Doorway Writing Group 2017
Our July writing group was quiet but fruitful. Four guests took a keen interest in this month’s crossword, ably aided and abetted by various volunteers.At the writing table, we spoke […]
Our July writing group was quiet but fruitful. Four guests took a keen interest in this month’s crossword, ably aided and abetted by various volunteers.At the writing table, we spoke […]
Doorway writing group June 2017Five fabulous guests had a go at the crossword this month and we had a fun conversation about some of the words. Could we, we wondered, […]
Doorway Writing Group May 2017 The writing group crossword generated a lot of interest again this month, resulting in a total of seven guests beavering away – in groups on […]
Writing group April 2017 Our April session had a nice little spring in its step. The writing group crossword continues to be a popular feature: a number of people had […]
You often hear of people falling from great heights; having everything and losing it all. But you really don’t think it will ever happen to you. It sounds like a […]
On the 21st February 2013 my first monthly article was published in the Opinion column of the Gazette and Herald newspaper. It is incredibly pertinent that this is the very […]
Writing Group February 2017 We had another great writing group session this time. This month’s crossword worked well: guests on all tables contributed by answering clues; R and friend were […]
Writing group December 2016 We had another great session. We discussed poems: the importance of rhyme and meter as a driving force; the pros and cons of a freer form […]
Doorway Don’t remember me as you last saw me. I was feeling down, rough; useful life past and the present cold, hard, edgy. You see you gave me food, clean […]
The front page of this year’s Annual Review shows a word cloud created by members of the public who follow the Doorway Facebook page. They were asked to describe our […]
Why do dogs bark? Perhaps they know something we humans don’t. Minnie Outside the supermarket shoppers getting into their stride and I’m left with their legs outside and a whirl of […]
…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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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