Partnerships

 

Capable Creatures

 

A User-Led, Non-Profit Organisation, based in

Southampton, set up by people with Mental Health

Conditions to Empower and Enable people with

Mental Health Conditions to live a fulfilling life, able

to access and participatein everyday normal activities, through

peer support and the use of dogs.

 

Capable Creatures (CC), transpired from the very personal experience of Lise Marron, who already enduring mental health difficulties, suffered a physical and further mental trauma, on

being assaulted by a group of youths, in 2002.

 

In 2010, Lise got a Cavalier King Charles puppy, that she named Daithí (Dha-Hee). Lise, independently, began training him as her Assistance Dog. Lise soon discovered that the training process and having a trained 'unofficial' Assistance Dog, by her side, greatly mitigated the difficulties and symptoms she experiences due to her Mental Health Disability.

 

Having Daithí by her side, has given Lise the ability to live a more balanced, diverse life;  better interact with people and contribute to her local community. It is by having Daithí's assistance that Lise has been able to set up Capable Creatures, to help others with Mental Health Conditions mitigate the disabling symptoms of their conditions and do the things they want to do through the use of dogs.

 

capablecreatures@btinternet.com
www.capablecreatures.org

www.facebook.com/capablecreatures