Paws4Minds

13/11/2025

Today we attended a VCSE workshop hosted by The HEY Smile Foundation.

Noodle received plenty of attention & fuss & with so many positive comments about how he behaved.

The workshop was great and we discussed diversity, inclusiveness, how to improve online presence for organisations and more.

08/11/2025

Paws4Minds we Frederick Gough Secondary School in Scunthorpe.

Noodle supports children who are not in the mainstream classrooms.

This school is fantastic. The whole ethos and positivity shines through from the headteacher.

The staff in the area of the school we support are so impressed with Noodle. It was requested from day one, Noodle had free reign, he leads the sessions with children and wow what a difference.

The children I have seen manage and regulate their emotions with Noodle around. He helps them to relax, much of it is subconscious.

I've seen barriers come down which is huge as some have been let down or hurt by people who they should have been able to trust.

We have individuals, who wind each other up and have to be kept apart, actually behave calmer, civilised and friendly to each other with Noodle around.

Many adults expect this to be normal but for me to see this, was huge. It was obvious the cortisol levels were lower helping them to be at ease and relaxed.

They enjoy moving about, playing fetch with Noodle, once they have done this I notice they then sit with him, fussing him and we are able to chat about random things like football. One is a huge Scunny fan and we have some great friendly banter and insightful discussions about form, tactics of our teams as well as other teams such as England.

There is no way on this planet teenagers who don't know me, would relax and chat with me and the staff without Noodle, he provides a natural gateway and opening for the children to open up.

I really enjoy my job. Narrowing down my focus towards stress and trauma has benefited myself in our roles too.

30/10/2025

Yesterday we were supporting Waterloo Manor Hospital in Garforth, near Leeds.

It's a mental health hospital for women. These ladies are having a tough time and Noodle went there and provided lots of smiles, laughs and cuddles too.

One patient told me, Noodle had made her day, which was lovely to hear



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26/10/2025

So pleased to see our hardwork is starting to pay off.

We are working with some fantastic organisations and we making a real difference.

Often what we think is relatively insignificant to us, actually means so much and makes a huge difference to these individuals

We are supporting staff at a school in Northern Lincolnshire,providing support for children who are not in the mainstream classrooms & some are classed as at risk. These are vulnerable teenagers, many live in chaotic environments and the ones they should be able to trust cause the most risk 😟

We support children at Inspire CAMHS with monthly visits.

We are now supporting a Mental Health hospital in West Yorkshire.

We work with Hull College throughout the year attending events & exam days

We start visiting a primary school in Hull from December and a secondary school going through their processes to have us on board too.

We support a Rehab centre in Hull, helping those with addictions.

Also some local charities we visit and Noodle has made friends with their users too.

All this is down to Noodle and in time I will be adding courses, workshops both on line and in person, providing mental health awareness and wellbeing support.

Many of these will have Noodle in attendance when we are in person too

16/10/2025

16/10/2025

Wow who is that beautiful dog staring back at me.

I had a great day visiting Liz @ Kip McGrath in East Hull today.

Ian and Liz discussed ways we can work together to support learners. I can't wait, it will be so much fun

14/10/2025

We popped to see our friend Steve Akester of ONE PUNCH HULL at their new Hub Princes Quay - Hull, which will be open from 27th October

Steve is working hard building, flat pack furniture and making the space look great .....when we need some furniture building we will be asking Steve 😂

Keep up the hard work mate and we will pop in to see the progress next week 👍

14/10/2025

We are at Hull4Heroes this morning.

10/10/2025

A little understanding & empathy can make such a difference

10/10/2025

It was great to attend and meet so many people

Hi everyone.

Hope all is well, the weekend is nearly here

Today has been a busy morning for Paws4Minds & Noodle: Wellbeing Support Dog

We have been to Gough Secondary School, we had an hour's session for students to meet Noodle & enable him to become accustomed to the surroundings.

It was a great start, saw one pupil play with Noodle, they calmed down quickly and happily completed some maths work. Noodle quickly created a bond with this pupil & you could see the cortisol levels reduce.....such a fantastic start. From next week we are there every Friday for 2 hours. The whole atmosphere was calm & the staff were so impressed with the inroads made from this one session.

We then travelled back to Hull and met the staff and some students at Ainthorpe Primary School, one staff member was actually a friend from my time at secondary school & sixth form...such a small world.

The pupils met Noodle, took him for a walk around the field. They had play and cuddle time.

I suggested they read a book to Noodle. They took it in turns reading The Lion,The witch & the Wardrobe.

I was told after the session one child didn't want to see Noodle, wont read in front of pupils or staff, yet this pupil happily read pages to Noodle, what an achievement for this pupil. I can only imagine the pride they must be feeling. A huge step forward indeed.

Such a fantastic morning with so much achieved in a short space of time during one morning.

We can't wait to support the pupils at both schools again soon