Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head: Doorway SleepOut 2023
“I’m never gonna stop the rain by complaining” On the night of Saturday March 25th, the latest (10th) Sponsored Doorway SleepOut took place, this year in John Coles Park (by […]
“I’m never gonna stop the rain by complaining” On the night of Saturday March 25th, the latest (10th) Sponsored Doorway SleepOut took place, this year in John Coles Park (by […]
“….Wrapped up in a bag, another SleepOut in the night“ On the night of Saturday February 5th, the latest (9th) biennial Sponsored Doorway SleepOut took place, NOT in the churchyard […]
Journey into the Unknown After half a century of hard work and failed relationships, life was to come crashing down around me. Unforeseen circumstances and dubious decisions, on my part, […]
Chapter Three Left St Marys Paddington. What next? Find work? Find somewhere to live? But it dawned on me I don’t know London it’s so Big. Only worked in London… […]
Chapter Two I’m skipping a few years… but let’s just say working. Never been afraid to work. Have a strong work ethic. Left home as such. Got my place, a […]
Introduction I first became aware of John on Twitter around 5 years ago as @bullringbash He stood out, amongst the crowd of organisations and individuals in the homelessness sector, since he […]
You often hear of people falling from great heights; having everything and losing it all. But you really don’t think it will ever happen to you. It sounds like a […]
In November 2016 I had the fantastic opportunity to travel to Finland with a BBC Bristol reporter / researcher, Rachel Stonehouse, and a BBC cameraman, Jez Toogood, as part of a BBC Inside […]
Doorway and Opendoor’s response to the newly published annual rough Government sleeper statistics. The official government annual rough sleeping statistics were published yesterday (25.01.17) following the count which took place […]
Doorway Don’t remember me as you last saw me. I was feeling down, rough; useful life past and the present cold, hard, edgy. You see you gave me food, clean […]
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 […]
The front page of this year’s Annual Review shows a word cloud created by members of the public who follow the Doorway Facebook page. They were asked to describe our […]
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 […]
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 […]
…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 […]
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, […]
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