Welcome to FETCH

For Everything Training, Checklist & Help

You're here because you said yes.
Someone asked whether you'd take on the coordinator role for your region, and you put your hand up.

Fetch Academy is where you get ready.

New Coordinators

As a Story Dogs Coordinator, you'll come into contact with sensitive information: details about children, families, and schools that need to stay protected.

Before you start, you'll be asked to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement. It's a short form, and it's there to protect the people who trust us with their kids.

Once your signed NDA is received, your training access email will arrive within two business days.

Returning Coordinators

Sign back in and pick up exactly where you left off — or jump straight to the topic you need.

What's inside

A quick look at the ground you'll cover:

Welcome & Getting Started

the basics and your first look at Buddy, our Database

Dog Sponsorship

finding and keeping the sponsors who fund each dog team

Bringing on Volunteers (WAGGS)

recruitment, meet and greets, dog team assessments and more

Dog Behaviour & Welfare

what to watch for and where to go for support

Working with Schools

sign-ups, orientations, financial contributions

Supporting Your Volunteers

how to keep your volunteers supported and connected

...and much more to make you a successful Coordinator — including time management, working with the media, and everything else that makes the role sustainable long-term.

How it fits your life

Self-paced, always

No fixed schedule, no deadlines. Work through it in the evenings, on a free Saturday morning, whenever you've got a spare half hour.

Pick up where you left off

Module by module, in your own order and your own time. Nothing's lost if life gets busy for a while.

No tests, no marks

A quick quiz at the end of each topic just confirms it's landed. Nothing to fail, nothing to be graded on.

Ready when you are.

No deadline. No pressure.
Just pick up the first module whenever you're ready to start.

New Coordinators
Existing Coordinators
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