17/07/2025
✨Charity of the Month✨
Pets As Therapy (PAT for short) is a national charity that was founded in 1983 by Lesley Scott-Ordish, a dog owner and passionate volunteer who understood the amazing bond between humans and animals.
Today, the charity’s vision is to ensure that everyone in the UK, no matter their circumstances, has access to the companionship of a friendly pet. PAT strive to enhance health and wellbeing in the community through the visits of dedicated volunteers with their temperament assessed pets.
The charity has over 5,000 registered volunteers who provide a visiting service in hospitals, hospices, mainstream and special needs schools, residential nursing homes, day care centres and other establishments across the UK.
Therapeutic visits by PAT Teams can bring comfort and companionship to people living in local communities who may feel isolated and lonely, help young people to improve their literacy and concentration in the classroom and can aid a patients recovery, rehabilitation and help improve mental health and wellbeing.
We’ll be sharing more later this month about how you can get involved and support this amazing charity — stay tuned! 💛
