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I’ve just uploaded some photos to facebook, so here are the public links. See what I actually do! Here are pictures of the Careforce conference last week. Here is Sunday lunch a few weeks ago, with some church folk. I’m now off to do the lunchtime CU at a local secondary school, and was planning [...]

There was something noticeable about the volunteers at the Careforce conference, in addition to their ethnic diversity. Many, many of them (us) had been through experiences I wouldn’t wish on anyone. Some had seriously gone off the rails. Others had lost family very early on, others had come close to death and done serious time [...]

I’ve just come back from the Careforce conference, which involved bible studies on the book of James, talks on scintillating subjects like child protection, late night chats with other volunteers and all the rest of the stuff you’d expect. There are two of these conferences in the year, the next one is in February. The [...]

I’ve now lived in Cheadle for nearly a week, and I believe it’s rained every day. I knew it was wetter over on this side of the Pennines, but this takes the biscuit! I think I should have brought the weather over with me from God’s own county. I’ve now completed a working ‘weekday’ week [...]

Starting in September, I’ll be spending a year in sunny Stockport. I’m working for St Cuthbert’s Church, Cheadle, as a youth & schools worker. I got here after I applied to Careforce and they sent me to Cheadle. This week, I’m staying in Cheadle to help out with the primary school holiday club. That has [...]