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Semi-final place? Doorway Kandu it!
…this year the team progressed to the semi-finals. This was the first time we have ever qualified from the Round Robin stage in this competition, after a decade or so of trying.
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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 […]
A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall: Doorway SleepOut 2020
On the night of Saturday January 25th, the latest (8th) biennial Sponsored Doorway SleepOut took place in the churchyard of St Andrew’s Church, Chippenham, venue for the SleepOuts since 2012. The SleepOuts are […]
Quintin’s Story
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, […]
Richard’s Story
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 […]
The Reality of the Welfare Reform – article published in Gazette & Herald newspaper Feb 2013
On the 21st February 2013 my first monthly article was published in the Opinion column of the Gazette and Herald newspaper. It is incredibly pertinent that this is the very […]
Finland’s Answer to Rough Sleeping
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 […]
Response to the official Government rough sleeper statistics from Doorway and Opendoor
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 […]
A Poem by a Stranger
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 […]
Doorway Annual Review 2015-2016
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 […]
The Doorway Football Team Play in the Kandu Kick Eurp 2016 Tournament
Sunday 10th July 2016 – Kandu Kicks does Euro 2016 Doorway is England for the day! It’s mid-July and today is a huge sporting day – Wimbledon Men’s Final, British Grand […]
“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 […]
Information for the Sponsored SleepOut – 23rd January 2016
Message to all the lovely peeps who have expressed an interest in joining us for the sponsored SleepOut on Saturday 23rd January: You need to make sure that you read […]
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 […]
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 […]
Neil
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 […]
Doorway Spring Fair
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 […]
The light at the end of the tunnel came too late – My Word published in the Gazette & Herald Newspaper – April 2015
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 […]