Our services
One to One
Working on a one to one basis with a child or young person has many benefits – individual attention with a session focused on their needs. A non-judgemental adult who is there to listen and to accept them unconditionally; to support them to understand their feelings and make the changes in their life that they want.
Group
Working within a group to build social skills and confidence has many benefits – learning to share, take turns, negotiate, understand the need for rules and boundaries, accepting the opinion of others and building the confidence to express your own opinion. These skills transfer to home, school and the wider community, enabling young people to become effective members of society.
Aspires
Dreadnought Aspires project is a moving on programme – the overall aim of the project is to support young people with ASC to access mainstream social activities.
What else we provide?
Training
We provide training for all of our volunteers and can give specific training if needed (such as safeguarding training, autism awareness etc).
Counselling
We provide various types of counselling including counselling for parents and carers of children who use our services.
Do you want to…
Make a referral
Volunteer
What our service users say
Can I say how impressed I am at the speed you have responded and also at the amount of work and care you put in with all of our children. It is much genuinely much appreciated and, clearly, much needed – we are all amazed at how quickly you have turned this around.. You really do change lives.
“In the past i’ve had counselling on various occasions and at the end of it, I came out feeling drained and feeling down. When I got offered Dreadnoughts sessions I thought it might be the same but it was the complete opposite!! I came out of the sessions feeling better about myself, more relaxed and happier because i’ve off loaded all my stress and spoken about it and been given great advice on what to do”.
I first went to the Dreadnought Centre when I was about 14. At the time it was simply a case of just going, having fun, chatting to people and learning to build relationships (I also have Aspergers.) Now I realize that behind the scenes was the basic building blocks of learning to deal with people, society and life in general. At this current time I am now 23 years old have finished my bachelor’s degree and am now in full time employment. I am sure that with out the Dreadnought project I would have been to isolated to deal with the problems that were affecting my whole family at the time. I owe the staff, the volunteers and the young people around me a debt of thanks for with out there input i would have been lost with out them.
Latest news
AGM 2024
We are delighted to invite you to the Dreadnought Centre’s Annual General Meeting on Monday, 21st October 2024, at 6:30 pm. This […]
Aspires 20 Years Celebration
Come party with us as we mark 20 years of The Dreadnought Centre’s Aspires Project! If you’ve been part of the Aspires […]
Group Facilitator required for Young People with a Diagnosis of Autism
The Dreadnought Centre is seeking to recruit a part-time group facilitator to join the Aspires project. We are looking for a dynamic, […]