Hi, I’m Becky and I am a new sessional youthworker at The Door. At the age of 22, with Uni and a years internship behind me, where I explored both children’s work and youthwork, I finally decided that youthwork was
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Fantastic Fire Station #TheDoorOnTour
Following on from a successful set of trips in the Summer The Door’s youthwork team were back on tour during half term with a group of 8 young people from Stroud. Taking part in an exciting 3 day programme of activities.
Youthwork Introducing: Hara and Laura
Hello, I’m Hara. I’m 18 years old and have just started as a sessional youthworker for the Stroud area. I have been at The Door for a year and a half as a youthwork volunteer and I have loved learning about
Great Expectations in Dursley
Throughout the summer holidays we added an additional session, at The Vibe Centre in Dursley, each Thursday called Great Expectations. This is a program supported by the Gloucester PCC and is currently the only one operating in the country. I
#TheDoorOnTour Summer 2016
As the summer Holidays draw to a close we asked out youthwork team to reflect on the last 6 weeks of activities at The Door. …………………………………………………………………………………………… The six weeks kicked off with a sunny trip to Thorpe Park; a fantastic
#TheDoorOnTour Is Back!
#TheDoorOnTour is back for 2016 with a summer packed full of exciting new trips and activities for young people aged 11 – 17 . More details below:
Revision Session Success
It was once said by Albert Einstein that “I never teach my pupils, I only provide the conditions in which they can learn”. We are currently at that stage of the year in which Year 11 school pupils are in
That Little Bit Extra
Away from our 25 & Counting celebrations, it has been “business as usual” for us in the Youthwork team. Reflecting back over the last month, I have been really encouraged that despite having a very small team, we are still
Fantastic Jumptastic!
Twelve young people and two youthworkers from the Stroud Drop-in went on an amazing trip in the Easter break. They visited Jumptastic in Gloucester which put simply is a warehouse full of trampolines. Sam, our Community Youthworker for Cam and