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Torr’s Exotics – Animal Education & Community Impact Consultation

Help us shape the future of hands-on animal education for children and the community

At Torr’s Exotics, we are exploring the development of a new community project that will provide hands-on animal education, welfare and husbandry experiences for children and the wider community, with a particular focus on making opportunities accessible to children with SEND. We want to make sure we build something that genuinely meets local needs, so your experience and opinions are incredibly important to us. There are no right or wrong answers — we simply want to listen, learn and understand what would make the biggest difference.

Please answer the question below to the best of your ability. Your answers will help us provide a better future for children.

About you

What type of organisation or setting are you representing?
Primary School
Secondary School
Special School
SEN Provision
Alterive Provision
Nursery / Early Years
Community Organisation
Parent/ Carer
SEN Professional
Other
What age groups do you support?
Early years
Primary
Secondary
16–19
Mixed ages

Understanding the need

Do you think hands-on animal experiences would benefit the children/people you support?
Definitely
Probably
Possibly
Not sure
No
What do you think they could gain from working with animals?
Are there currently opportunities for the children you support to have hands-on animal experiences?
Regularly
Occasionally
Rarely
Never
If rarely or never, why do you think that is?

SEN & accessibility

Would any of these approaches be helpful?

Education

What animal-related subjects would be most valuable?
Would you prefer the sessions to support what you're already teaching?
Yes
No
Not Important
Not Sure

The experience

What type of experience do you think would work best?
How long do you think an ideal session should be?
Under 30 minutes
30-45 minutes
45-60 minutes
1-2 hours
Other
Would you prefer sessions to be delivered at your setting, at a future Torr’s Exotics centre, or both?
Mobile Petting Zoo
Torr's Exotics Education and Wellbeing Centre
Both

Developing the project

If we provided fully funded sessions, would you be interested in taking part?
Yes
No
Maybe
Would you be interested in helping us develop or the programme?
Yes
Possibly
No
Would you be willing to provide feedback after a session?
Yes
No
Maybe
Would you be happy for us to contact you about the project as it develops?
Yes
No

Thank you for taking the time to help us shape the future of Torr’s Exotics and create something positive for our community. 🐾

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