TAG CIC
The Baxter Project
Animal-assisted early intervention for schools and children’s settings, using behaviour-assessed companion dogs as an engagement bridge for young people who struggle to access traditional support.
Explore BaxterThe organisation behind The Baxter Project, Dragonfly CPD and DNA-V Traitors
Community Interest Company · Company number 11812101
Evidence-led support, training and intervention for organisations working with vulnerable people.
Therapeutic Activities Group CIC is an award-winning Welsh social enterprise. We design and deliver frontline intervention, practitioner CPD, immersive learning and outcome-focused tools for schools, children’s services, charities and responsible employers.
CICCommunity benefit locked into the organisation.
2019Delivering since incorporation.
30,000+One-to-one Baxter Project sessions delivered.
100+Schools and organisations reached.
Why this work matters
The gap between need and support is where TAG CIC works.
Children, vulnerable adults and frontline practitioners often meet systems at their most stretched. Our work sits in the practical space between early help, safeguarding, wellbeing, training and organisational confidence.
For children and young people
Anxiety, bereavement, trauma, school avoidance and low trust can make traditional support hard to access. Relationship-based intervention helps create a safer route back into engagement.
For practitioners
Complex work cannot be reduced to certificates. Teams need judgement, tools, supervision, reflection and confidence when real situations are messy.
For organisations
Schools, charities and services need support that is compassionate, accountable and capable of evidencing outcomes.
For funders
Prevention, early intervention and practitioner capability are social value investments. The evidence needs to be clear, honest and usable.
Our connected ventures
Three ventures. One serious umbrella.
Each venture has its own identity, audience and route into support. The common thread is stronger practice: safer relationships, better judgement, better evidence and work that can stand up to scrutiny.
Dragonfly CPD
Scenario-based CPD with manager oversight, certificates, renewal evidence and practical toolboxes — built for organisations where tick-box learning is not enough.
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DNA‑V Traitors
Experiential psychological-flexibility training that helps people notice patterns, work with values and respond better under pressure.
Explore DNA‑VEvidence & impact
Impact that is tracked, not guessed.
We combine delivery records, session-level notes, feedback, wellbeing and engagement indicators, case studies and learning analytics where appropriate.
What can be evidenced
- Delivery scale and session records
- Attendance, engagement and wellbeing indicators where commissioned
- School, practitioner and participant feedback
- Termly reports and anonymised case studies
- Learning analytics and manager oversight through Dragonfly CPD
Recognition
Recognised for social impact, innovation and community benefit.
Winner
Welsh Social Enterprise of the Year
Social Business Wales
Winner
Prove It: Social Impact Award
Recognition for measurable social value.
Highly commended
One to Watch
Recognition during earlier organisational development.
Human proof
Anonymised examples of the work in practice.
These examples are deliberately anonymised. Named testimonials and full evidence can be supplied where consent and commissioning arrangements allow.
01
A pupil who had stopped trusting adults
A young person experiencing anxiety, low trust and inconsistent engagement was supported through regular relationship-based sessions. The dog created a safer first step; the practitioner used that engagement to build communication, regulation and willingness to re-enter learning routines.
02
A team needing more than compliance CPD
A practitioner team needed training that helped them make better decisions, not simply complete mandatory learning. Dragonfly CPD was designed around realistic judgement scenarios, feedback, manager oversight and practical tools that remain available after the certificate.
Funding, commissioning and partnership
Need due diligence information?
We can provide governance documents, safeguarding assurance, impact summaries, case studies, policy information and service-specific packs for funders, commissioners, awards panels and partners.