"Dreamcatchers
saves lives, we work
with the young people society have written off. We support them via
training and coaching to discover their passion and find the
motivation they need to fight their way back into society and prove
their doubters wrong by living an independent and positive
lifestyle.
Too many organisations who work with young people get hung up on
meaningless targets set by people who will never meet any young
people let alone learn their names. Dreamcatchers is a new breed,
we operate on a purely needs led basis and achieve positive results
through positive actions".
Andy Jackson -
Founder of Dreamcatchers
Click
HERE to listen to a BBC Radio
Manchester
interview with
Andy Jackson - The Founder of Dreamcatchers
Dreamcatchers offers
three services
1.
Youth Engagement: a regular
calendar of experiential activities, celebratory events and needs
related issue based projects
2.
Youth Development: a range of
personal development courses and employability programmes
3.
Youth Life Coaching: community
based drop in sessions and referral
service
Our goals in
delivering these services are to support young people
to
1. Create more
options for their
present situation and their future life
2.
Make better decisions by choosing to live a positive
lifestyle
3.
Take control of their life through their own independent
actions
Dreamcatchers meets
the needs young people whist recognising
1.
Their need for stability
and security
2.
Their need for consistency,
reliability, and continuity
3.
Their need for challenging
experiences and activities
4.
Their need for praise,
acknowledgement, and recognition
5.
Their need to be trusted
and gain respect and responsibility
Dreamcatchers was founded by Andy Jackson in 2005, he saw that
traditional youth provisions were no longer adequately meeting the
needs of young people, so he decided to do something about
it.
