The Door Staff Team

Following a successful career in Leadership Development, Victoria joined The Door team as Family Support Team Leader in 2011 and has held various roles until most recently in 2021 becoming CEO. In this role, she is delighted to drive the strategic leadership of The Door in service delivery, marketing and fundraising. And she is excited to bring her own style of leadership to every part of our delivery, enabling the team to be servant-hearted while providing high-quality support to secure the most effective outcomes.

As well as working at The Door Victoria is a Reader in The Church of England and in her spare time enjoys hiking, crocheting and walking her dogs.

Shona first joined The Door as a volunteer youth mentor, supporting young people one to one on a weekly basis. Following the expansion of The Door’s Family Support Service in 2018 Shona joined the team part time as Family Support Team Leader and in 2021 became our Intensive Support Team Manager. In this role Shona looks after The Door’s team of volunteer support workers as well as supporting parents 1:1 and hosting our Parent Connections support group.

When she isn’t at The Door Shona is a Mum of two and finds joy by cycling, reading and spending time with family. She is always up for learning new things and wholeheartedly believes, in a world where you can be anything, be kind.

Debbie joined The Door team in 2016 as a volunteer mentor and very soon took on the paid role of Schools Mentor in March of 2017. Soon after we were delighted to receive funding to set up support for Care Leavers (Door To The Future) providing mentors to support young people who have had experience of the care system, either as they leave care and start to live independently or as extra support up to the age of 25. In 2022 Debbie became Intensive support team leader and oversees all our mentoring provision for young people.

When she isn’t working for The Door Debbie also works for Dursley out of school club. She and her husband have three grown up daughters and a granddaughters. She enjoys walking her dog, and gardening with the help of her rescue hens.

Before working for The Door, Sandra was a Secondary School Teacher of English and Drama. Increasingly involved in the mental and emotional welfare of the students, Sandra trained as a Person-Centred Counsellor, developing a special interest in children and young people. She joined The Door as a voluntary support worker in 2013 and following the expansion of The Door's family support services, she became our Family Support Practitioner in 2015, developing and delivering the Family Face Time project and, as an accredited Triple P Facilitator, our parenting teens course. She can also be found supporting young people in schools, Sandra is committed to nurturing personal growth in others, supporting them on a journey of transformation as they work to receive the gifts of life, both well and poorly wrapped. When she isn't at The Door, Sandra enjoys spending time with family and friends, her 2 dogs and 2 cats. She is a walker, cyclist, a bit of a foodie and loves to travel. Literature and Theatre are her all-time passions.

Elisha joined The Door team in November 2021 as the Programme Manager for the Gloucestershire Mentoring Programme. Bringing with her a wealth of experience working with and supporting volunteers after almost ten years of working with charities in Gloucestershire. She recently worked in supporting vulnerable people who experience addiction through mentoring and is excited to be taking this experience into her work at The Door.

Away from The Door Elisha enjoys spending time with family and friends, cooking and enjoying good food and exploring the wilderness in Scotland.

Mike first came to The Door as a mentee looking for support. Once he was back on his feet he wanted to give something back and Mike started as a volunteer mentor in 2016. Before joining The Door team Mike studied Health and Social Care, worked as a freelance makeup artist and worked for Samaritans. In 2019 Mike took on the leadership of a volunteer-led pilot for the 'Mentoring Gateway' phone support line. After the pilot Mike joined The Door team 'proper' in 2020 as Mentoring Gateway Coordinator. His job is to call young people that need low level support or that are waiting for a face to face mentor to get to know them and provide support over the phone.

Away from The Door you can usually find him studying for a Psychology and Counselling Degree, playing around with make up, dying his hair (again!) or playing with his cats Oscar and Bam.

Gina joined The Door in 2022 and is now a mentoring gateway assistant. She is from Kenya and after working in the airline industry and travelling the world for over a decade, Gina decided she'd like to be more grounded and give back to her community by using her diversity and wealth of experience to inspire and encourage young people to aim for the skies, and that's how she found the Door.

Later that year, Gina also joined the Intensive Support Team as a Mentoring Gateway Support Assistant.

Away from The Door, Gina enjoys hiking with her husband, gardening, and weaving beautiful artefacts through the art form called Macramè. She is also studying with the aim to be a qualified counsellor for young people in the future.

Jill joined The Door as Coordinator for Gloucestershire Mentoring Programme in October 2021. In this role, she oversees the delivery of this early intervention service that’s being offered by a collaboration of seven trusted mentoring organisations, including The Door.

Passionate about fairness, Jill is drawing on 30 years’ leadership and management experience in schools and then local government to establish the Programme, which supports girls and young women at risk of ending up in the Criminal Justice System, helping them to achieve better life outcomes.

Away from The Door, Jill likes to be out and about with family and friends. At home, she enjoys entertaining, usually has a book and a textile project on the go, and likes to spend time in her garden, pottering and relaxing in the spa.

Teresa Harding is our Gloucestershire Mentoring Programme Administrator, bringing 20 years’ plus of administration experience and is using her coordinating, planning and scheduling skills to support the GMP collaboration as it progresses into the future.

Teresa is a volunteer mentor for The Door and after one year of mentoring, recognised the positive impact it can have, for both the mentee and the mentor. She is thrilled to be supporting GMP as a full time member of staff.

In her spare time, Teresa loves to spend time in her camper van with a bit of wild swimming and the occasional tandem skydive.

Having caught the vision of The Door Chris joined the team in 2021 as Finance and HR Assistant. Not long after he started, the role of Youthwork Manager was introduced. In this role he manages the youthwork branch of The Door including illuminate: he used his decade of experience in order to empower the youthwork team, ensure quality of delivery and explore exciting new areas of development.

Away from The Door, Chris is a proud Ireland rugby & Liverpool football fan and particularly enjoys hiking, bodyboarding, weightlifting and tennis. He is also a campervanning enthusiast. Chris and his wife Heather have 2 children, who have recently adopted some Guinea Pigs. Together they belong to Thornbury Baptist Church and are passionate about supporting people in their local community and exploring faith. Chris is always willing to pray for anyone who would like it.

Isak joined The Door team as a Sessional Youthworker in 2018 and stepped up into the role of Community Youthwork Coordinator for the Stroud area in 2019. Isak is responsible for all our Youthwork activities in and around Stroud Town, Stonehouse and Avening.

Before working for The Door Isak completed placement with Student Ministries in Oxford working with both the universities and a number of churches.

Away from The Door Isak is a big sports fan, supporting both the Swedish and British National teams as well as local FGR. Isak is also a member of the Cotswold Players.

Before working for The Door Willow was a leader at a local guides group. She joined The Door team in 2019 as a Sessional Youthworker, as part of the Stroud area team working in Stroud, Stonehouse and Avening as well as in Archway School. Following our 2021 restructure Willow became Pioneer Community Youthworker and is responsible for helping develop The Door's youthwork provision in new ways and in new areas. She loves to come up with new and interesting things to do in sessions and is willing to try anything! Willow is especially creative and is usually responsible for any arts and crafts taking place in sessions.

Away from The Door she can be found managing a local shop, swimming or dying her hair a crazy colour. Willow is also a volunteer mentor at The Door.

Madison joined the team in 2024. She recently completed a masters degree in Forensic Mental Health in Nottingham and Before this completed an undergraduate degree in Psychology with Sociology. Since joining the door Madison has started working towards my level 2 and level 3 in Youthwork.

Her interests include: Sustainability, the environment - she is always looking for ways to be more eco friendly in my day to day life. In addition to this she loves being outdoors going on long walks. Her mum lives in Devon so they love spending time by the coast together. Madison is also an animal person and so lives in a household with lots of pets included cats, dogs, guinea pigs.

Tracy joined The Door team in 2020 as a Sessional Youthworker in the Cam and Dursley Team. Her role is to support the lead youthworkers in sessions and to help them run smoothly. With over 20 years experience of working with young people Tracy is also a qualified therapeutic Counsellor and worked in this capacity in a Secondary School for eight years.

Away from The Door, Tracy is Community Support Officer for Jenner community at Rednock School, Mummy to Emily & Samuel. and if she ever has some free time, loves to bake, enjoys musical theatre and catching up with friends.

Anne started at The Door as a volunteer in The Door shop in 2013, since then she has completed a business administration apprenticeship in partnership with Stroud College and a Level 3 Diploma in Digital Marketing. Becoming Operations Manager in 2022. Anne manages The Door's marketing, databases, process and other behind the scenes systems. The other part of her role sees Anne organise The Door’s fundraising events and activities including street collections and concerts. She is also on hand to provide support for anyone raising money for The Door and as tech support to the staff team.

When she isn’t at The Door, Anne is secretary of both Churches Together in Stroud and Stroud Methodist Church, is a Director of Ignition Gloucestershire and can always be found at the Fairford Air Show every July.

Antoinette joined The Door team in 2023 and works alongside other members of the Fundraising Team to develop fundraising bids. With over 30 years’ experience in senior management roles in the skills, policy and education sectors, Antoinette brings experience of every aspect of the bidding process and a unique ability to listen to colleagues’ ideas and then craft those ideas into a persuasive bid narrative.

Supportive of positive mental health and wellbeing, Antoinette has undertaken counselling training, is a Mental Health First Aider and volunteers for a crisis helpline.

Away from The Door, Antoinette enjoys socialising with friends and family, walking, upcycling furniture and spending time with Otis, the dog.

Like many of The Door team, Jules started as a volunteer youth mentor in 2020 before joining The Door staff team in 2022. Jules is currently working towards completing her Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling at Stroud College. As Intensive Support Administration Coordinator Jules looks after the behind-the-scenes admin and coordination for the Intensive Support team. In addition to this role Jules supports our partnership working with local Primary Care Networks.

Away from The Door Jules can be found exploring nature, being creative or enjoying live music.