What is a Privacy Notice? A Privacy Notice explains what information we hold about you, why we hold it, how we protect it for you, and how you can have your information removed from our files if you so wish. Why are we giving you this information? A new law – the General Data Protection...
Job Description: Open Door Ice Project leader Responsible to: Open Door Projects Director and Board of Trustees. Job Purpose: To provide leadership, vision and direction to the Ice Project. To oversee and support the day to day operation to ensure a positive difference to children and young people. To identify ways of developing the project....
This May our community lost a very special man, John Wynne. John has supported Open Door for over 10 years, as trustee and treasurer and in 2014 John helped to set up our Men’s Shed project, a project he took great delight in being a part of. In light of this, his family very kindly...
When we first committed to launching our sixth project, Haven, we were stepping out into the unknown somewhat. We knew there was a need but we had no idea if agencies would refer, if children would come, and then, if they would stay! Well, this Summer, we conducted a review after 6 months of being...
We just want to say a HUGE thank you to some wonderful individuals who have taken it upon themselves to fundraise for us just recently… On the 11th-12th August, the wonderful Ray Baxter (local hairdresser and husband of our lovely chef, Kit) cycled from Ilfracombe to Plymouth, coast to coast! He wanted to raise money...
We have been truly touched by the generosity of local churches and schools this Harvest, arriving at the centre with arms full of boxes and bags of wonderful donations. Kit, our chef, has been delighted at the array of fresh and tinned produce! Thank you all!! Not only do we use the donations in our...
As we celebrate Easter, with its profound reminder of the suffering that Christ endured for our redemption, we take comfort in knowing that Jesus understands human suffering. He experienced pain, rejection, and betrayal, so he knows how we feel when times are hard. But when he rose from the grave and defeated death, when light...
Haven is all about building confidence and self esteem, encouraging young people, helping them to find coping strategies for the tough times in life, so what better way to do all these things, than by taking on all sorts of wonderful, scary, fun challenges at the Heatree Activity Centre! 25 children and young people attended...
If you’ve ever heard me speak about Open Door, you’ll know that I don’t ask for money! I am much more focussed on raising awareness of our work, so that more people know about the help that is out there and so that those who are inspired to volunteer might come and join us. I...
Our big news is that our sixth project, Haven, launched on 9th January and it is already making a real difference. So far we’ve had 18 young people attend and the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive, including: “My son went to Haven last night and he can’t wait to go again. He was so happy...
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