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

We are so excited to be advertising for another Schools Coordinator position. Our team is growing, which means we will be able to do so much more in the local secondary schools and hopefully expand in...  Read More

It's been an honour to walk with groups of students as they visit the YWAM base. Youth with a mission have their national base in Harpenden. After many conversations with schools we realised that the ...  Read More

Some of you will be aware that it is national volunteers’ week this coming week; a celebration of wonderful people who give their time and talents! In our last article we celebrated the breadth of hav...  Read More

Step will join other charities and voluntary organisation across the UK to celebrate all our volunteers for the 39th Volunteer’s Week. However, Step will celebrate from 22-26 th May as Volunteer’s Wee...  Read More

One of my favourite lessons at Step is Ultimate Questions and this week, Mary and I, along with several other volunteers have delivered it to 240 Year 8 students at Sandringham School. It’s always gre...  Read More

A few weeks ago I was in Samuel Ryder Academy teaching a lesson on Relationships and Christian Values. It would be fair to say I wasn’t completely sure about how these lessons were going to go. The id...  Read More

Did you know that the average student spends 35 hours a week in school for just under 40 weeks of the year....  Read More

Imagine a group of twelve anxious, non-communicative Year 9 students gathered in an awkwardly shaped room, tucked away in the hidden parts of Loreto. Well, that was what Manjit, Jane and I faced back ...  Read More

Today we had the most awesome, fun and blessed day with Townsends year 8! Their Head of Year who spent the day with us was so impressed with them and loved what the space gave the students. Massive th...  Read More