24 Sep St Albans Sleep Out: Friday 6th December 2019
Will you brave the cold to help the homeless? Join Open Door for the St Albans Sleepout – come and brave the cold and help a homeless person keep warm....
18 Sep Leftover Luxuries
On Wednesday 14th August, one of our volunteers Doretta Hogan held a ‘Leftover Luxuries’ jumble sale at her home in St Albans. The event was bustling with friends, neighbours and family to help raise vital funds for Open Door and to find leftover luxuries. It was a...
12 Jul Open Door links up with Notcutts to boost donations
Open Door has got together with Notcutts, the St Albans garden centre, to find new ways to support homeless people in the district. When customers are about to pay they are invited to make a small donation to the charity by rounding up their bill to...
29 Apr Jon runs the Marathon for Open Door / the homeless
Open Door supporter Jon Fisher ran the 2019 London Marathon using a place that we'd been awarded. After training for several months, he completed the 26 mile run in just under four hours - a new best time for him. So Jon was doubly pleased - running...
29 Apr Open Door goes to market
On Saturday 7 April our trustees were in Market Place on St Peters Street, promoting the Open Door Charity. The stall helped spread awareness of what we do, and our future plans. Lots of people stopped for a chat, and several signed up as new volunteers. ...
29 Apr Lush gives Open Door a £200 boost
Lush customer Fee Doubleday (left), Open Door’s Chair Kerry Pollard and Lush’s store supervisor Holly Sterrett (right). In June 2018 customers visiting the Lush cosmetics store in St Albans’ Maltings shopping precinct helped raise over £200 by buying special pots of hand-made body cream. Open Door’s Chair, former St Albans...
14 Apr Join the 2019 St Albans Sleepout – so a homeless person doesn’t have to!
The aim of the annual St Albans Sleepout is to raise awareness of homelessness in Hertfordshire. Five local charities will benefit from the sponsorship that is raised: Centre 33, Emmaus, Herts Young Homeless (HYH), Open Door and The Living Room. To get involved as a sleeper or a sponsor please contact us via info@opendoorstalbans.org ...