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Lloyds Community Fund 2013 – PLEASE VOTE!
Doorway has been successfully shortlisted for the second stage of this national award. Several thousand organisations were nominated and only four have been shortlisted in each community area – so […]
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The Marathon Men – 15th September 2013
On Sunday 15th September 2013 four brave hearted members of the public are running half marathons in support of Doorway in potential gales and lashing rain… The Bristol Half Marathon […]
The Doorway Mantra – Guest Opinion Column published in the Gazette & Herald newspaper – August 2013
It’s good to see N as he strides through the door of the drop-in session with the biggest grin on his face. He works for one of our partner agencies […]
The MoneySupermarket Retail Challenge
The Challenge: Here at MoneySupermarket we believe in giving something back. That’s why, every year we support one selected national charity alongside several other local charities within our homeland of […]
News:- Doorway wins the Chippenham Area Board Community Award
The 2012 / 2013 Chippenham Area Board Community Awards celebrated the commitment, loyalty and hard work of individuals and teams who volunteer in our community. The Area Board was delighted […]
Doorway wins an Aviva Broker Community Fund Award
Doorway is extremely proud to announce that we have recently won an Aviva Broker Community Fund Award for the Community Spaces category. We were nominated by Karen at PSP Insurance […]
Doorway Christmas Tree “Wire and Beads”
Doorway, once again, displayed a Christmas Tree at the Chippenham Methodist Circuit’s ‘Festival of Christmas Trees’ between 7th and 9th December 2012. This year, Doorway asked the newly formed Women’s […]
Doorway Report Published – “Needs, Impact and the Future”
Introduction to the report: This report analyses the data collected by the Doorway 2012 Annual Survey. We aim to document and explore the types of needs presented to the organisation […]
Harvest Festival Donations 2013
Doorway would like to thank the following organisations for their kind donations of food from this year’s Harvest Festival collections:- Charter Primary SchoolChippenham Homemakers GroupChippenham & District WheelersChrist Church, Derry […]
Wiltshire Council & NHS Wiltshire VCS Award
Doorway is extremely proud to announce that we were short-listed for an award at the recent Wiltshire Council and NHS Wiltshire Voluntary and Community Awards Ceremony in Devizes on 2nd […]
We’ve got to directly challenge public perceptions of homelessness….
Homelessness can never be solved until the public’s perception of the issues surrounding homelessness is directly challenged. Charities need to be able to work in partnership with statutory organisations in […]
Doorway Report Published “Doorway Welfare Reforms and Agency”
This summer I completed my postgraduate dissertation on the welfare reforms and effective agency. Although my academic subject is Political Theory I believe that it is important to support theoretical […]
Mark Horvath, from Sunset Boulevard to Streets of London. And Chippenham.
On July 5th 2012, Doorway was delighted to be visited by Mark Horvath, from Los Angeles, California, USA. Mark, known on Twitter as @hardlynormal, was one of Doorway’s main inspirations in becoming involved in social media […]
Spring Fair 2012
Report by Mary, Trustee and Friend of Doorway “Although the weather wasn’t on our side the people of Chippenham came in droves and the day was a huge success. Doorway […]
Doorway’s Sponsored SleepOut 2012
This took place from 7pm on Saturday 28th January 2012 until 7am on Sunday 29th January at St Andrew’s Churchyard, Chippenham, with the superb number of 41 sleepers, of ages ranging from teenagers to […]
“The Face of Homelessness” Report from Doorway’s Guest Survey 2010
In November and December 2010 Doorway conducted a survey of guests, with the aim of producing a guest profile and statistics for funding purposes. The format was based on our […]
The Devil in Cider?
There is ever-increasing concern in the UK about the rising tide of alcohol consumption and of alcohol-related health problems, particularly liver disease. I mentioned this in a post on this site in […]
Outcome Report on Guest B
Guest B had been coming to Doorway for many years. Throughout that time he had struggled with drug and alcohol dependencies, relationship failure and ill health. In the past he […]