REF:66-2011-3292112 - Therapy animals

Your comment: You should get an animal room or rooms where students can go to play with animals and you could get therapy dogs or just general animals like hamsters, Rabbits, Guinea pigs etc. Where students could relieve stress and improve their mental well-being, and students could volunteer to clean them out and luck after them ( I'd happily do both), please can this be set up because of no animals being allowed in accommodation and all the stress related to exams and the pandemic and just life

Our response:

Thank you for your feedback, I’m delighted to say that the Students’ Union do traditionally organise dog calming days each year as part of key periods such as the lead up to exams in partnership with Guide Dogs Cymru. We have also explored alternative in the past cats or other animals such as those suggested, unfortunately our regional location has made it difficult to extend such events although we were in the process of developing a working relationship with Dyfi Donkey’s near Machynlleth. Unfortunately in line with government restrictions and in part to protect volunteers from such organisations who may be in the extremely vulnerable category with regards to Covid we are unable to organise such events at the current time, but we might be able to put something in the calendar soon. Our events are promoted via our website, social media and term-time weekly email sent to all students so please keep an eye out.