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Are you ready? This Autumn 700,000 students step into the wild of freshers week.  Before them also lies the chance to step into the wild of a new relationship with God - one of adventure, intimacy, freedom and discovery.  This Autumn, hundreds of churches wait to welcome them.  With baited breath, prayers on their lips, hopes in their hearts and excitement...

Chizi is from Coventry and is currently studying English and Media at Swansea University. She loves fashion, writing blogs and has a heart for mission. She lets us in on what she finds hard at uni and what has helped her along the way. Take a look! Leaving home and becoming a student can be very daunting, we may have many...

Every drop of blood, every ounce of oxygen. Every thought, word and action. Every blink, breath and heartbeat. Everything we are. Everything we were. Everything we will be. It all has value. It all has purpose. We all have value. We all have purpose. Ladies and gents, you've just read the opening lines of the Current manifesto. 'Current?' you ask. Allow me to introduce this brand...

I was on the phone to a youth worker recently. I asked if his church had any young people going to university this year. He answered ‘not enough for you to worry about really’. This happens more regularly than you’d believe and each time I hear it my heart sinks.  Many youth groups have a few young people transitioning to university...

The traditional student mentality is one of preparing for the future. Getting ready for life after your degree, preparing and gaining the skills needed to have a bright successful career. But what about now? God has placed people, skills and passions into your life right now for a reason, not to simply put them on the back burner for a...

Would you like to challenge the systems that keep people in poverty? Would you like to see a world where Jesus’ commandment to ‘love your neighbour as yourself’ is essential to our global community, rather than optional? If the answer to those questions is yes (or even maybe), then I’d like to talk to you about Sourced, the new campaign launched...

"Freedom and democracy are dreams you never give up.” Those are the words of Aung San Suu Kyi, a political activist in Burma who was imprisoned. Her crime? Simply wanting a system where she could have her say in the running of her country. This crazy thing called democracy is something that we take for granted. Many of us hear the...