Welfare comes first
Animal suitability, individual needs and the setting are considered before a visit is agreed.
Animal-assisted interventionA different kind
of connection.
KITH brings people and animals together through thoughtful, welfare-led programmes for schools, healthcare settings and communities.
Insured and ready to assess venues and community needs. Dogs and a couple of ponies are available, subject to individual needs, setting-specific risk assessment and animal welfare.
A considered approach, built around the person and the animal
Connection, at their pace.
Every visit begins with care, choice and the right conditions for everyone.
A note of thanks
Thank you for supporting KITH
KITH Animal Therapy CIC has received funding from The National Lottery Community Fund. We are grateful to the Fund and National Lottery players for supporting our work to make welfare-led animal-assisted intervention more accessible to communities.
More than a visit
Carefully shaped. Never one-size-fits-all.
Animal-assisted intervention is more than bringing an animal into a room. KITH programmes are shaped around the people, the setting and the animals—with clear goals, trained practitioners, considered risk assessment and species-appropriate welfare.
How we workProfessionally governed
Risk assessment, safeguarding and practitioner competency are part of the programme—not an afterthought.
Made for real settings
We work alongside schools, healthcare and community partners to shape an appropriate approach.
The KITH approach
A little more room to feel safe.
We create supported opportunities for connection. No assumptions about what someone should feel or achieve—just a thoughtful programme, responsive to the person in front of us.
See the servicesWhere we work
For people and places that matter.
Every setting is different. We start with a conversation about needs, access, suitability and what a safe, appropriate visit could look like.
Schools & provisions
For SEND-specialist schools, resourced provisions, alternative provision and mainstream schools supporting SEND learners. Referrals can be funded through school budgets or commissioned directly.
Healthcare settings
Programmes structured with healthcare governance and procurement in mind. Safeguarding, risk assessment, animal welfare and handler competency are built into delivery.
Community partners
Working with charities, voluntary groups, community organisations and local authorities to explore suitable access for adults and young people.
We have secured our first commissioning school and welcome further partners. Every visit remains subject to assessment and suitability.
For commissionersThe animal’s experience matters
Trust is built with care.
Dogs and a couple of ponies are available for consideration. An animal only takes part when their welfare, the person’s needs and the environment make it appropriate.
Our welfare commitment
Built on experience and accountability
Assurance you can ask about.
KITH is an asset-locked Community Interest Company. Our programme is developed and overseen by an ABTC-accredited Animal Behaviourist, with governance documentation available to commissioners on request.
Talk through commissioningRachel TraffordMirror Pet Award for Inspiration 2024
ABTC-accreditedAnimal Behaviourist
Community Interest CompanyAsset locked for community benefit
Community benefit
A model with people at its heart.
KITH brings together different kinds of commissioned work, with income supporting our community purpose.
Community & SEND
Accessible provision for schools, NHS and community referrers, with funding helping widen access.
Healthcare commissioning
Professionally governed programmes for healthcare settings, with income supporting community provision.
Corporate wellbeing
Bookings that contribute to subsidised SEND and community access.
Let’s begin with a conversation
The right first step
is a conversation.
Tell us about your setting, the people you support and what you’re exploring. We’ll talk through suitability, needs and next steps together.