In Which We Find Out That Not Everyone is Tolerant and Compassionate
…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 […]
…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 […]
Hi all, I grew up in Cyprus (RAF) mollycoddled and poor, the most wonderful childhood. 9 years in all, total freedom, add to that Malta, Gibraltar, Germany etc. Then we […]
Many thanks to everyone involved in the organisation of the Spring Fair and manning the stalls on the day. And huge thanks, also, to everyone who supported the event by […]
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 […]
My name is Gareth and I lived in Wiltshire for a number of years whilst serving in the armed forces. I left the army last year and spent a brief […]
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, […]
10:23pm Wednesday 11th March 2015 By Julie Armstrong COLIN is a chatty fellow but is momentarily lost for words when asked the meaning of ‘home’. Tonight, forecast minus three, he […]
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 […]
A random act of kindness set the ball rolling for a treat for the Doorway Women’s Group. Acts of kindness are not something that the women expect so for Maria […]
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 […]
At Doorway we are very interested in the power of words especially those relevant to the very core of our frontline work with those who access our services. Words like […]
Doorway would like to thank the following 48 organisations, schools and churches for their very kind donations of food from Harvest Festival:- Abbeyfield School All Saints Church, Littleton Drew All […]
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 […]
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