Stories – The Door Youth Project

The Hodgsons Story

The Door’s Family Face Time brings together whole families for support: this unique approach of supporting families both as individuals and as a group has amazing results. Family Support Worker Sandra Mason, says: “By supporting parents and young people together

Volunteer This New Year!

Having raised over £5000 during its Christmas Challenge appeal, local charity, The Door, is now recruiting volunteers for its award winning Mentoring scheme. Established in 1991, The Door is the leading youth and families organisation in the Stroud District, supporting

Courtney’s Story

Hi I’m Courtney and I’m currently studying Health and Social Care at South Gloucestershire and Stroud College. As part of my course I’ve been on a work experience placement at The Door, mainly working as part of the Dursley Community

Julia’s Story

Julia and her son Danny were referred to The Door at the end of 2017. Things were becoming difficult at home. Danny, was showing signs of unacceptable behaviour within a new group of friends, and also within the family. The

Youthwork Team ‘Feel The Love’ in February

There’s been plenty happening in our Youth Centres throughout February. This month’s theme is ‘Feel The Love’ looking at healthy relationships and raising awareness of Domestic Abuse. Stroud welcomed speakers from Stroud Women’s refuge; raising awareness of Domestic Abuse In

Maddy’s Story

“Hi I’m Maddy, I’m 14 and I go to school in Stroud. A few months ago I started to have some problems at school – I was finding it hard to focus and feeling really tired. I’d missed some days

Roxy’s Story

“Hi I’m Roxy, I’m 16 and I live in Stroud. In June I did my GCSEs – it was a really stressful time for me. The pressure at school to get good grades meant I felt sick most of the

A Day At The Palace

Following on from the announcement that we have received the prestigious Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, we asked our mentoring team leader Alistair to share his experience of the Buckingham Palace Garden Party. “Later in the year we will be

The Door awarded prestigious Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service 2017

Local Youth Charity wins prestigious Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service 2017 The Door Youth Project, which has been serving the young people of Stroud (Gloucestershire) for the last 26 years, has today received the highest accolade awarded to the voluntary

Hara’s story

I first discovered The Door when I was in year 12 at Stroud High and Marling Sixth Form. One of the mentors was working with my friends and we had engaged in conversation about a peer mentoring scheme that I

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