Early in the afternoon of Thursday 3rd May, I telephoned your Adult Care Department via the customer services contact number. My intention was to make a vulnerable adult referral with a […]
We always encourage feedback from guests and volunteers at the Doorway football project (Doorway indeed encourages feedback in all it does) – but we thought recently that we ought to have a more […]
One of Doorway‘s guests said as a passing comment on leaving the drop-in session a couple of weeks ago: “Thanks for everything. If it wasn’t for you, I’d have jumped off […]
As written about elsewhere on this site, on Saturday 28th January 2012, the Doorway Sponsored SleepOut took place. This was timed to take place during Poverty and Homelessness Action Week, the theme for which this […]
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 […]
Editor’s note) Last week, there was a creative writing session at the Thursday Doorway drop-in session. One of the guests, who often joins in the creative writing session when it is running, asked […]
(…..and possibly silver……..) Wednesday December 7th, Croft Sports Centre, Old Town, Swindon – the Swindon and Wiltshire Adult Inclusion Festival. Doorway’s third time in a football tournament (following on our appearances […]
(This is the transcript of a speech made by Doorway guest ‘T’ at the Doorway AGM. It should not be seen as forming part of the AGM minutes, and is T’s own […]
Andrew was inspired to volunteer with a homeless organisation after watching Channel 4’s Secret Millionaire. He found Doorway online and has been volunteering there for five months. He enjoys being on the front […]
“It’s 14 miles to Trowbridge, we’ve got a full tank of gas, a packet of rolling tobacco, it’s sunny at times, and Lisa’s wearing sunglasses………………….we’re on a mission from Doorway” […]
We three cooks were busy preparing lunch for the usual Thursday drop-in session when we were advised of a surprise visit. How delightful it was to find that it was […]
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 […]
This is what all guests and visitors were given when they arrived at the lunchtime session on Thursday 31st March: The idea, not to obtain the guests’ feedback on the […]
More sketches from Doorway guest J, all drawn on postcards.
I re-read a report, today, by Gerard Lemos and Stefan Durkacz (published by Lemos & Crane) entitled “Dreams Deferred” which was published back in 2002 but which is still very relevant […]
Innovative Safety Scheme Receives New Funding Wiltshire Fire & Rescue Service’s innovative scheme to help vulnerable adults living rough has received a funding boost. The Service provides street survival bags […]
Editor’s note – this poem has been published by homeless charities in the USA and Canada, and is reproduced here by kind permission of Terry, who is based in Chippenham. Terry […]
by Vicki – a Doorway volunteer (Notes for a talk given at the Homeless Sunday Service at St Andrew’s Church Chippenham on January 30th 2011) Six years ago, at a similar […]
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