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Speaker 1: And a twelve week program is launching this weekend. It's

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Speaker 1: connecting Darwin veterans and animals in a therapeutic approach to

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Speaker 1: overcoming social isolation and trauma. The participants will attend animal

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Speaker 1: shelters where they'll learn to train and care for rescue animals,

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Speaker 1: benefiting everybody involved. Now joining us on the line to

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Speaker 1: tell us a little bit more is Happy Pause, Happy

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Speaker 1: Hearts team leader Justin Palazzo or good morning to you Justin.

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Speaker 2: Good morning Katie. How are you going?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, really good? Thanks so much for joining us on

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Speaker 1: the show today. Justin tell us about the program which

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Speaker 1: I understand gets underway in Darwin tomorrow.

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Speaker 2: Actually it's kicking off today, which is pretty exciting. The

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Speaker 2: program that we've got kicking off today is specifically for veterans'

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Speaker 2: first responders and injured workers and the whole idea of

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Speaker 2: it is to give them an opportunity to get involved

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Speaker 2: with some elter animals and just connect back into the

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Speaker 2: community again.

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Speaker 1: Now, what benefits will the veterans game gain that do

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Speaker 1: get involved in the program.

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Speaker 2: So the big thing that we've found with especially our

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Speaker 2: veterans getting involved in this program is continuing that sense

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Speaker 2: of service and being able to contribute to the community

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Speaker 2: and also just connecting with some of those awesome animals

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Speaker 2: at RSPTA and Dalen and tell.

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Speaker 1: Me how can people get involved and how many spots

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Speaker 1: are still available.

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Speaker 2: So we do have still a couple of spots available,

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Speaker 2: and these are fee free places as well, so there's

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Speaker 2: no out of pocket expense for any of the distance

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Speaker 2: for this particular program. Whever, we do have other programs

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Speaker 2: that are still available at our FIFA service and the

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Speaker 2: best way to get in touch is either through the

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Speaker 2: Happy Pores Happy Hearts website which is Hphhfoundation dot org,

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Speaker 2: or by giving us a call on our one three

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Speaker 2: number and make.

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Speaker 1: You said that kicking off actually today, what's the feeling

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Speaker 1: how people going out there as they're arriving and sort

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Speaker 1: of understanding how it all happens.

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Speaker 2: Look, I guess there's a mix of excitement and caution,

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Speaker 2: you know something. The things that we do it Happy

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Speaker 2: Boyd's Happy Hearts is so unique that it's hard to

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Speaker 2: really get a concept of it before you're in there.

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Speaker 2: But everyone's looking forward to just connecting with the animals,

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Speaker 2: having that connection, contributing to helping out at RSPCA and

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Speaker 2: dh and just building up those connections again.

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Speaker 1: So tell me. I mean, it is obviously going to

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Speaker 1: be beneficial for the veterans, but it sounds like it's

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Speaker 1: a great thing for the animals too.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Absolutely, we had love seeing the animals at RSPCA

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Speaker 2: going from being a bit cautious. Some of them have

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Speaker 2: not had the best experience with humans in the past,

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Speaker 2: and a big part of this program is building up

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Speaker 2: connections and trust again for the humans with animals and

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Speaker 2: with each other, but also for the animals with humans

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Speaker 2: and starting to build up those levels of trust with

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Speaker 2: people again, building up their sense of connection and being

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Speaker 2: able to get rehomed into their forever home.

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Speaker 1: And I do understand that this program has taken place

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Speaker 1: in Queensland. What was the success once it rolled out there?

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Speaker 1: How did it go? Oh?

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Speaker 2: Look, we've had some massive wins, especially with our veteran

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Speaker 2: community as well. We've had participants who have gone through

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Speaker 2: the program and then gone off and started their own

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Speaker 2: dog training business. We've had some that have started little

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Speaker 2: doggy daycares out of their homes and stuff like that.

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Speaker 2: So even some of our participants have come back to

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Speaker 2: volunteer at Happy Pores, Happy Hearts as well.

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Speaker 1: Animals are the best, aren't they?

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Speaker 2: Absolutely well, I love.

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Speaker 1: Dogs, they are they really do. Just put a smile

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Speaker 1: on your face and help in so many ways.

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Speaker 2: Yep, every day.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I love this program. Thank you so much for

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Speaker 1: having a chat with us this morning. Tell us one

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Speaker 1: more time. If people are listening this morning and want

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Speaker 1: to get involved, how can they find out more?

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Speaker 2: So best thing to do is jump onto the website,

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Speaker 2: which is Hpahhfoundation dot org or one three hundred zero

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Speaker 2: seven seven nine eighty four. And we're also looking for

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Speaker 2: volunteers as well, so if you've got some time it

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Speaker 2: can contribute. We're super keen here from.

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Speaker 1: All wonderful stuff. Well, happy pause, Happy Hearts team leader

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Speaker 1: justin Palazzo or thanks so very much for your time

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Speaker 2: Today, my pleasure, Thanks Gatie, Thank you,