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Home What we do Working in Communities Youth Initiatives What we do Adoptions Dogs and Puppies Cat and Kittens Pocket Pets Birds Livestock Exceptional Owners Animal Welfare Our Inspectorate Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act (1979) Care for Animals Birds Bathing and Grooming Housing Identification Nutrition Training Veterinary Care Cat Care Bathing and Grooming Breeds Housing Identification Keeping Wildlife Safe and Your Cat Happy Kitten Care Nutrition Training Veterinary Care Dog Care Barking Bathing and Grooming Breeds Dog Training Tips and Videos Dog Walking Guidelines Enrichment Housing Identification Nutrition Parvovirus in Dogs Puppy Care Veterinary Care Livestock Owning a Pet Adopting a New Pet Costs Disaster Management Plans Enrichment Locating a Lost Pet Pets and Rental Properties The Chain Exchange Veterinary Care Pet Hazards Bushfires and House Fires Christmas Season Droughts Fireworks and Storms Heat Stress Snake Bites and Pets Toxic Plants for Pets Pocket Pets Disaster and Alerts Bushfires and House Fires Droughts Fireworks and Storms Hot weather Education Animal Ambassadors Community Groups Family Fun Primary Early Stage 1 OOSH Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Professional Development for Teachers School Holiday Program Secondary Stage 4 Stage 5 Stage 6 Tertiary HEA: Home Ever After Lost and Found I’ve lost my pet I’ve found a pet Rescue and Rehabilitate Animal Ambulance Behaviour Drives For Lives Pet Rehabilitation Program Surrender Intervention Rescue Partners RSPCA Pet Insurance Training ACM20117 Certificate II in Animal Studies ACMGAS206 Provide Basic First Aid for Animals ACMMIC401 Implant Microchip in Cats and Dogs Basic Animal First Aid Introducing Your Pet to a New Baby Veterinary Services RSPCA Broken Hill Veterinary Hospital RSPCA Hunter Veterinary Hospital (Rutherford) RSPCA Sydney Veterinary Hospital RSPCA Tighes Hills Veterinary Hospital Working in Communities Community Aged Care Program Community Branches and Programs Community Domestic Violence Program Community Homelessness Program Home Ever After Human Services Workshops Indigenous Community Companion Animal Health Program (ICCAHP) Outreach Animal Assistance Programs Volunteering for Community Programs Youth Initiatives Working in CommunitiesCommunity Aged Care Program Community Branches and Programs Community Domestic Violence Program Community Homelessness Program Home Ever After Human Services Workshops Indigenous Community Companion Animal Health Program (ICCAHP) Outreach Animal Assistance Programs Volunteering for Community Programs Youth Initiatives Youth Initiatives RSPCA NSW is committed to empowering people through animal interaction. Over recent years, we have commenced programs to improve animal and human welfare through education and interaction. These programs have been created in collaboration with other agencies and include: Petspace, an eight-week program in partnership with Headspace, teaches young people about animal mental health and their care. As part of the program, young people provide care for animals in RSPCA NSW shelters as well as intrinsically learn about their own mental health by seeing improvement in both the animals and others. HEART (Human’s Enriching Animals for the Rehabilitation of Trauma) is an eight-week program that sees newly-arrived migrant and refugee students learn about a range of animals and how to care and interact with them. The program teaches children animal care and interaction, and also aims to improve the mental health of participants and assist with the integration into Australian life. Students from Youth Off The Streets schools visit our animal shelters to learn about animal care. They then put those skills to use by providing care and enrichment for the animals in our care. To find out more about these programs or to speak to one of our staff about your organisation or an individual who has a keen interest in animals and how we may be able to assist, please email one of our RSPCA NSW Community Outreach Officers at outreach@rspcansw.org.au Please note if you are interested in being part of the Petspace program listed above, recruitment for these programs is done directly through headspace Mt Druitt. Please contact them directly should you need their assistance or are interested in being part of the program. Youth Initiatives FAQsHow can I get a young person involved in one of these programs? Please contact one of our Community Outreach Officers by emailing outreach@rspcansw.org.au What we do Adoptions Dogs and Puppies Cat and Kittens Pocket Pets Birds Livestock Exceptional Owners Animal Welfare Our Inspectorate Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act (1979) Care for Animals Birds Bathing and Grooming Housing Identification Nutrition Training Veterinary Care Cat Care Bathing and Grooming Breeds Housing Identification Keeping Wildlife Safe and Your Cat Happy Kitten Care Nutrition Training Veterinary Care Dog Care Barking Bathing and Grooming Breeds Dog Training Tips and Videos Dog Walking Guidelines Enrichment Housing Identification Nutrition Parvovirus in Dogs Puppy Care Veterinary Care Livestock Owning a Pet Adopting a New Pet Costs Disaster Management Plans Enrichment Locating a Lost Pet Pets and Rental Properties The Chain Exchange Veterinary Care Pet Hazards Bushfires and House Fires Christmas Season Droughts Fireworks and Storms Heat Stress Snake Bites and Pets Toxic Plants for Pets Pocket Pets Disaster and Alerts Bushfires and House Fires Droughts Fireworks and Storms Hot weather Education Animal Ambassadors Community Groups Family Fun Primary Early Stage 1 OOSH Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Professional Development for Teachers School Holiday Program Secondary Stage 4 Stage 5 Stage 6 Tertiary HEA: Home Ever After Lost and Found I’ve lost my pet I’ve found a pet Rescue and Rehabilitate Animal Ambulance Behaviour Drives For Lives Pet Rehabilitation Program Surrender Intervention Rescue Partners RSPCA Pet Insurance Training ACM20117 Certificate II in Animal Studies ACMGAS206 Provide Basic First Aid for Animals ACMMIC401 Implant Microchip in Cats and Dogs Basic Animal First Aid Introducing Your Pet to a New Baby Veterinary Services RSPCA Broken Hill Veterinary Hospital RSPCA Hunter Veterinary Hospital (Rutherford) RSPCA Sydney Veterinary Hospital RSPCA Tighes Hills Veterinary Hospital Working in Communities Community Aged Care Program Community Branches and Programs Community Domestic Violence Program Community Homelessness Program Home Ever After Human Services Workshops Indigenous Community Companion Animal Health Program (ICCAHP) Outreach Animal Assistance Programs Volunteering for Community Programs Youth Initiatives Working in CommunitiesCommunity Aged Care Program Community Branches and Programs Community Domestic Violence Program Community Homelessness Program Home Ever After Human Services Workshops Indigenous Community Companion Animal Health Program (ICCAHP) Outreach Animal Assistance Programs Volunteering for Community Programs Youth Initiatives