Tag Archives: Alcohol

Doorway Writing Group Spring 2023

Posted on February 27, 2023 by deweverdream

We’ve not posted for a while but we’ve still been busy – with wordsearches, puzzles and some creative writing too. Here are a collection of the most recent poems written by guests. We hope you enjoy them! It’s a stormy … Continue reading →

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Richard’s Story

Posted on March 22, 2017 by doorwayproject

You often hear of people falling from great heights; having everything and losing it all. But you really don’t think it will ever happen to you. It sounds like a cliché, but there you go! My fall from grace started … Continue reading →

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A Poem by a Stranger

Posted on October 20, 2016 by doorwayproject

  Doorway Don’t remember me as you last saw me. I was feeling down, rough; useful life past and the present cold, hard, edgy. You see   you gave me food, clean clothes, the will to last another dark, deep … Continue reading →

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Doorway Annual Review 2015 – 2016

Posted on July 26, 2016 by doorwayproject

The front page of this year’s Annual Review shows a word cloud created by members of the public who follow the Doorway Facebook page. They were asked to describe our work in one word… Click below to download the pdf … Continue reading →

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Neil

Posted on June 17, 2015 by doorwayproject

 Hi all, I grew up in Cyprus (RAF) mollycoddled and poor, the most wonderful childhood. 9 years in all, total freedom, add to that Malta, Gibraltar, Germany etc. Then we landed in Calne. Culture shock or what! I already knew … Continue reading →

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The light at the end of the tunnel came too late – My Word published in the Gazette & Herald Newspaper – April 2015

Posted on May 12, 2015 by doorwayproject

 If you read my column last month then you will remember that two of our rough sleepers failed the Pereira Test since they were deemed, by the council, not to be any more vulnerable than “an ordinary homeless person”  It’s … Continue reading →

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A Poem to K

Posted on April 27, 2015 by doorwayblogguest

So Nearly There Painted man, upon your skin Danced pictures of your coloured past Hard on the outside, sweet within Through storm and sunshine you held fast To love of friends and hope of light Knowing of a better way … Continue reading →

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How to define ‘ordinary’? – My Word published in the Gazette & Herald Newspaper – March 2015

Posted on April 9, 2015 by doorwayproject

There is a very little known legal assessment tool that establishes the vulnerability of those who are homeless called the “Pereira Test”. This test instructs authorities to ask the question, “will the applicant, by reason of whatever condition or circumstances … Continue reading →

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Partner Profile – specialist drug and alcohol agency

Posted on March 5, 2015 by doorwayproject

I attend Doorway on a Thursday lunchtime for an hour in my role as a Recovery Worker for the Wiltshire Substance Misuse Service, currently run by Turning Point.  This provides an opportunity for me to represent my agency positively in … Continue reading →

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Doorway, Social Exclusion & the Berlin Wall – Guest Opinion Column published in the Gazette & Herald Newspaper – Jan 2015

Posted on January 21, 2015 by doorwayproject

Way way back, 25 years ago, in November 1989 the Berlin wall was brought down by the people of Berlin. Not by the authorities but by the people on both sides working towards a common goal of freedom and inclusion. … Continue reading →

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