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27Nov-23

Doing Good Online: How Cyber Monday Helps Charities You Care About

Black Friday messaging can really grind you down- you might be left feeling that the online spaces you visit have been reduced to nothing more than consumerism. That’s why charities like Doorstep are redefining ‘Cyber Monday’ so that you can make a difference in a digital way.   Cyber Monday is...
Category: Donations
30Oct-23

Join us as a Trustee: An Opportunity to Make a Difference

Are you looking to make an impact in the lives of young people? Are you passionate about supporting young people towards leading an independent and settled life? If your answer is yes, then we’re inviting you to join us at Doorstep as a new trustee as we enter National Trustees' Week starting...
Category: Service Update, Trustee
21Sep-23

Harvesting Hope: How your Harvest Festival donations can support young people in need

We hate to say it... but, autumn is almost officially here! If you didn’t know it, this time of year is about more than pumpkin-spiced lattes and cosy knits. It's the season of harvest festivals, a time to give thanks and show some love to those in need. The Harvest Festival might...
Category: Donations, Food Bank
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17Jul-23

The Impact of a Charitable Act: A 20-year Property Journey

In November 2022, we bought a property that our charity had been looking after for over 20 years. A local person, as an act of goodwill, had given this family home to Doorstep so we could use it to help someone in need, without expecting anything in return. For two decades,...
Category: Housing
23Jun-23

“The confidence I needed to get my life back on track”

A young person moving on from our support tells us what mattered to her the most: “Jo was my support worker for 7 months. She helped me so much. She gave me the confidence I needed to get my life back on track. She was there for me and each week I...
Category: Our Blog
21Jun-23

Join the campaign for a strategy to end youth homelessnesss

We have joined a coalition of 80 leading youth and homelessness charities to lead a unified call against the escalating youth homelessness crisis. We’d love if you’d join us; we’re strongest when we work together. Last year, 129,000 16–25-year-olds approached their council for help to avoid becoming homeless. That’s 353 young...
Category: Our Blog
18May-23

How to ask for help with housing when you’re feeling anxious

Asking for help can be one of the hardest things we do. Feeling anxious about making that first contact is completely normal and we sometimes call this anxiety ‘the fear of the unknown’. The uncertainty about what is going to happen can cause feelings of nervousness or worry, but taking...
Category: Our Blog
25Apr-23

Doorstep’s longest serving staff member reflects as charity’s 33rd birthday is celebrated

It has been 33 years since Grimsby & Cleethorpes Area Doorstep became a limited company by guarantee, having first formed in the late 1980s as a response to the national publicity that youth homelessness was receiving. Humble beginnings Initially led by local church groups, Doorstep housing began as a voluntary lodgings scheme...
Category: Our Blog
20Feb-23

Amazon Smile donations ending

    From the 20th February, AmazonSmile will be wound down and will no longer be offering donations for charities through their platform. How you can still help You can raise free donations for Doorstep Grimsby every time you shop online, just by registering with easyfundraising. Over 7,000 brands will donate, including all the big...
Category: Fundraising
16Dec-22

Breakfast with Santa

This week we were visited by the most special of guests: Santa Clause! Christmas magic in difficult times Speaking with our young parents, they told us that they wanted to visit Santa with their children but were unable to due to the cost. It wasn’t practical or affordable for many of them...
Category: Our Blog
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