Dani has been working closely with a wonderful charity - Joes Buddy Line - for a number of years. This followed seeing Roman Kemp’s documentary Our Silent Emergency which featured the charity and issues impacting young people’s mental health. Dani captured the documentary which in turn was picked up by the Trustees of the charity. They approached her to help create visuals for young people and school communities. As Dani and her family had also been touched by issues raised in the programme, she was only too happy to help develop visual tools for the charity.

In 2023, the Trustees approached her with a new project - to design and illustrate a book for young people in Key Stage 2 education. Working with child psychologist and author Dr Tina Rae, Dani developed a colourful world of characters The Buddies Talk characters. The work resulted in a book being launched - with all work being done without fee or royalties by Dani and Dr Tina - all proceeds go to Joe’s Buddy Line charity.

Following on from their creation, the Buddies have been developed in a way that helps to engage with young people - and teachers and parents. Her work is all based on the GLAS Method and includes kindness, communication, balance, confidence and clarity.