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‘Doorway’ – a poem for Homelessness Sunday
This poem was written by jml10 for, and recited by him at, the Homelessness Sunday Service at St Andrew’s Church, Chippenham, on Sunday January 30th 2011. Doorway When I didn’t […]
Homeless
A late delivery
This is a very late delivery, and it’s not because I’ve been stuck in the snow somewhere. It’s due mainly to having written it last week but then feeling that […]
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 […]
The Bad Samaritan
By Neil Brownhill (A slightly modified version of a blog post published 4th December 2010 on ‘The Ramblings of a Middle Aged Man’) This story starts on a typical two days / […]
Empty Room
(Lyrics by J) Stooping to pick up a battered Coin from the kerbside A subject of the Scarecrow King From the outside Where does he go when the job has […]
Getting ‘sorted’
(by Stuart Sorensen – @AMJ_Training ) There are many reasons for homelessness. Some may be more avoidable than others but none are particularly pleasant. In my case I think I have to be […]
Of Homeless Hubs, Haven for Hope, Hostels and Hackney Wick.
(Note: I draw the reader’s attention to the disclaimer on this website – i.e. I do not seek to represent the views or opinions of Doorway Wiltshire Ltd.) 2012. The year […]
Something about Ivor
A few weeks ago J lent me a book of poems by the Gloucestershire poet Ivor Gurney. He’d come up in conversation during one of our writing sessions when we found […]
World Homeless Day 10.10.10 & The Doorway Sky Dive
On the 10th of the 10th 2010 millions of people around the world marked World Homeless Day in many varied ways and changed the lives of homeless people in their local community. […]
Writing Freely
We did a writing exercise today. This is a new venture for the group, not having done one before (I don’t think). I’ve been doing a lot of free writing […]