In July we presented sixth formers in Sir John Lawes school with a rare educational experience given by two asylum seekers in their school. The young men spoke about their reasons for leaving home and...  Read More

It was with a little trepidation that I turned up at Loreto on Thursday last week for our first retreat of the new academic year. Now, I have been running these retreats for three years, so you would ...  Read More

I wonder if you remember the last time you shared with 30 of your peers your faith? Maybe you can join me in praying for more young people to be brave in the classroom as they share their faith with ...  Read More

That is the question we were discussing today in Explore. Polly, (Children’s and Youth Minister at Holy Trinity), ran a fantastic session which started off with statements such as:Cat’s are better tha...  Read More

Step is super excited to announce that we have invited Riding Light Theatre Company to St Albans Vineyard Church in a few weeks on Tuesday 3rd October to present its latest amazing performance ‘Inspir...  Read More

I started at Step as an intern, keenly aware of the struggle faced by teenagers as I was one myself. Serving alongside others who were seeking to share something of their faith and put it into practic...  Read More

A highlight moment for me during our recent primary schools visits was an impromptu Questions and Answers session.We had just finished an activity in the school hall and had about 10 minutes left unti...  Read More

Work experience at Step was an amazing experience. The week started off with a team meeting, which took an incredibly long time considering each team member was retelling their experiences at differen...  Read More

This week I have had the pleasure of joining step as a work experience student. Becoming part of the team has give me an insight to the complex cog system that keeps this charity running ;through the ...  Read More

Thirteen Year 12 students from Loreto arrived at Vineyard on Thursday morning, looking a little sheepish and unsure of where they were and what they had let themselves in for. All they knew was that t...  Read More

I wonder what you were doing 30 years ago. Maybe some of you reading this wouldn’t have even been born. Exactly thirty years ago, I was entering the last few weeks of my time at primary school and exp...  Read More

Over the past six weeks we have been running the Leadership Foundations Course in Samuel Ryder Academy. Each week we have gathered with a group of ten students who are going to be the senior student l...  Read More