Homelessness has been shown to negatively impact on children’s lives in a variety of ways such as being associated with poor school attendance and performance or by increasing the risk of physical and mental health problems. However, it can also have a negative impact on other, softer, aspects of children’s lives that may sometimes be […]
This is one of the families Doorstep supports and this is why our support services are so needed. Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) tweeted at 4:04 pm on Tue, Oct 08, 2019: Watch @MinnieStephC4’s full report here: https://t.co/CV0mZonYmB (https://twitter.com/Channel4News/status/1181586102332923904?s=03)Get the official Twitter app at https://twitter.com/download?s=13
Year 9 students at Parilament Hill School made a video about our work to present at the final of First Give and won the £1000 prize for Doorstep! Our sincere thanks, we we’re lucky to win among other very worthy nominated charities.
Their grants help us to continue to do vital work for vulnerable homeless families.
We were recently approached by whatCharity who are a platform that helps to connect people to charitable causes by showcasing a host of charities across a wide range of different causes on their website. They help people to find the right causes, show how their donations are used and provide a platform to contribute time, goods and funding to the […]
Many years ago a parent at the American School in London (ASL) named, Karen Rauch, joined Doorstep’s board of trustees. We had not at that time established the partnership working nor the biannual Community Service Day (CSD) with ASL. Karen was instrumental in establishing the relationship and took part in the very early CSD efforts. […]
Donating to Doorstep just got easier. We now have a text to donate facility set up which means you can donate to Doorstep with one simple text message. If you would like to donate via text simply text DSTP18 and the amount you would like to donate. e.g: Text DSTP18 £10 or DSTP18 £5 to […]
An article on ‘The Reality Of Raising A Family In A Hotel Room’ by the Huff Post, which shares the plight of a family forced to live in a hotel room for years. The article also describes the experience of one of our families and the challenges they experience living in hostel accommodation. Click here […]