Paws and Pause

Hi, it's Grace, one of the co-founders of Paws & Pause. This summer Alan Milburn published the interim findings of his review into young people and work. I read it on a Sunday with a cup of tea and a dog on my feet, and by page three I'd stopped drinking the tea. Not because any of it surprised me. Because it didn't. Jodie and I have spent the last seven years watching the people behind those numbers walk through our door (or, quite often, pace up and down outside it for twenty minutes...

Back in 2022, Shancy joined the Trainee Programme, since then Shancy has worked as a Barista, continues to volunteer locally in Peckham and has worked part time for us for the 18 months! Shancys dream job is to be a published writer, so we asked her to write a peice that encapulates her journey with us. It’s 7am as I write this, the sun just beginning to peep its head over the plain trees in the park across the street. Today marks an important day, yet it’s beginning the same as any other...

Choosing a dog daycare isn’t always straightforward. There are schedules to juggle, personalities to consider (yours and your dog’s), and...