Website Developer, Database and Content Manager
Jen joined the team in mid-August 2020 as our Web Developer and Content Manager. She not only designed our fantastic website but also built our online registration and members’ platform. Jen has been the recipient of our Volunteer of the Year award for both 2023 and 2024 for her dedication and commitment to PADs.
Jen’s background is in Software Development, having worked in recent years as a React Developer. Prior to that, she spent several years as a Full Stack Developer for one of the UK’s leading financial service providers. Jen also lends a hand at local events with her corgi, Keith!
Thank you, Jen — we couldn’t do it without you.
Mental Health Trainer
Jess joined PADS in March 2024 to deliver mental health training to our Volunteer Trainers.
Jess is a Psychology graduate and a BACP registered psychotherapist (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy). She works in private practice in Bristol and practices a trauma-informed, emotion-focussed type of therapy called ISTDP (Intensive, Short Term, Dynamic Psychotherapy). She is in training to become a teacher and supervisor of this modality. Jess’ previous roles include training volunteers to deliver horticultural therapy for a homelessness charity in London, support work for survivors of domestic violence and rehab work with brain injury patients. Jess loves all animals and has a special affinity with dogs. But don’t tell that to her rescue cat!
Administrator
Anna joined the PADs team in 2024 to help out with admin. She has a social science degree and has worked and volunteered for several nonprofit organisations over the years. She enjoys being outside and has a pet cat that behaves more like a dog!
Our Volunteer Trainers
PADs recruits professional dog trainers with a strong background in practical experience supported by theoretical knowledge. All our trainers are force-free, qualified, and registered as trainers or behaviourists. They hold appropriate professional indemnity and public liability insurance and have enhanced DBS checks. From Spring 2024, our trainers will be available volunteering with registered In Training PADs Members within their local catchment areas.
Cambridge
James
James is a fully qualified dog trainer accredited by the IMDT (Institute of Modern Dog Trainers) and DTC (Dog Training College) and is also a registered KAD (Kids Around Dogs) instructor. With over five years of professional experience, he has trained more than 500 dogs and continues to enhance his expertise by attending workshops and seminars while actively working towards his behaviourist qualification.
James runs his own dog training business, specialising in puppy development and working with large breed reactive dogs. Outside of training, he enjoys spending time with his wife and their two dogs, Cookie and Teaser, or playing a round of golf when the weather allows. Based in Cambridge, James frequently travels back to Cornwall to work with many of his long-term clients. James Volunteers for PADs in Cambridge postcodes CB8, CB7, CB6, PE27 & PE16.
London
Sorrel
Sorrel is a fully qualified Trainer and Behaviourist with the IMDT (Institute of Modern Dog Trainers). She exclusively uses kind, modern, science-based methods, ensuring that training is an enjoyable experience for both dogs and their caregivers. Committed to continuous learning, Sorrel regularly updates her knowledge to stay up to date with the latest behavioural science.
She is the founder of Happy Tails Dog Training and has worked with hundreds of dogs and their caregivers across South West London in recent years. Separately from her training and behaviour work Sorrel is also a qualified lawyer! At home, Sorrel loves spending time with Lucy, her tri-paw Springer Spaniel, and Bramble, her Sprocker. Sorrel volunteers for PADs in SW London postcodes SW13, SW14, SW15, TW9 and TW10.
Hull
Emily
Emily is a qualified and accredited animal training instructor (ABTC-ATI) with the Professional Association of Canine Trainers (PACT). She holds a master’s degree in Clinical Animal Behaviour and is an associate member of the Association of Pet Behaviour Counsellors (APBC), as well as a candidate member of the Fellowship of Animal Behaviour Clinicians (FABC).
Emily runs her own small business, working on clinical animal behaviour cases from veterinary referral, and 1:1 reward-based training. Passionate about promoting ethical, evidence-based, and effective training, she is dedicated to helping both dogs and their owners achieve positive, lasting results.
Emily shares her life with her two beloved spaniels, Floss and Pip, who are the lights of her life. Emily volunteers for PADs in Hull, East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire post codes HU1 through to HU29 & DN18 – DN20.