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Adieu, adieu, adieu.
To you, and you and you. When I started writing this, my last official Doorway Writing Group blog, I was in the throes of moving and was surrounded by removal […]
Cold Weather
“I’m Only Doing This For One Night”
On Saturday 23rd January, Doorway SleepOut 2016 took place in St Andrew’s Churchyard, Chippenham, 2 years after the previous one, and the 6th such event. The event was very successful, with around £10,000 being […]
The Dogs Need to be Looked After As Well As the Owners
It has become apparent over the years that, during Doorway drop-in sessions, our dogs need to be looked after as well as our guests. Leaving them outside in the cold and […]
Bah Humbug to Christmas – Guest Opinion Column published in the Gazette & Herald newspaper – December 2013
It is getting more apparent, each year, that the twelve months between each Christmas period are getting horrendously shorter and shorter. Whilst I can rightly argue that the festive marketing […]
Tis the season of goodwill…
The following is an account written by one of our Support Workers:- J has been resident at Unity House since June this year. He is on platinum banding for housing, […]
Kicked out for caring… the story of a Doorway guest
The following is an account of events that have taken place over the last week. It is written by one of our Support Workers who is very distressed and frustrated […]
Poems from Doorway SleepOut 2012
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 […]
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 […]
‘T’ in the Park (and on the streets and in the doorways)
(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 […]
Weather Snow and Ice
Great Britain is at the moment enduring a national phenomenon with weather conditions happening which are uncommon for this time of year. But where is the blame being put? It is not an […]
Media Release – Christmas 2010
A White Christmas is not on Doorway’s Wish List Doorway, the Wiltshire charity providing open access drop-in sessions for homeless and marginalised adults in Chippenham, is highlighting the existence of […]
Surviving The Cold
The problem: The UK has been experiencing a cold snap, with regular overnight sub-zero temperatures, and on some days, the thermometers barely registering above zero in the daytime. Similar weather conditions […]