Nederland

We currently serve the Dordrecht/Drechtsteden area as well as the municipality of Gorinchem with the intent to continue to expand to new locations.

Heroes Lodge

Stichting Heroes Lodge

Arnound Jan Oldeboom

Beer Rutte

Robert Nieto

Jeff Markusse

Using Table Top Role Playing games to help people who live in social isolation, struggle with loneliness. We reach those most can't, people who are socially anxious, introverted or on the autism spectrum. 

Being part of the local community and working together with other organizations is key for our mission but plans do change having our own location will be key to maintain operational stability. It also provides a shared office space to work.

The location functions as both an event space as well as our office.

This location is one of the biggest drains on our finances and since we attract a lot of people who are financially not that well off, especially not in this economy, most of it comes from personal savings.

Dordrecht

- We will provide a financial overview of our current costs and show how the money was spend.
- At least 1 year of financial buffer is created for rent and utilities with a longer term goal to take this to 3 years.
- We are open to provide other information on request. Learning what contributing parties value will be a big step forward for us so even if you have no intent of providing funds but have feedback you can get in touch with us either through here or through our LinkedIn page.

Thank you so much for reading!


To be honest we are a new non-profit and we are new to the many jobs that entail to running such a thing.

I know that isn't a great sales pitch but it is the truth.  

A stronger financial bases will allow us to cover the cost of our main play area / office. Regularly work with professional accountants to ensure our books are in order (this is already in progress and is paid from my personal savings, same for the notary costs and many other costs). We cannot carry this on our own indefinitely.

Even part of this money being granted would bring much stability both to our organisation and to our own income.

We regularly work with the Aanzet Library in Dordrecht and they will vouch for both our intent and effort.

Zorg en gezondheid

Onderwijs en wetenschap

Maatschappelijke en sociale doelen

Kunst en cultuur

We strive for one central location per region where we are not reliant on external parties to run our events. We already have one in the city of Dordrecht which is currently funded mainly by the savings of the organization and donations.

Fully covering our main location of operation is a key goal to ensure long term operational stability. 

Duurzame steden en gemeenschappen

Goede gezondheid en welzijn

Alle doelgroepen

We end up in an odd space that touches many aspects. The largest part is our focus of bringing real people together in the real world, away from screens, away from social media. 

We do this through Table Top Role Playing games and that attracts people that usually don't respond to other attempts to socialize. People on the autism spectrum, people with social anxiety or poor social communication skills.

Something unique happens when people play a role playing game. Even if it's just a little they imagine themselves as being different and by doing that regularly people will start to recognize that the stories they tell themselves of what they can and cannot do is what defines what is possible.

All the while they practice how to better communicate, plan, tell stories together with a focus on teamwork and collaboration.

I see this happen all the time and the reason I am here and I dedicate myself to this is because it happened to me as well. I know from personal experience how life changing this is.

We do not leave anyone out if we can. The main limitation we have is locations to play and group leaders to manage each group. Most of our current membership consists of late teen to adults up to about 60. We do hold regular training courses so anyone who specifically wants to focus on young kids, seniors or any other group can learn this from us for free.

The Heroes Lodge originates from Dordrecht and is the location where most of our members gather.

Table Top Role Playing games touch so many aspects of society. It uniquely attracts people who generally don't respond to other socialization projects and it is these people who often need it the most.

The real magic happens in playing the game itself and what makes it so different from other forms of media. When you tell a fictional story together, in the real world, your brain can't tell the difference. This provides a low risk way for people to practice whatever it is that is stopping them from growing as a person.

I experienced this myself and seeing this happen to others as well. For them to take that next step to overcome their fears and doubts is a beautiful thing.

I selected all audiences but it is with a bit of an *.
We mainly attract people ages 16 to 50, men and women.
While we are open for more specialized groups such as veterans, seniors or young children this requires a group leader with affinity with this target audience.

We do host free bi-weekly training courses for people interested to become group leaders.