The Door Building Local Support for Young People in Gloucestershire
PROJECT DESCRIPTION

The Door is a youth charity serving young people across Stroud and the Cotswolds through youth clubs, schools mentoring, and detached youth work. As part of our 2026–2031 strategy, we are developing individual giving and legacy giving, new areas of focus vital to our long-term sustainability. This donation would make the project possible. Without it, we would not be able to produce supporter materials at the scale and quality needed to build a meaningful local donor base. The print will include a legacy giving booklet, individual giving appeal leaflets, impact stories, and campaign collateral, distributed to supporters, community venues and events across Gloucestershire.

Beneficiaries

  • Children / Young People

    The Door supports young people 11-25 across Stroud and the Cotswolds, including those facing mental health challenges, isolation, family breakdown, or disadvantage. We deliver youth clubs, schools mentoring, and detached work in their communities.

  • Reach of your work

    Combined youth club & schools engagement 17,000+ p/a

Geographic reach

  • England: Gloucestershire

    Stroud, Cotswolds, plus wider-Gloucestershire area.

BENEFICIARIES REACHED ANNUALLY

1500

Young people directly engaged across 7 communities.

SIZE OF PROJECT PER ANNUM

£25,000.00

TIMELINE

Jun 2026 - May 2027

Project Outcome Targets

Establish a sustainable individual giving programme, growing a local donor base that funds frontline youth work.

Launch a legacy giving offer, securing long-term income that protects youth services for future generations.

Raise awareness of The Door across Gloucestershire, deepening community connection to local youth provision.

Project Activities

  • Design and print a legacy giving booklet for distribution to supporters, solicitors and community contacts.

  • Produce individual giving appeal leaflets for direct mail, events and venue displays across the county.

  • Create impact story leaflets showcasing young people's experiences and the difference donations make.

  • Print campaign collateral: posters, reply cards and envelopes, to support fundraising events and appeals.

  • Distribute materials through supporter networks, community venues, schools and local events.

Resources Needed For The Project

Resource Description Quantity needed When needed How this donation supports the project (Enabling Actions or KPIs)
SERVICES One-off, off-site print run Legacy booklet 400; IG leaflet 2,500; impact leaflet 1,000 x2; posters 200; banner 1; reply cards 1,000; envelopes 1,000 Flexible Launches new individual giving & legacy campaign, building local donor base to sustain youth work across Gloucester.
Project Impact and Partners
IMPACT REPORTING

Bi-annually

March 2021

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
UN SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being
How we monitor the quality and results of our work

Donor feedback, supporter surveys, income tracking against targets, CRM records, and quarterly fundraising reviews.