Many young people are ready to crash into the summer holidays; exhausted by the long school year they have just been through. They look forward to the break with much anticipation of exciting things to come like trips overseas, camps
Directors Chair
Happy Volunteers Week
Happy Volunteers Week! Volunteers Week has now been going for 40 years; The Door is now in its 33rd. When we started, we were entirely dreamed up, set up, managed, shaped, staffed and administered by volunteers. 5 years into our
Introducing Paddy
Introducing Paddy – Charity Shop Assistant Hi Paddy, could you start off by explaining what you do at The Door Sure, I am a member of staff in The Door Shop, which involves running the shop, looking after the till
Kind2Mind 2024
Thank you! So much for supporting our Kind2Mind Fundraiser – raising over £5000 towards mentoring at The Door. Thank you! “Talking to my mentor really helps me. Before I met you I had nearly given up hope.” – Mentee A
SMT – Chris
Thoughts from our Senior Management Team: Youthwork Manager Chris “It may come as no surprise that there is a mental health crisis amongst young people across our nation. They are facing unprecedented and relentless pressures on their wellbeing through social
Mental Health Awareness Week 2024
For Mental Health Awareness Week 13th-19th May 2024 The Door’s CEO Victoria writes… At The Door, we see daily how the competing priorities and pressures of daily life are impacting the well-being of those we support and know just how
Introducing Gina
Introducing Gina… Mentoring Gateway Support Assistant Hi I’m Gina, and I have worked at The Door for a few years both in youthwork and intensive support. My current role is as a telephone mentor. Tell us about that. Ok, I
Tom’s 100KinMay Story
Tom is one of The Door’s Trustees and is getting ready to take on The Door’s 100KinMay Challenge… May – a time of warm, lengthening days, and of bank holidays. The easy days of summer beckon. The BBQ begins to
Youth Charity has Spring in its step!
Youth Charity has Spring in its step! Local Stroud and Cotswold youth charity, The Door needs you to step up this spring, get on your bike or dive in across the District and take part in their annual 100kinMay Challenge.
Director’s Chair
This month’s Director’s Chair is written by The Door’s CEO Victoria: With the clocks going forward and the daffodils in full bloom spring is certainly here – and of course, (no doubt thanks to all the rain!) the grass is