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It Will Come When It Comes
It will come when it comes Winter is approaching and unless we can escape to the southern hemisphere for a few months we can’t avoid it; the colder weather, the […]
News & Views
In Which We Find Out That Not Everyone is Tolerant and Compassionate
…of those who choose to live their lives outside society’s norms. One of our long term entrenched rough sleepers left us in the summer of 2014 to move on to […]
Neil
Hi all, I grew up in Cyprus (RAF) mollycoddled and poor, the most wonderful childhood. 9 years in all, total freedom, add to that Malta, Gibraltar, Germany etc. Then we […]
A “Green” Back-Packer (The Reward)
WOW: I am truly honoured to have been invited to Sainsbury’s this morning for the Cheque Presentation for Sainsbury’s Chippenham Charity of the Year 2014-2015. Doorway was presented by Sainsbury’s […]
Doorway Spring Fair
Many thanks to everyone involved in the organisation of the Spring Fair and manning the stalls on the day. And huge thanks, also, to everyone who supported the event by […]
Doorway Spring Fair
Had a great day helping out on the book stall at the Spring Fair today. From a guests point of view the following need a a special mention. To St Andrew’s […]
The light at the end of the tunnel came too late – My Word published in the Gazette & Herald Newspaper – April 2015
If you read my column last month then you will remember that two of our rough sleepers failed the Pereira Test since they were deemed, by the council, not to […]
Gareth writes about why he ran the London Marathon in support of Doorway
My name is Gareth and I lived in Wiltshire for a number of years whilst serving in the armed forces. I left the army last year and spent a brief […]
A “Green” Bag-Packer ( The Final Chapter)
Spent another day at Sainsburys Chippenham bag packing with Doorway although I had to leave earlier than I intended. It was both a sad but again a very enjoyable […]
A Poem to K
So Nearly There Painted man, upon your skin Danced pictures of your coloured past Hard on the outside, sweet within Through storm and sunshine you held fast To love of […]
How to define ‘ordinary’? – My Word published in the Gazette & Herald Newspaper – March 2015
There is a very little known legal assessment tool that establishes the vulnerability of those who are homeless called the “Pereira Test”. This test instructs authorities to ask the question, […]
On the streets for 16 years… out of choice
10:23pm Wednesday 11th March 2015 By Julie Armstrong COLIN is a chatty fellow but is momentarily lost for words when asked the meaning of ‘home’. Tonight, forecast minus three, he […]
Partner Profile – specialist drug and alcohol agency
I attend Doorway on a Thursday lunchtime for an hour in my role as a Recovery Worker for the Wiltshire Substance Misuse Service, currently run by Turning Point. This provides […]
A Random Act of Kindness
A random act of kindness set the ball rolling for a treat for the Doorway Women’s Group. Acts of kindness are not something that the women expect so for Maria […]
A “Green” Bag-Packer (Part 3)
Spent another great day at Sainsburys yesterday bag packing with Doorway. Again the customers were great with their generosity and friendliness and so were the staff, special thanks to Jenna for […]
The Corporate Scrouge
Corporate control It’s devouring us Money over love Let’s fight this scourge Governments work for them Business interests Come before the state Let’s fight this scourge Most of humanity’s unaware […]
Doorway, Social Exclusion & the Berlin Wall – Guest Opinion Column published in the Gazette & Herald Newspaper – Jan 2015
Way way back, 25 years ago, in November 1989 the Berlin wall was brought down by the people of Berlin. Not by the authorities but by the people on both […]
A “Green” Bag-Packer (Part 2)
Spent a long day at Sainsburys yesterday bag packing with Doorway. Once again I thoroughly enjoyed myself and had great fun too. Sainsburys staff were once again great, and the […]