OUR ANIMALS need to feel safe so us as handlers are a huge part of their life.
JERRY
Born and raised in Holland Jerry moved to the UK in 2009 where he carried on a successful career in teaching. Awarded an 'outstanding' from Ofsted for his continued work in 'Special Needs Education'. Jerry has many years of experience working with emotional, social, learning and behaviour difficulties.
Jerry juggles his time between animal encounters and managing the business side of things making sure everything runs smoothly.
Qualifications
Fully trained & certified teacher
Fully DBS Checked
Trained/Certified First Aider
Fully Insured
Trained in Safe Guarding
MARK
Born and raised in Kent - our animal man Mark moved to London in his 20's and worked for many years as an award winning Graphic Designer. In his 30's he explored Europe and settled for ​a number of years in Holland where he met Jerry. While working in design he never lost his love for animals and in 2015 made the jump.
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Mark works closest with our animals and especially those who have had severely upsetting backgrounds.
Qualifications
Fully DBS Checked
Trained/Certified First Aider
Fully Insured
Trained in Safe Guarding
Years of voluntary work with Mencap working closely with children & adults with severe physical disabilities.
KATE
Kate is our only full time handler apart, from ourselves and she has an amazing relationship with all of the animals as she is family.
Kate previously worked as a deputy manager of a Pre School for 10 years but felt she needed a new challenge and so we were very excited to invite her into the fold. As well as her experience with children Kate has also worked in Care and the skills from both of these areas prove invaluable with our work in Pre Schools, Schools, Care Homes and Parties.
Qualifications
Fully DBS Checked
Trained/Certified First Aider
Fully Insured
Trained in Safe Guarding
Deputy manager pre-school working with children with all ranges of capabilities
other areas of interest
SERVICES
THE ANIMALS
THE SANCTUARY