a profound moment that has given you insight into how to trust yourself??

05/06/2024

From forests & drylands to farmlands, humanity’s existence depends on critical ecosystems.
Yet, they’re reaching a tipping point.
It's on all of us to restore our land & soil – we are .
5 June is : https://www.worldenvironmentday.global

05/06/2024

5 June is .

This year is all about accelerating action on land restoration, desertification, and drought resilience.

Join – together, let's restore & safeguard our land & soil.

https://www.worldenvironmentday.global

27/05/2024

National Reconciliation Week (NRW) is a time for all Australians to learn about our shared histories, cultures, and achievements, and to explore how each of us can contribute to achieving reconciliation in Australia.
27 May - 3 June
Now More Than Ever

24/05/2024