• Forgiveness and freedom

    Published On: 02/14/20255.6 min read

    Forgiveness and freedom: the most difficult of all lessons  Founder Mike Farrington explores how we might support young people in their deeply personal choices about processing traumatic experiences.  Introduction   “The picture [above] is seared into ...

  • Benefits of hosting

    Published On: 01/14/20253.1 min read

    10 benefits of being a Supported Lodgings hostOur amazing Room to Spare hosts love the energy and vitality of having a young person around, being a part of their life story, sharing the dog walking ...

  • Generation Z

    Published On: 11/19/20246.2 min read

    Our western culture and Generation Z Generation Z (– young people born between 1997 and 2012) are being observed with curiosity and concern. Sometimes coined ‘Generation Anxiety’, they seem to be manifesting mental health problems, ...

  • Mental Health, Care Leavers and You

    Published On: 10/24/20244.2 min read

    The Care Cliff This month we were delighted to be able to officially launch our partnership with BetterHelp that will enable 100 care-experience young people (18-30) to be able to access free, weekly, online therapy ...

  • Back To School

    Published On: 09/23/20243.2 min read

    Back to School: The Difference Following a nail-biting but successful A-level results day in August, two young people from our Supported Lodgings scheme have headed to university to embark on their undergraduate studies.  This includes ...

  • Ten things to do

    Published On: 07/25/20245.6 min read

    “Relationships are the agents of change and the most powerful therapy is human love”. These are the words of psychiatrist and leading expert on trauma-informed care Bruce Perry. We wholeheartedly agree but how do ...

  • The Teenage Brain

    Published On: 06/11/20248.1 min read

    Adolescence (from the Latin adolescere or ‘to grow into maturity’) is widely understood to mean the period following the onset of puberty during which a young person develops from a child into an adult. In ...

  • A Concrete Prayer

    Published On: 02/07/20243.7 min read

    A Concrete Prayer The article below is taken from prayers offered as a part of the morning worship service at Cambourne Church, led by David Wadsworth: In approaching prayer this morning, I was inspired by ...

  • The Power of Hospitality

    Published On: 03/10/20235.1 min read

    The Power of Hospitality This blog is a reflection on the book "Making Room: Recovering Hospitality as a Christian Tradition" (Christine D. Pohl 1999) and is based on the scripture found in Matthew 25: ...

  • Bonhoffer & Isaiah 53

    Published On: 09/19/20226 min read

    Dietrich Bonhoffer was a German pastor, theologian, and opponent of National Socialism who was executed in 1945 having been accused of being involved in a plot to assassinate Hitler. His last sermon delivered to a ...