This month’s Director’s Chair is from Business Development Director – Barrie Voyce For the team at The Door the start to 2020 has been mixed. From financial successes to staff illness and teams of new volunteers to a spike in
Lynn started working at The Door in October 2019 as part of the fundraising team. Hi Lynn, could you tell us a little about your role at The Door? Certainly, my role is Fundraiser, which means I am the one
It was during the 20-week pregnancy scan that Ollie’s parents were made aware that he had a heart defect. Ollie was born in 2005 with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome- a condition where the left lower pumping chamber (or ventricle) is
A report released last week from the Education Policy Institute stated that 133,000 young people had been turned away from Mental Health Services across England in 2019. Stroud based charity, The Door, is all too aware of the situation currently
“Hi I’m Leah and I’m The Door’s Community Youthworker for Stroud. Back when I’d just started in the 6th form at school, my friend, Bev, kept trying to get me to go to The Door. I was really reluctant, I’d
Hi I’m Alyssa, I’m in year 9 and I live in Wotton, When I found out about The Door, a lot of things were making me really anxious; my parents got divorced quite recently and I often felt like their
October has included lots of great fun activities across our Youth Centres, sessions focusing on Mental Health as well as positive coping strategies like art and exercise. Over in Avening the young people have enjoyed playing games and putting together
Introducing… Bev, Service Delivery Administrator So Bev, how did you come to work at The Door? I used to come to The Door after school when it was still at Gloucester Street. After my A-levels I was volunteering in the
This month’s Director’s Chair is from Victoria, Director of Service Delivery at The Door It is widely recognised that there are five key ways to mental well-being: 1. To Connect, 2. Be Active, 3. Keep learning, 4. Give to others, and
The Door Shop is delighted to be hosting Stroud’s pop up shop for Charity Christmas Cards provided by Cards for Good Causes. “Cards for Good Causes is the trading arm of charity, The 1959 Group of Charities — a