On December 13th, DangerPoint hosted our annual Christmas event once again at St Asaph Cathedral. We had a wonderful event this year and were very grateful for the return of the North East Wales Sinfonia Quartet who joined us once again. This year we also welcomed the Dee Sign Deaf Choir who signed along to… Read More »

On October 18th, DangerPoint attended the Flintshire Business Awards and were honoured to receive the ‘Best Social Enterprise Business Award’. The Flintshire Business Awards are made up of 9 categories that allow any successful business in Flintshire to enter these prestigious awards. All entries are judged by the sponsor of each award. The ‘Best Social… Read More »

During the summer holidays (2019) we received our mystery visit from Visit Wales as part of being in the ‘Quality Attraction Scheme’.  We received an excellent review and were awarded with the ‘Best Told Story’ in Wales award.  ‘The Best Told Story’ is awarded to attractions who create a memorable & enjoyable experience through interpretation… Read More »

We have launched another new display in the Centre this week. Sponsored by the Police and Crime Commissioner, the new display will focus on knife crime. The purpose of the display is to try and raise awareness of the consequences of carrying knives as well as reducing the fear of crime and the number of… Read More »

During May/ June, we hosted two students from The University of Chester, Ella & Keely, who are studying Criminology and Psychology on their 5 week placement to complete our annual research project.  They visited a total of 13 schools from across North Wales that had visited DangerPoint within the previous 3-6 months. During the re-visit,… Read More »

We have had lots of new exciting updates in the centre recently and one is a new 999 simulator which has been installed in the centre. The new interactive display is in the lounge and hosts 3 different scenarios – one each for the Police, Fire & Ambulance. Visitors can dial 999 and interact with… Read More »

On December 5th DangerPoint hosted our annual Christmas event once again at St Asaph Cathedral. We hosted a Christmas Concert and were very grateful for the return of Ysgol Bryn Garth and the North East Wales Sinfonia Quartet who joined us once again alongside Ysgol y Llys. This year we had fantastic support towards the… Read More »

Our term as a Co-op Local Cause has come to an end and we would like to thank everyone who supported us throughout. We were invited to all three Co-op’s in the area that had supported the community membership funding visiting Rhyl, Bodelwyddan and Rhuddlan stores to accept cheques and talk to staff and customers… Read More »

Tesco Bags of Help A big thank you from us to you for helping us succeed in our Tesco Bags of Help application! We came a fantastic 2nd with £2000 of funding being received. The funding will be used to subsidise visits to educate children and young people from local schools and youth groups on… Read More »

Our two intrepid runners fundraising on DangerPoint’s behalf were John Hanson and Julie Taylor who raised a total of £1,202 (including Gift Aid). It turned out to be a lovely, fresh Autumn day for the marathon and both runners crossed the finish line with smiles on their faces. Feedback from the two runners was very… Read More »

DangerPoint staff undertook a half day workshop with Deafness Support Network that included tips on how to be more inclusive of deaf people, the different forms of deafness and different methods of communicating with deaf people. Staff were also shown how to use the new hearing loop and portable devices that we have recently received… Read More »

DangerPoint closed its doors for a week in July for a very exciting new development! Our shop scenario has been completely refurbished by The Co-op making it bigger and more interactive for our visitor experience. The shop’s purpose at the centre aims to teach young people about the consequences and risks of peer pressure, bullying,… Read More »