gastlessen aan MBO4 studenten over de uniciteit van de mens-dier verbinding in relatie tot huisdier ondersteunde interventies

co-development and teacher minor animals in therapy, training and coaching

Founder and board mananger of the charity Stichting ZorgDier Nederland. A knowlegde and project organisation that facilitates care organisations with the implementation of animal assisted activities and therapy.

Advice, research and development of Animal Assisted Intervention programmes for healthcare, social work, education and forensic applications.

Involving young students in the world of mentally disabled people by organising local fundraising events.

Ik was projectleider tijdens een project waarin we 1200 stagiaires van scholen en 1200 jonge mensen met een verstandelijke beperking samen lieten werken in door henzelf georganiseerde projecten onder de naam 'Ik ben bijzonder'.

• Via crisis management turned into a professional voluntary organisation.• Core business: training service dogs for disabled people.• Increasing brand awareness and improving company processes.• Merge with two other charities with same activities.• Conduct image research among clients and volunteers. • Transformation from product-orientated to market-orientated, demand-driven organisation. • Company size after merger: 22 full-time employees and 200 volunteers.• Doubled sales of service dogs (from 20 to 40). • Set up regional organisation with three operational units and a general and technical department.• Established funding structure (permanent funding!) and substantial increase in fundraising results.•Taking initiative for and setting up of international umbrella organisation Assistance Dogs Europe: within this, responsible for public relations & fundraising.