Pony pals

08/09/2026

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28/08/2026

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16/08/2026

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🌸✨ JUNIOR PAMPER & SELF-CARE ACADEMY ✨🌸

💗 2 EXTRA SPACES NOW AVAILABLE TOMORROW flexible times between 12-3! 💗

We’re opening up a few extra spaces for our Junior Pamper & Self-Care Academy — a fun, creative and confidence-building 2.5-hour workshop for ages 8–13.

🌸 What’s included?

🧖‍♀️ Mini Pamper
💅 Nail Art Academy
🍹 Mocktail Making
💋 Lip Care Lab
🧠 Self-Care & Wellbeing Activities
🎓 Junior Self-Care Certificate
👜 Personalised Self-Care Kit to take home

💗 Usually £35 per child
✨ 15% OFF — NOW JUST £29.75!

The workshop is led by Kelly Bendon, HCPC-registered Occupational Therapist, bringing an OT-led approach to wellbeing, self-care, confidence and sensory experiences.

🔐 Enhanced DBS checked

We’re keeping this a small, friendly group, so every child gets plenty of time, attention and opportunity to enjoy each activity, make new friends and have fun. 🌸

📍 Sensational Skin & Wellbeing
Frogmore Street, Abergavenny

👧 Ages 8–13
✨ Limited spaces available

💌 Message me directly to book or check availability.

Come along, have fun, get creative and learn some lovely ways to look after YOU. 💗✨

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15/08/2026

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🧱✨ LEGO THERAPY FRIDAYS! ✨🧱

Friday mornings are officially LEGO Therapy time! 💛

🧱 Our team will be busy building, creating, connecting and having lots of fun with our LEGO Therapy groups, so we’ll be out of the office during Friday mornings.

📋 Got an appointment?
No problem — just knock on the door and we’ll let you in!

🚪 No appointment?
We’ll be back open for walk-ins from 1pm every Friday. 💫

So if you see the LEGO going up… you know we’re busy building something amazing! 🧱💛

See you after 1pm for walk-ins! ✨

13/08/2026

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FND: What can research tell us about the brain–body connection? 🧠🫀

A new 2026 pilot study explored the relationship between cardiac autonomic activity and brain connectivity in people with Functional Neurological Disorder (FND).

There was no simple difference in heart rate or heart-rate variability between the FND group and comparison group. However, within the FND group, differences in these measures were associated with connectivity in brain regions involved in interoception, autonomic regulation, salience and movement.

For me, this raises an important OT question:

How do bodily signals, movement, environment and everyday activity interact for the individual?

FND is complex. It isn’t simply “stress” or anxiety, and this small pilot study cannot tell us whether these relationships cause symptoms, result from them, or represent adaptation.

🧠 Brain
🫀 Body
🌍 Environment
🤝 Participation

My clinical perspective:
As an Occupational Therapist, I have experience working within multidisciplinary teams alongside physiotherapy and CAMHS/paediatric services, supporting young people where FND symptoms affected physical function and everyday participation. My experience has included functional rehabilitation alongside psychological approaches, including CBT-informed and DBT-based strategies such as mindfulness and self-soothing.

This is where OT can help — looking beyond the symptom to understand what is affecting everyday life and participation.

Reference: Bleier et al. (2026), NeuroImage: Clinical.

13/08/2026

💛 animal horse 🐎 care day 👇
📍 LLANARTH, MONMOUTHSHIRE
Pony Pals – Animal & Pony Care Training
For children and young people | Llanarth, near Abergavenny

🐴✨ NEW AT PONY PALS — ANIMAL CARE DAY! ✨🐴

Does your child love animals and want to learn what it really takes to care for them? 💚

We’re introducing a one-day practical Animal Care Award for ages 8–16, designed with different ages, abilities and neurodivergent learning needs in mind.

address - llanarth np152ay

phone 📱 07378 255930
email 📧 [email protected]

🌿 What will we explore?
🐴 Understanding animal welfare & needs
🧹 Grooming & everyday care
🥕 Feeding, water & basic nutrition
🐾 Understanding animal behaviour
🧠 Recognising when an animal may be worried, stressed or unwell
🧤 Safe handling & yard safety
✨ Hands-on, supervised animal-care activities
📜 Pony Pals certificate of achievement

The day will be small-group, supportive and hands-on, with activities adapted to the individual child rather than expecting every child to learn in exactly the same way.

💛 Ages: 8–16
📍 Pony Pals
💷 £65 per child
🎓 Certificate included

Perfect for animal-loving children who want to build confidence, knowledge, responsibility and practical skills while spending time with our animals. 🐴🌿

Limited spaces available.

13/08/2026

🐴✨ NEW AT PONY PALS — ANIMAL CARE DAY! ✨🐴

Does your child love animals and want to learn what it really takes to care for them? 💚

We’re introducing a one-day practical Animal Care Award for ages 8–16, designed with different ages, abilities and neurodivergent learning needs in mind.

address - llanarth np152ay

phone 📱 07378 255930
email 📧 [email protected]

🌿 What will we explore?
🐴 Understanding animal welfare & needs
🧹 Grooming & everyday care
🥕 Feeding, water & basic nutrition
🐾 Understanding animal behaviour
🧠 Recognising when an animal may be worried, stressed or unwell
🧤 Safe handling & yard safety
✨ Hands-on, supervised animal-care activities
📜 Pony Pals certificate of achievement

The day will be small-group, supportive and hands-on, with activities adapted to the individual child rather than expecting every child to learn in exactly the same way.

💛 Ages: 8–16
📍 Pony Pals
💷 £65 per child
🎓 Certificate included

Perfect for animal-loving children who want to build confidence, knowledge, responsibility and practical skills while spending time with our animals. 🐴🌿

Limited spaces available.

20/07/2026

Looking for something fun, confidence-boosting and empowering for your child or teenager?

At Sensational Skin Academy, we’re bringing skincare to life with:
💚 Healthy skin habits that last a lifetime
💚 Age-appropriate skincare guidance
💚 Sun safety essentials
💚 Busting skincare myths and social media trends
💚 Mini facials, self-care and wellbeing activities

🌟 And here’s the exciting part…
We’re thrilled to introduce our very own Sensational Skin Academy Therapy Assistant, Olivia, joining us this summer to help create an even more fun, supportive and engaging experience for every young person attending!

🎓 Certificate of Achievement
🎁 Gift bag included
📍 Sensational Skin & Wellbeing, Abergavenny

Spaces are limited and filling fast – message us now to secure your place!

09/07/2026

🧱 LEGO® Therapy Groups – Thank You! 💛

A huge thank you for all of the interest and enquiries we’ve received about our new LEGO® Therapy Groups. The response has been amazing, and we’re so excited to get started!

Our groups are designed to help children develop social communication, emotional regulation, confidence and teamwork through fun, structured play in a supportive environment.

Each session includes four important roles, giving every child the opportunity to practise different skills:

🧱 The Engineer – Reads and explains the building instructions.

🧱 The Supplier – Finds and organises the correct LEGO® pieces.

🧱 The Builder – Listens carefully and builds the model using the instructions given.

🧱 The Team Captain – Encourages communication, problem-solving, turn-taking and teamwork, helping everyone work together successfully.

If you’ve already registered your interest, please complete and return your child’s medical and registration forms as soon as possible. Once we’ve received them, your child will be allocated to the most suitable group and session time based on age, needs and availability.

We can’t wait to welcome your children and watch their confidence, friendships and communication skills grow—one brick at a time! 💙🧩

📩 If you’d still like to register your interest, please send us a message.

Occupational Therapist-led | Small Groups | Fun, Structured & Inclusive

21/04/2026

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