St Clare’s is very excited to announce that we have been successful in our application for a grant through the NSW Children and Young People Wellbeing Recovery Initiative.  As a result, we have received the funding for a wellbeing dog.  We have chosen to work with ‘Dogs Connect’.  This is an innovative wellbeing program, introducing a wellbeing dog into the community with the aim of improving school culture by focussing on positive, meaningful and sustainable connection.  They will source and supply the puppy, train a core group of primary carers, train the staff, and train the community.

The birth of the puppy is expected any day and we will then begin a process of naming it and preparing it for entry into the St Clare’s community.

We will begin training at the start of next year… with the goal of introducing the puppy into the school by July 2023.

A big thank you to the committee who helped write the application for funding, and our core group of carers Lisa Mumford, Theresa Avery, Matt Hanlon, Jason Koenig, Marian Parvin, and Jeremy Hobbes.

Marian Parvin
Wellbeing Mentor