7th – 11th November 2022 is National Youthwork Week “One of the most powerful protective factors that can mitigate the effects of trauma and adversity for vulnerable children and young people is a stable, supportive
National Youthwork Week



7th – 11th November 2022 is National Youthwork Week “One of the most powerful protective factors that can mitigate the effects of trauma and adversity for vulnerable children and young people is a stable, supportive

Reasons to be thankful The Youthwork team had an incident free evening at the Five Valleys Fireworks on Monday Young people at TK are making great progress in there mentoring We had lots of young people visit our Engine Room

Reasons to be thankful We had a great Restorative Practise training session on Wednesday. Lia has hit the ground running as our new illuminate Intern and is settling in well. Young people Volunteering at the Stroud Half Marathon did a

Reasons to be thankful There was a great session for volunteers about ACEs last week We have almost 20 volunteers signed up to train as mentors at the end of the month Praise God! Monday 17th October Today please continue

Reasons to be thankful The Movement Worship Night on Friday supported by illuminate went well The Gloucestershire Mentoring Programme is making good progress Praise God! Monday 10th October Please continue to pray for good physical and mental health for those

Reasons to be thankful Volunteer mentors have finished their training this week and are ready to be matched. We had a good review of our youthwork provision in Cam and Dursley Willow has been able to represent young people well

We are proud to be part of the Gloucestershire Mentoring Programme (GMP) where The Door plays a dual role both as a provider and as the host for the project coordinator. GMP offers young “at risk” females the chance to

Reasons to be thankful Our volunteer abseilers had a great event last weekend and have raised almost £2000. The photo shoot on Saturday in Stonehouse went well. Praise God! Monday 26th September Please pray for the youthwork team as they

The start of September marks Suicide Prevention Awareness Week, so we asked our friends at Sunflowers Suicide Support to share what they have been up to. Elise sent us this… Sunflowers Suicide Support Charity was created in memory of Pete

Introducing… Barrie, illuminate Coordinator. Hi Barrie! Hello. First things first, how did you end up working at The Door? When I finished my degree in Youthwork I was looking for a new challenge. Most of my experience was working with