I’m up to my elbows in the washing up bowl trying to clear up the debris from dinner when out of the blue my husband comes out with a blinding […]
This year the Doorway team celebrate our ten year anniversary, which is somewhat ironic since in an ideal world there would never be any need for our service. However, the […]
In the summer of 2010 I asked one of our guests to write about his personal journey for our newly created blog. My intention was for him to get down […]
Steve has been visiting Doorway on and off over the years since 2005. Unfortunately he falls into the typical cycle that we regularly witness – rough sleeping to being housed […]
Last month one of our guests, Corky, stumbled upon my monthly newspaper column for the first time and the end result of our subsequent conversation turned out to be my […]
Saturday 16th August at Stanley Park – The World Cup!! Doorway is Costa Rica for a day The teams assembling, the crowd buzzing and then the news breaks – Colombia haven’t turned […]
Random acts of kindness and generosity by the local community are regularly witnessed by us at Doorway. Not only do we receive both financial and food donations but we also […]
Found this letter from one of our guests whilst unpacking boxes today in the office:- “There are times when I am mentally, emotionally living in a very dark place. Those […]
A’ came into the drop-in today and wrote this letter during the writing group session… It’s feedback like this that reminds why we do what we do and just how […]
Lisa’s Guest Opinion Column in the Gazette & Herald Newspaper – May 2014 As he heads out of the door, at the end of a drop-in session, B turns around and […]
Sian, Doorway’s Administrator, was recently interviewed by the Volunteer Centre Wiltshire and her story has just been published on their website. Sian had recently completed an Open University degree in Psychology and was […]
Lisa’s Guest Opinion Column in the Gazette & Herald Newspaper – April 2014 My job title of ‘Chief Executive’ is somewhat misleading considering the variety of tasks and responsibilities that I […]
Lisa’s Guest Opinion Column in the Gazette & Herald Newspaper – March 2014 As I am stood, bent over double, with tears streaming down my face there is a truly […]
“Doorway continues to improve and grow. As a drugs and alcohol agency worker who attends weekly I feel we are able to engage people who are difficult to reach and […]
Guest Opinion Column published in the Gazette & Herald newspaper – February 2014 Time never stands still at Doorway. Not only are the lives of our guests constantly changing but […]
As Doorway celebrates our tenth birthday this month it is worth looking at why there is a need for the organisation to exist in the first place and the common […]
On the night of Saturday January 25th, Doorway once again held a sponsored SleepOut, in the churchyard of St Andrew’s Church, Chippenham, venue for the previous SleepOut in 2012. I talked in the blogpiece about that […]
Introduction: The Doorway Guest Survey 2013 was carried out between July and September of the year, and had a record response rate of 50 surveys completed. We hoped to record […]
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