This will be the last news item for Hope Training, as the department formally closes down at the end of August 2015. The Door started to provide training opportunities to young people quite early in its 24 year history, recognising
Over the last few weeks, 4 ‘Hope Training’ students have been working hard to put together their work portfolios and finish off their work. Alongside their ‘vocational’ qualifications, they’ve also been working towards Functional Skills – equivalent to GCSE –
Over the past 2 years we have changed the focus of Hope Training to meet the needs of vulnerable young people who are not able to engage with education because of anxiety, low self esteem and low confidence. We have
A few weeks ago we were approached by an old friend of The Door’s who was embarking on a research project for a Masters Degree in Education. She wanted to look at the positive affects that alternative education provided by
One of the statistics we use in Hope Training to measure the impact of the work we do, relates to ‘what happens next?’ for the students. Last academic year 85% of of cohort moved on to further training here or
On Wednesday 25th February our second ‘school trip’ took 4 staff and 7 students to the Rococo Gardens in Painswick. The inspiration behind the location was that it gave the group an opportunity to see a combination of Horticulture, Art
Michelle was a regular in The Drop-In because her mates hung around here. She’d left school with a handful of GCSEs and went to College but with no aspirations or ideas of what she wanted to do in the future. Her
Tony is a young man with a learning disability. He has been attending The Drop-In for several years and is regularly around The Door. Whilst he is always willing to get involved in things, his behaviour is often quite immature and
The Stroud District Council and the Stroud District Youth Council are helping young people to gain employment through funding the accreditation of volunteers at The Door Youth Project, it has been proven that combining voluntary participation with accreditation improves the chances of
Colin’s family approached us because he was struggling to get anywhere in life – he had not achieved well at school and had developed a drug habit. He was struggling with family life and found that he simply couldn’t get
