Wellness in Wellies
Nurturing your mental, social, and physical wellbeing
Welcome to Wellness in Wellies
Our mission is to nurture the mental health and well-being of individuals through the use of animal-assisted interventions. We are committed to providing a trauma-informed, strength-based approach that respects and responds to the unique experiences and needs of each participant.
Situated in beautiful surroundings between Bristol and Bath, Wellness in Wellies offers a calm, safe, compassionate, and supportive environment for children aged between 7-16 to interact with animals and nature to improve social, emotional, mental and physical health.
Who are we?
We are an animal assisted wellness initiative setup with the aim of providing young people who are struggling with formal education, an alternative provision to nurture their mental, social, and physical wellbeing
Want to learn more about us? Follow the link to our ‘about’ page.
All of our young people’s courses run for an hour a week for 6 weeks during term time. Our students generally begin with our ‘Welcome to Wellness in Wellies’ course. Over the 6 weeks the students will have the opportunity to work alongside all of our animals in the beautiful countryside.
Some topics that will be covered include: building relationships, refining leadership skills, animal welfare, behaviour, and emotions. Learning about these topics will be achieved through activities such as grooming, leading, feeding, observing behaviour, decorating and obstacle courses.
Every student will receive a bespoke student journal at the start of their course to record their journey, attach photographs, and keep track of their achievements.
What do we offer?
Learn more about our sessions
Interested in what a session might look like? Want to know more about our courses? Click the link below to find out more.
Meet the team
Click on the link below each team member to find out more about them!
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![Woman wearing sunglasses and a green hoodie taking a selfie with a horse that has a bee-themed blanket and a black mesh fly mask on a sunny day in a field.]()
Karen Farrell
Founder of Wellness in Wellies
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![A person taking a selfie with a large, realistic-looking prosthetic animal head, possibly an otter, outdoors with trees and cloudy sky in the background.]()
Charley Farrell
Groom and Karen’s daughter
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![Five sheep in a grassy field with a small shed, a green barrel, and a plastic container in the background.]()
Trixie, Ella, Lucie, and Maze
Our four Herdwick X Jacob sheep
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![Group of four baby goats standing on hay inside a wooden enclosure]()
Jill, Geoff, Mary, and Alan
Our four pygmy goats
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![Two ponies in a green wooden stable, one with a darker coat and the other with a brown coat and messy mane, both looking out of the stable.]()
Annie and Dora
Our two miniature Shetland ponies
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![A brown horse with a dark mane and ears standing in a stable, equipped with a blue saddle pad and bridle, near a barn wall.]()
Piggy
Our ex-racer mare
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![Close-up of a black and white horse eating hay in an open field under a cloudy sky.]()
Adam
Our Welsh D gelding
Join us on social
Keep up with what the animals are up to over on our Facebook page!