This module highlights how to recognise dog body language signals and understand what they are communicating to us, as well as how our own body language can influence how a dog feels.

Registration for this Foundations of Shelter Management is only available via Academy Online; book your place or if you do not yet have an account, you can create a new account.

This module will explore stress signals in dogs, potential triggers in the rescue environment and how we can alleviate stress to improve welfare.

Registration for this Foundations of Shelter Management is only available via Academy Online; book your place or if you do not yet have an account, you can create a new account.

This module explores the different ways in which dogs learn, the methods of training available and how we can set our dogs up for success during training sessions.

Registration for this Foundations of Shelter Management is only available via Academy Online; book your place or if you do not yet have an account, you can create a new account.

This short course topic will be confirmed.

Registration for this short course is only available via Academy Online; book your place or if you do not yet have an account, you can create a new account.

An Enhanced Assessment (EA) is used to categorise the risk of a bite incident. This module looks at the process of undertaking an EA and gives you the opportunity to undertake part of the process yourself.

Registration for this Foundations of Shelter Management is only available via Academy Online; book your place or if you do not yet have an account, you can create a new account.

This interactive module will reflect on the factors that influence your ability to rehome dogs efficiently. We will share ideas for overcoming barriers and effective promotion, to improve success for dogs that are more challenging to rehome.

Registration for this Foundations of Shelter Management is only available via Academy Online; book your place or if you do not yet have an account, you can create a new account.

This course is suitable for those with a responsibility for planning and delivering fundraising strategies within an animal rescue.  It will provide a structured road map and relevant tools to enable you to produce and implement a fundraising strategy in your organisation. 

Registration for this learning opportunity is only available via Academy Online; book your place or if you do not yet have an account, you can create a new account.

Cat-friendly interactions not only benefit the cats in our care, but humans too. It is especially important for new owners to have positive encounters with their cats. We will look at these benefits and how they enable cats to find their new home sooner by using the 3 second rule and the 'CAT' acronym.

Registration for this Foundations of Shelter Management is only available via Academy Online; book your place or if you do not yet have an account, you can create a new account.

Any new environment can elicit stress in cats, whether this is a cattery or foster home. With effective stress management, we can reduce the length of time a cat experiences stress and prevent chronic stress. In this module, we will look at measures we can take to manage stress in the shelter and foster setting and help cats to settle into this new environment quicker.

Registration for this Foundations of Shelter Management is only available via Academy Online; book your place or if you do not yet have an account, you can create a new account.

At Battersea, we use a traffic-light system to assess the welfare of the cats in our care. This helps us to continually monitor any changes in welfare or behaviour so that we are able to implement changes to a cat's care in a timely manner if needed. We will use examples to highlight how best to assess welfare based on the behaviour seen in the shelter.

Registration for this Foundations of Shelter Management is only available via Academy Online; book your place or if you do not yet have an account, you can create a new account.

We will look at the six behaviour profiles that are useful for assessing temperament in cats and how this helps us to assign a traffic-light colour to each individual and ensure they receive the appropriate outcome.

Registration for this Foundations of Shelter Management is only available via Academy Online; book your place or if you do not yet have an account, you can create a new account.

Quality of life is something we are all continually monitoring for the animals in our care. This module describes the concepts of learned helplessness and behavioural depression in cats and the interventions we can put in place to prevent suffering and assess quality of life.

Registration for this Foundations of Shelter Management is only available via Academy Online; book your place or if you do not yet have an account, you can create a new account.

Topic to be announced.

Registration for Check-in & Chat: Skills Share is only available via Academy Online; book your place or if you do not yet have an account, you can create a new account.

The Dog Behaviour and Safety workshop is aimed at local authorities that work with dogs and introduces key areas in dog behaviour and managing safety around dogs. This interactive course will equip animal welfare staff with the skills and knowledge to support them in being able to effectively handle the dogs they encounter. 

To register for this learning opportunity, please contact us.

This module highlights how to recognise dog body language signals and understand what they are communicating to us, as well as how our own body language can influence how a dog feels.

Registration for this Foundations of Shelter Management is only available via Academy Online; book your place or if you do not yet have an account, you can create a new account.

This interactive programme will empower participants to develop an inspiring case for support that creates a uniform message about why they are important as an organisation, how they make a difference and what people can do to support or get involved.

Registration for this learning opportunity is only available via Academy Online; book your place or if you do not yet have an account, you can create a new account.

Cat-friendly interactions not only benefit the cats in our care, but humans too. It is especially important for new owners to have positive encounters with their cats. We will look at these benefits and how they enable cats to find their new home sooner by using the 3 second rule and the 'CAT' acronym.

Registration for this Foundations of Shelter Management is only available via Academy Online; book your place or if you do not yet have an account, you can create a new account.

This module will explore stress signals in dogs, potential triggers in the rescue environment and how we can alleviate stress to improve welfare.

Registration for this Foundations of Shelter Management is only available via Academy Online; book your place or if you do not yet have an account, you can create a new account.

This short course topic will be confirmed.

Registration for this short course is only available via Academy Online; book your place or if you do not yet have an account, you can create a new account.

Any new environment can elicit stress in cats, whether this is a cattery or foster home. With effective stress management, we can reduce the length of time a cat experiences stress and prevent chronic stress. In this module, we will look at measures we can take to manage stress in the shelter and foster setting and help cats to settle into this new environment quicker.

Registration for this Foundations of Shelter Management is only available via Academy Online; book your place or if you do not yet have an account, you can create a new account.

This module explores the different ways in which dogs learn, the methods of training available and how we can set our dogs up for success during training sessions.

Registration for this Foundations of Shelter Management is only available via Academy Online; book your place or if you do not yet have an account, you can create a new account.

At Battersea, we use a traffic-light system to assess the welfare of the cats in our care. This helps us to continually monitor any changes in welfare or behaviour so that we are able to implement changes to a cat's care in a timely manner if needed. We will use examples to highlight how best to assess welfare based on the behaviour seen in the shelter.

Registration for this Foundations of Shelter Management is only available via Academy Online; book your place or if you do not yet have an account, you can create a new account.

An Enhanced Assessment (EA) is used to categorise the risk of a bite incident. This module looks at the process of undertaking an EA and gives you the opportunity to undertake part of the process yourself.

Registration for this Foundations of Shelter Management is only available via Academy Online; book your place or if you do not yet have an account, you can create a new account.

We will look at the six behaviour profiles that are useful for assessing temperament in cats and how this helps us to assign a traffic-light colour to each individual and ensure they receive the appropriate outcome.

Registration for this Foundations of Shelter Management is only available via Academy Online; book your place or if you do not yet have an account, you can create a new account.

Digital channels have never been more important when considering and delivering your fundraising strategy. In the new normal, this programme will help rescues to gain a good understanding of how digital channels work and how they can support many of their fundraising methodologies. 

Registration for this short course is only available via Academy Online; book your place or if you do not yet have an account, you can create a new account.

This interactive module will reflect on the factors that influence your ability to rehome dogs efficiently. We will share ideas for overcoming barriers and effective promotion, to improve success for dogs that are more challenging to rehome.

Registration for this Foundations of Shelter Management is only available via Academy Online; book your place or if you do not yet have an account, you can create a new account.

Quality of life is something we are all continually monitoring for the animals in our care. This module describes the concepts of learned helplessness and behavioural depression in cats and the interventions we can put in place to prevent suffering and assess quality of life.

Registration for this Foundations of Shelter Management is only available via Academy Online; book your place or if you do not yet have an account, you can create a new account.

This short course topic will be confirmed.

Registration for this short course is only available via Academy Online; book your place or if you do not yet have an account, you can create a new account.

Topic to be announced.

Registration for Check-in & Chat: Skills Share is only available via Academy Online; book your place or if you do not yet have an account, you can create a new account.

This module highlights how to recognise dog body language signals and understand what they are communicating to us, as well as how our own body language can influence how a dog feels.

Registration for this Foundations of Shelter Management is only available via Academy Online; book your place or if you do not yet have an account, you can create a new account.

This module will explore stress signals in dogs, potential triggers in the rescue environment and how we can alleviate stress to improve welfare.

Registration for this Foundations of Shelter Management is only available via Academy Online; book your place or if you do not yet have an account, you can create a new account.

This module explores the different ways in which dogs learn, the methods of training available and how we can set our dogs up for success during training sessions.

Registration for this Foundations of Shelter Management is only available via Academy Online; book your place or if you do not yet have an account, you can create a new account.

An Enhanced Assessment (EA) is used to categorise the risk of a bite incident. This module looks at the process of undertaking an EA and gives you the opportunity to undertake part of the process yourself.

Registration for this Foundations of Shelter Management is only available via Academy Online; book your place or if you do not yet have an account, you can create a new account.

This short course topic will be confirmed.

Registration for this short course is only available via Academy Online; book your place or if you do not yet have an account, you can create a new account.

This interactive module will reflect on the factors that influence your ability to rehome dogs efficiently. We will share ideas for overcoming barriers and effective promotion, to improve success for dogs that are more challenging to rehome.

Registration for this Foundations of Shelter Management is only available via Academy Online; book your place or if you do not yet have an account, you can create a new account.

Cat-friendly interactions not only benefit the cats in our care, but humans too. It is especially important for new owners to have positive encounters with their cats. We will look at these benefits and how they enable cats to find their new home sooner by using the 3 second rule and the 'CAT' acronym.

Registration for this Foundations of Shelter Management is only available via Academy Online; book your place or if you do not yet have an account, you can create a new account.

Any new environment can elicit stress in cats, whether this is a cattery or foster home. With effective stress management, we can reduce the length of time a cat experiences stress and prevent chronic stress. In this module, we will look at measures we can take to manage stress in the shelter and foster setting and help cats to settle into this new environment quicker.

Registration for this Foundations of Shelter Management is only available via Academy Online; book your place or if you do not yet have an account, you can create a new account.

At Battersea, we use a traffic-light system to assess the welfare of the cats in our care. This helps us to continually monitor any changes in welfare or behaviour so that we are able to implement changes to a cat's care in a timely manner if needed. We will use examples to highlight how best to assess welfare based on the behaviour seen in the shelter.

Registration for this Foundations of Shelter Management is only available via Academy Online; book your place or if you do not yet have an account, you can create a new account.

Charitable foundations award £6.5b in grants each year in the UK alone, which accounts for 15% of income in the voluntary sector.

This short course is for those who are new to grants fundraising that are looking to move into this space in order to strengthen their income streams. It will go over the basic fundamentals of what a grant is, what the grant-cycle looks like, how to get started identifying and applying for grant opportunities, different types of applications and the basics of putting an application together. 

Registration for this short course is only available via Academy Online; book your place or if you do not yet have an account, you can create a new account.

We will look at the six behaviour profiles that are useful for assessing temperament in cats and how this helps us to assign a traffic-light colour to each individual and ensure they receive the appropriate outcome.

Registration for this Foundations of Shelter Management is only available via Academy Online; book your place or if you do not yet have an account, you can create a new account.

This short course is for experienced grants fundraisers who would like to enhance their knowledge and skills in order to improve their success rate and get the most out of their partnership with their grant funders.

The course will look at how grant funder approaches have evolved in recent years and what they are looking for, how to create a compelling case for funding and effective stewardship in order to ensure that you get the most out of the partnership with your funders. 

Registration for this short course is only available via Academy Online; book your place or if you do not yet have an account, you can create a new account.

This online conference will bring together animal welfare practitioners from across the world for a day of sharing knowledge and networking.

Registration for the conference will open on 1st June 2024 via Academy Online. If you do not yet have an account, you can create a new account.

Cat-friendly interactions not only benefit the cats in our care, but humans too. It is especially important for new owners to have positive encounters with their cats. We will look at these benefits and how they enable cats to find their new home sooner by using the 3 second rule and the 'CAT' acronym.

Registration for this Foundations of Shelter Management is only available via Academy Online; book your place or if you do not yet have an account, you can create a new account.

This module highlights how to recognise dog body language signals and understand what they are communicating to us, as well as how our own body language can influence how a dog feels.

Registration for this Foundations of Shelter Management is only available via Academy Online; book your place or if you do not yet have an account, you can create a new account.

Topic to be announced.

Registration for Check-in & Chat: Skills Share is only available via Academy Online; book your place or if you do not yet have an account, you can create a new account.

Any new environment can elicit stress in cats, whether this is a cattery or foster home. With effective stress management, we can reduce the length of time a cat experiences stress and prevent chronic stress. In this module, we will look at measures we can take to manage stress in the shelter and foster setting and help cats to settle into this new environment quicker.

Registration for this Foundations of Shelter Management is only available via Academy Online; book your place or if you do not yet have an account, you can create a new account.

This module will explore stress signals in dogs, potential triggers in the rescue environment and how we can alleviate stress to improve welfare.

Registration for this Foundations of Shelter Management is only available via Academy Online; book your place or if you do not yet have an account, you can create a new account.

The course provides an overview of major donor fundraising and provides delegates with the tools to start a major donor course in a small charity, including how to identify, build relationships with and secure major donors. 

Registration for this learning opportunity is only available via Academy Online; book your place or if you do not yet have an account, you can create a new account.

At Battersea, we use a traffic-light system to assess the welfare of the cats in our care. This helps us to continually monitor any changes in welfare or behaviour so that we are able to implement changes to a cat's care in a timely manner if needed. We will use examples to highlight how best to assess welfare based on the behaviour seen in the shelter.

Registration for this Foundations of Shelter Management is only available via Academy Online; book your place or if you do not yet have an account, you can create a new account.

This module explores the different ways in which dogs learn, the methods of training available and how we can set our dogs up for success during training sessions.

Registration for this Foundations of Shelter Management is only available via Academy Online; book your place or if you do not yet have an account, you can create a new account.

We will look at the six behaviour profiles that are useful for assessing temperament in cats and how this helps us to assign a traffic-light colour to each individual and ensure they receive the appropriate outcome.

Registration for this Foundations of Shelter Management is only available via Academy Online; book your place or if you do not yet have an account, you can create a new account.

This short course topic will be confirmed.

Registration for this short course is only available via Academy Online; book your place or if you do not yet have an account, you can create a new account.

An Enhanced Assessment (EA) is used to categorise the risk of a bite incident. This module looks at the process of undertaking an EA and gives you the opportunity to undertake part of the process yourself.

Registration for this Foundations of Shelter Management is only available via Academy Online; book your place or if you do not yet have an account, you can create a new account.

Quality of life is something we are all continually monitoring for the animals in our care. This module describes the concepts of learned helplessness and behavioural depression in cats and the interventions we can put in place to prevent suffering and assess quality of life.

Registration for this Foundations of Shelter Management is only available via Academy Online; book your place or if you do not yet have an account, you can create a new account.

This interactive module will reflect on the factors that influence your ability to rehome dogs efficiently. We will share ideas for overcoming barriers and effective promotion, to improve success for dogs that are more challenging to rehome.

Registration for this Foundations of Shelter Management is only available via Academy Online; book your place or if you do not yet have an account, you can create a new account.

This module highlights how to recognise dog body language signals and understand what they are communicating to us, as well as how our own body language can influence how a dog feels.

Registration for this Foundations of Shelter Management is only available via Academy Online; book your place or if you do not yet have an account, you can create a new account.

Cat-friendly interactions not only benefit the cats in our care, but humans too. It is especially important for new owners to have positive encounters with their cats. We will look at these benefits and how they enable cats to find their new home sooner by using the 3 second rule and the 'CAT' acronym.

Registration for this Foundations of Shelter Management is only available via Academy Online; book your place or if you do not yet have an account, you can create a new account.

The legacy market is experiencing strong growth with the expectation that by 2025 £3.5 billion will be left to charities via legacy giving. An increasing proportion of this is going to small and local organisations with the average value of gifts left in wills each year being £25,000. No matter how large or small, every charity should consider how they can build a legacy income stream. This course introduces legacy giving and provides delegates with the tools to develop the legacy giving course within their organisation. 

Registration for this learning opportunity is only available via Academy Online; book your place or if you do not yet have an account, you can create a new account.

This module will explore stress signals in dogs, potential triggers in the rescue environment and how we can alleviate stress to improve welfare.

Registration for this Foundations of Shelter Management is only available via Academy Online; book your place or if you do not yet have an account, you can create a new account.

Any new environment can elicit stress in cats, whether this is a cattery or foster home. With effective stress management, we can reduce the length of time a cat experiences stress and prevent chronic stress. In this module, we will look at measures we can take to manage stress in the shelter and foster setting and help cats to settle into this new environment quicker.

Registration for this Foundations of Shelter Management is only available via Academy Online; book your place or if you do not yet have an account, you can create a new account.

This module explores the different ways in which dogs learn, the methods of training available and how we can set our dogs up for success during training sessions.

Registration for this Foundations of Shelter Management is only available via Academy Online; book your place or if you do not yet have an account, you can create a new account.

This short course topic will be confirmed.

Registration for this short course is only available via Academy Online; book your place or if you do not yet have an account, you can create a new account.

At Battersea, we use a traffic-light system to assess the welfare of the cats in our care. This helps us to continually monitor any changes in welfare or behaviour so that we are able to implement changes to a cat's care in a timely manner if needed. We will use examples to highlight how best to assess welfare based on the behaviour seen in the shelter.

Registration for this Foundations of Shelter Management is only available via Academy Online; book your place or if you do not yet have an account, you can create a new account.

An Enhanced Assessment (EA) is used to categorise the risk of a bite incident. This module looks at the process of undertaking an EA and gives you the opportunity to undertake part of the process yourself.

Registration for this Foundations of Shelter Management is only available via Academy Online; book your place or if you do not yet have an account, you can create a new account.

We will look at the six behaviour profiles that are useful for assessing temperament in cats and how this helps us to assign a traffic-light colour to each individual and ensure they receive the appropriate outcome.

Registration for this Foundations of Shelter Management is only available via Academy Online; book your place or if you do not yet have an account, you can create a new account.

Topic to be announced.

Registration for Check-in & Chat: Skills Share is only available via Academy Online; book your place or if you do not yet have an account, you can create a new account.

This interactive module will reflect on the factors that influence your ability to rehome dogs efficiently. We will share ideas for overcoming barriers and effective promotion, to improve success for dogs that are more challenging to rehome.

Registration for this Foundations of Shelter Management is only available via Academy Online; book your place or if you do not yet have an account, you can create a new account.

Quality of life is something we are all continually monitoring for the animals in our care. This module describes the concepts of learned helplessness and behavioural depression in cats and the interventions we can put in place to prevent suffering and assess quality of life.

Registration for this Foundations of Shelter Management is only available via Academy Online; book your place or if you do not yet have an account, you can create a new account.