Dogs reduce the stress at Chippenham

More than 200 people took advantage of our Community Rail Week Paws for Thought event at Chippenham.

Over four days volunteers from Pets as Therapy (PAT) brought the calming influence of their dogs to the platform to greet travellers and soak up the strokes and fuss from them.

PAT is a charity who take specially trained pets into such places as schools, care homes, hospitals and other public places.   It offers reassuring support to those who can find situations stressful.

You can find more about the work it does here – Pets As Therapy