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Featured12 February 2026 · 9 min read
When we sat down with the evaluator at the end of our third year of Sunday Doors, we were braced for hard truths. Three of them landed. One of them changed our whole approach to how we measure the work — and to how we ask our volunteers to spend their Sunday afternoons.
Environment28 January 2026
Eight years of partnership with the Wessex Rivers Trust, summarised in one morning's catch survey.
Children11 January 2026
A profile of Ms Iqbal's Year 4 class in Devizes, who finished four chapter books between September and December.
Welfare23 December 2025
Our team in Trowbridge reflects on what the slow nights are telling us about the year ahead.
Education9 December 2025
What changes when a young person has the same trusted adult for six years.
Field note25 November 2025
Geoffrey from our hero story is now running a club of nine. A note on what consistency does.
Empowerment12 November 2025
Seven years into the Neighbour Fund, the lesson we did not expect to learn about resident-led decisions.
Environment29 October 2025
A note from our Hedgerow Trust co-ordinator on what an unusually wet autumn made possible.
Welfare14 October 2025
A parent's letter, reprinted with permission.
Trust news30 September 2025
We reread the parish-magazine letter that founded us, and asked what it still asks of us.
Sundays, fortnightly. Honest. Brief. Free.
