We want to support today's young people to grow and flourish, equip them to overcome the challenges they'll face, recognise the opportunities available to them, and fulfil their God-given potential.

That's one reason we partner with the local Christian charity STEP.  STEP has been working closely with a number of secondary schools in St Albans and Harpenden for a number of years now. This unique charity aims to share, through words and actions, the Christian hope in Jesus in a lively, relevant and consistent way.

As well as offering school lessons and assemblies, running social action projects, delivering courses and mentoring schemes for young people, STEP are passionate about providing opportunities for churches and local Christians to connect with their local secondary school and make a positive difference to the lives of the young people and staff.

We support Azalea, a Hertfordshire-based charity that wants to see an end to the social injustice of sex trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation. Their holistic approach recognises and provides for the complex lives of the men and women who are caught up in sexual exploitation. Their unique position means they are heavily involved in both providing care and compassion for those caught in sexual exploitation, and campaigning for a more just and fairer world that safeguards those involved in selling sex and prevents vulnerable people from being exploitated.

Over 365 million Christiansaround the world suffer high to extreme levels of persecution for their faith. Open Doors works in over 70 countries to support those who follow Jesus no matter the cost – with emergency food and aid, spiritual and trauma care, smuggled Bibles and advocacy support – and to raise powerful prayer for our persecuted church family.