About Us

 

 

Heroes is a not for profit enterprise in the Berkshire area and creates powerful exciting programmes to address young peoples needs and help self motivate them in their learning, by getting them to set their own goals and take responsibility for their own learning and life.  Many young people who have attended Heroes have gone on successfully to college, or gone back into the school system to continue their education.   Heroes was started by mother of two, Dawn Dingwall in 2001.  Dawn choose to home educate both her children and started  a group to meet other like minded individuals. She went on to form a group where her children and other children could get together to do workshops, play sports and interact.

  

The group started off in a small local village hall in Holyport Berkshire, where they met once a week for activities.  After running for three years they decided to find a place where they could rent and start to grow the group. 

 

They were offered the use of a woodland venue where they stayed till June 2009.  During this time they had set up a small community group with a constitution and were running four days a week.

 

Heroes had changed a lot from the early days and started to attract interest from schools, youth organisations and  parents who had never thought of home education as an option. 

 

In September 2009 Heroes had developed a range of programmes:-

 

Heroes for home-educated young people

Heroes Programmes for schools and groups

Heroes Consultancy - to help others set up similar centres in their own areas.

Heroes Franchaise - will be available in the not too distant future in different areas of the UK

 

During the last nine years Dawn has gained all of her experience working hands on with young people from all backgrounds.  She has run several large events for teenagers, worked on programmes with young autisic people and worked with young people who have social behaviour problems.

 

Her background includes coaching young people, business enterprise, public speaking and nutrition and cooking. 

 

During Heroes development over the years a  team has been created to work along side Dawn. Many of the team members were attracted by the ethos of the group and felt inspired to work with young people to help them achieve and make the best of their lives from whatever background they come from.

  

If you would like to find out more about Heroes please email us dawndingwall@btinternet.com