Hope Training

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