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One Christmas I was given a Jamie Oliver cookbook, it was called Jamie’s Ministry of Food and it went through all the basics from poaching eggs to cooking a decent Chilli con carne. I think my parents were dropping subtle hints that I needed to share more of the cooking, but it was a great gift and it basically taught...

Last week 300 student workers and student leaders gathered in Derby to be part of an uprising in student mission. We’re on this journey together because we’re seeing an uprising of the spirit of God amongst students, people are taking mission more seriously, students are asking their friends to church and they’re coming, people are becoming more and more open to...

Mental Health is something that is becoming more and more common in student work and the way we speak about it means a lot. Language sets culture and impacts the students we work with. Rachael Newham, Director of ThinkTwice has written helpful tips in knowing how to talk about Mental Health. ThinkTwice is a national organisation which seeks to raise...

One thing that all student workers are bound to come across is Mental Health. But before looking after others we need to look after ourselves. Rachael Newham is the Founding Director of ThinkTwice, a national organisation which seeks to raise awareness of mental health issues, providing training and consultancy to churches and christian charities. She has written some useful tips...

Mental Health is something that student workers and church leaders come across every day. 1 in 4 people struggle with mental health in the UK each year. There are loads of things students go through which can negatively affect mental health and if you’re a student worker the question isn’t whether you’ll come across it, it’s when you’ll come across it. Mental Health...

As well as working for Fusion, I’m also a student worker in a local church. Often as leaders we can think that we need to do everything ourselves and that it all relies on us. I recently had to face up to the fact that God doesn't need us but he wants us. I found this out in a new way during the...

“Hey, I put some new shoes on and suddenly everything’s right” - Paolo Nutini I recently got a pair of new trainers. They came out the box pristine and for the first few weeks, I intended to keep them that way. I would try to avoid any sign of rain or snow and I was tactical as to when I wore...