We have welcomed new staff to our Senior Management Team;
hosted representatives from large funding organisations providing a tour of the
facilities and an overview of the projects; received fortnightly visits from
our workplace Chaplains; presented a full training programme to newly recruited
volunteers; received cheque presentations from the sale of a locally written
book and from the participants of charity walk in Ropner Park; and provided a
venue for the Probation Service to hold regular meetings – to name but a few
who all support A Way Out to keep our doors open.
Most importantly, we have opened the doors of the A
Way Out centre to our regular drop-in sessions, providing practical support and
a pathway to recovery; and the doors of the A Way Out van on regular late night
outreach sessions on the streets of Stockton.
The work of A Way Out, reaches out, comes alongside
and journeys, for as long as it takes, enabling those with whom we engage to
resolve issues and get their lives back on track.
Many of those whose life we touch have experienced
many doors closing in their lives. The door slam of a parent leaving; the
door slam of a partner leaving; the door slam of a job ending; the door slam of
homelessness and the echoing solitude of poverty and addiction; the door
slammed by society. The path to recovery commences by arriving at the
threshold of A Way Out and mustering the courage to step through. It’s
not the doorway that is important – it’s what is beyond – its working with our
service staff, in partnership with other supporting agencies, to open up a life
full of positive possibilities.
Each person who comes through the door of our centre
enters with their own story, whether they arrive as a staff member, volunteer,
funder, supporter, or seeking support – stepping through the door is what can
make a difference to the future that lies beyond. What separates A Way Out’s
open door way making it a special place is the experience of total acceptance,
the welcome of loving support, unswerving kindness and a willingness to walk
the long journey that we know lies beyond and is undoubtedly affective in
convening hope for a life rebuilt.
Why not cross our threshold and make a
difference to a future? Currently we are very short of non-perishable food for
our food parcels –make a food donation and be part of our story and part of the
future…
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