Working with our partners, worldwide veterinary health company, Ceva Animal Health, we have been highlighting fascinating new research into the attachment theory between children and young people and their companion animals.

Many experts agree that companion animals can be beneficial to human wellbeing, and there is considerable anecdotal evidence to support this idea. High-quality, peer-reviewed science in this area is, however, largely lacking. This makes it difficult to develop effective evidence-based policies, best practices and guidelines for organisations and individuals working in the field of animal-assisted interventions.

Sound policies and guidance are vital to ensure animal-assisted interventions – ranging from fully-trained assistance animals to family pets – respect the well-being of both humans and animals, and

deliver maximum benefits. A sound evidence base is also crucial if public health agencies and other organisations are to be convinced to allocate scarce resources to animal-assisted interventions over other options.

As part of its ongoing support to the International Association of Human-Animal Interaction Organizations (IAHAIO), Ceva is continuing to support innovative research to help enhance the science around the human-animal bond. It particularly focuses on how pets can improve the wellbeing of children and young people, including those living with mental health challenges. Earlier support from Ceva helped to shed light on a mechanism (synchrony 1) that may underlie the effect of dog-assisted therapy and how this makes a difference for children with autism spectrum disorder and Down syndrome 2.

The latest PhD researcher to be supported by Ceva is Danielle Groenewoud, an experienced clinical psychologist, who is comparing the nature of the bond between youngsters aged 8-14 years with their pets and also with their parents. In her clinical work with adolescents with depression or anxiety, Danielle is used to working with the whole family – parents and siblings, and often pets too. She realised, however, that 20-years ago, when she trained, there was nothing in the curriculum about the human animal bond and, even now, this topic receives only scant coverage.

His work in Australia resulted in an invitation to our co-owner, Nik Wood, to meet Australia’s Governor General, at Government House in capital Canberra, together with a very special group of dogs!

Nik prepares to meet with the Governor General of Australia at Government House, Canberra

Nik met with His Excellency General the Honourable David Hurley and Her Excellency, Linda Hurley, as part of a group from Integra Service Dogs Australia.

In recent years, we have highlighted the amazing work of Assistance Dogs Australia through our major client, Ceva Animal Health and the President of Assistance Dogs International, Richard Lord who is now National Partnerships Manager with Integra, the organisation that provides service dogs for military veterans and first responders who encounter post traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD) as a result of their role.

Integra is a Not-for-Profit Organisation, founded by Veterans for supporting Veterans and First Responders suffering from PTSD. Integra specialises in the sourcing, matching, placement, ongoing training and development of high quality Labrador trainee Service Dogs with Veterans and First Responders suffering from PTSD.

They are a national provider, delivering Assistance Dog services in most states and territories, and have efficiently matched and placed more than one hundred (100) high quality Labrador dogs with veterans and first responders.

See the associated video report here:

Integra was founded in 2016 to deliver the vision established by Mr Ken Lloyd, OAM MSs JP (NSW), which is to provide excellent Service Dogs to Veterans and First Responders who have served our country. Learn more about Integra in the video below.

When Security Seal Technology wanted to explain their brand new product to the aviation industry,they chose Good Call Media to create a ‘video explainer’.

Security Seal Technology Ltd is the first to explore and develop fully electronic auditable track and trace security for the airline, road, rail and retail sectors. From the research and development of the products to the cloud-based SAFTA Management Portal that’s been developed to capture and report on the data recorded from the electronic locks. Security Seal Technology now offers an alternative in the electronic sealing of goods and assets.

SAFTA is the culmination of professional development, industry research and airline trials resulting in a high security sealing device to secure in-flight carts and canisters.

For the last thirty years in-flight equipment has been principally secured by single use plastic seals and locked by ineffective padlocks which offered little deterrent to thieves. It is estimated by IATA that losses in excess of $50m per year from duty free and retail theft is extremely conservative.

The threat from international terrorism is ever present and the detection of unauthorised packages

being inserted in carts and canisters is a major concern for airline security and law enforcement agencies.

The need for a security device to alert against such occurrences was high on the list of requirements when Security Seal Technology engineers were commissioned to minimise the risks associated with theft and terrorist attack.

Security Seal Technology studied aviation logistics systems and it was clear that there was a requirement for the development of a high security seal which could identify individual staff, record all operations and ensure set procedures were followed.

Due to the investment in existing galley stock it was also evident that the new seal had to be designed in such a manner that it could retrofit onto most carts and canisters currently in circulation, irrespective of the manufacturer or supplier of those assets.

Filming in the state of the art control room

We’ve just completed filming the amazing new NBIF (National Buried Infrastructure Facility) at University of Birmingham, which is unique in the world and led to a very cool Linked In posting by Nikolaos Venetsaneas, who is Business Engagement Manager at the University.

Just click on the logo below to see the post:

Here’s what they said about us:

World leading facility

Yesterday, we had the pleasure of recording a video with Good Call Media at the National Buried Infrastructure Facility (#NBIF_UK) to showcase the cutting-edge MTS Systems Corporation equipment and capabilities available within the facility.
(We even had the opportunity to unbox ‘Big Bertha’ : our
largest 200-tonne actuator!).🙂

The aim is to share our expertise, advanced technologies, and groundbreaking solutions globally with industry stakeholders and markets, giving NBIF unparalleled international reach and visibility.

Fiona filming on the moving floor

A big thanks to:
*Good Call Media team (Fiona Molloy, Nik Wood)
*MTS Systems Corporation team (Paul Hold, Paul Lehman, Garth Su PhD MBA)
* #NBIF_UK team (Nicole Metje, Asaad Faramarzi, Kieran Hansard, Christopher Harbutt, Ethan Ashton, Scott Hockell)

We say – “a big thanks Nik”.

Ever since Covid, the competition for talent has got hotter and hotter, particularly in construction and the built environment.

We are increasingly being asked to design videos to help with hiring and recruitment in various of these sectors, most recently for UK consultancy SRE.

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What started as Malcolm Maclean Consultancy producing energy and sustainability statements for the residential sector is now SRE Ltd, delivering over 40 different services covering sustainability, energy and building physics for the
commercial, mixed-use and residential sectors. With 90% of their work being for return or referral clients

The company has  ambitious plans for growing the business and for providing yet more services. But they need to ensure they are getting the best in class when it comes to talent, which is why we were called in to produce a series of videos depicting what it is like to work for SRE.