On Thursday 3rd May our Youthwork team hosted the official launch of The Door’s youthwork in Stonehouse at The Pod. With guests including the Mayor of Stonehouse (read her story here), local Police, representatives from Stonehouse Town Council, and
Often we tell stories about young people who have faced severe hardship – family breakdown, mental health issues, crime and anti-social behaviour. Whilst these are typical of the kind of issues we help young people cope with, we strive to
With less than 4 weeks until the start of the FIFA World Cup in Russia, The Door is launching its “World Cup Predictor” game. Do you think you’re a better pundit than Alan Shearer? Can you out-think Gary Neville? Prove
The Youthwork theme for April was ‘Take A Break’ and has been focussed on stress awareness, here’s what we have been up to. Avening had an evening of stress busting games including capture the flag and spent time making posters
SO LONG – IT’S BEEN GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH US… As a small local charity, we’re incredibly indebted to everybody who supports us in any way. You might be a volunteer mentor or youthworker, a customer or helper in
PAUL RUNS FOR THE DOOR Paul who has been running on and off for the last year or so has decided to take on the Stroud Trail Half Marathon while raising funds for The Door. For the unfamiliar unlike road
During the Easter Holidays #TheDoorOnTour made a brief but significant comeback, The Dursley team had a fun-packed day out at Cattle Country, whilst brave Stroud youthworkers John and Leah took an intrepid bunch of 8 young people to Outdoor Lazer
Shona joined The Door team as Family Support Team leader just over a month ago, so we caught up with her to see how she is finding life #OnlyAtTheDoor. Hi Shona, can you tell us how you first got involved
Hi I’m Jordan and I’m 18. School was an ok place for me, I wasn’t one of those people who found it difficult, or got into loads of trouble. I suppose I liked the security of knowing what I was
One year on from her training in London (Funded by The David Brooke Charity), Sandra tells us how The Door’s delivery of the Triple P (Positive Parenting Programme) is going. Since qualifying top of her class last summer, Sandra has