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08/09/2026

Fancy a 30min chat with Bryn, one of our Directors and staff chaplain?!

As well as adding 25k steps to our Freedom Steps Challenge, this Saturday Bryn will be having back-to-back wellbeing conversations. Use your time to chat about your own wellbeing, talk about something you are working through, or ask him about his story (including being in a terrorist attack when he was 17 and having unexpected twins in his late 30s when he had three children already!).

Check out his JustGiving page for more info and to book your slot before they are all gone! You can find it via the 'Freedom Steps' link in our bio (or on our website homepage). Or comment "I'd like to chat" and we'll send you the direct link to pick your slot.

07/09/2026

"I can do ALL things through Christ who strengthens me" - Phi 4:13

05/09/2026

Our struggles are not ours alone to carry. And if you feel alone in your pain, this is a gentle reminder to reach out to someone today.

You aren’t being an inconvenience. Being given an opportunity to journey with someone in their moment of pain is a huge privalege. It’s how we ‘fulfil the law of Christ’. It’s how we become more Christ-like. You are gifting someone that opportunity when you ask for help.

But we all need reminding of that. Pain can narrow our focus and draws us inward. We need others to draw us back out again.

Share this post today to remind those around you that they don’t have to do life alone.

03/09/2026

4 friends, 1 epic mission: to walk the West Highland Way to raise money for The Freedom Journey. They've raised over £1500 already! Legends 💪

02/09/2026

🌊 Anxious even after you've prayed about it? You're not failing at faith.

When we read "do not be afraid" we feel like it's a switch we should be able to flip. So when anxiety lingers anyway, it's easy to wonder if something's wrong with us. But maybe trust was never about the absence of fear... Maybe it's what we reach for in the middle of it. The way the disciples did, caught in a storm, with Jesus right there in the boat.

This fortnight we're unpacking what it really means to bring our anxiety to God instead of hiding it from Him - and why that's not weak faith, it's honest faith.

👉 Sign up to get the full Faith & Mental Health newsletter, straight to your inbox every fortnight. Visit our website for more.

30/08/2026

How many steps can you take for the FREEDOM STEPS CHALLENGE?

Unlike hiking the Scottish Highlands' landscape alongside midges, you might just dedicate to walk your commute to work, or do laps of the local park? However you clock up the steps count, we need you to add your steps on 1st - 12th September!

2 Million Steps is the collective target! The group walking the West Highland Way conclude this weekend, giving us a great head start! They have walked up and down uneven paths, tree roots and boulders, through wind, rain and sunshine. All for the cause, that NO ONE SHOULD WALK ALONE.

You still have time to join in, and gather friends and family to sponsor your steps.
1. Choose a challenging amount of steps and the day you'll do them.
2. Set up a Justgiving page (we can help you). DM us for the link.
3. Share this to friends and family so they can sponsor your steps.

All this is to raise funds for The Freedom Journey - a 16-week programme to come alongside those with mental health challenges, all provided free of charge.

29/08/2026

🚲 When a child is learning to ride a bike, stabilisers are a wonderful thing.

They help them find their balance. They give confidence. They make the first wobbly attempts feel a little safer.

But eventually, the very things that helped them begin can start to get in the way of something better.

We have emotional stabilisers too.

The things we reach for when life feels heavy.

Staying busy.
Food.
Scrolling.
Keeping everyone happy.
Trying to control what we can.
Numbing what we can’t.

None of these things are necessarily bad. But what happens when they become the first place we run, instead of God?

Sometimes the question isn’t, “Is this bad?”

It’s, “Am I asking this to carry something that was meant for God?”

Jesus says:

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”
— Matthew 11:28

Maybe the invitation this week isn’t to try harder to hold everything together.

Maybe it’s to notice what you’re leaning on… and gently begin to lean on Him instead.

What’s your emotional stabiliser?
What do you tend to reach for when life feels too much?

Worth sitting with honestly this week. 💭

(This illustration is taken from an exercise in our Keys to Freedom workbook.)

28/08/2026

Incredible views being shared from the West Highland Way - FREEDOM STEPS CHALLENGE has begun, with these ladies walking 96 miles this week!

How many steps can you take for the FREEDOM STEPS CHALLENGE - Starts 1st September - 12th September.

Send us a DM to join in, and Katie will reply, happy to help you!

26/08/2026

These heroes have started off the FREEDOM STEPS challenge this week, on the rugged and uneven terrain of the West Highland Way.

Those of you who pray - please pray that they remain in good health and that they find the time for resting, and good sleep between each trail! It really is a huge challenge!

They are walking to raise funds for the Mercy UK Freedom Journey - the free-of-charge 16-week programme.

Connie discovered a love, desire and hope for life after Mercy helped her at a crucial time in her life. Now she is celebrating with friends: 4 years of 'walking' in Freedom.

Collectively, they are hoping to raise £10 for every one of the 96miles they walk together this week! And adding their steps to the 2 million target in September for FREEDOM STEPS.

Are you up for a challenge?! Here are two ways you can get involved:

WALK
Walk by yourself (you'll be part of a bigger group in spirit!) or grab a bunch of friends, pick a route, calculate the steps you'll be adding to our total and off you go! DM us and we'll help you get a JustGiving page up and running.

DONATE
Every pound raised will cheer on our fundraisers and go towards providing FREE one-to-one spiritual and mental health support of those who are struggling.

21/08/2026

96 miles, over 200,000 steps... that's the challenge our first group of supporters are taking on this coming week on the West Highlands Way in Scotland!

5 years ago Connie could hardly leave the house, due to the grip of her anxiety and depression. She held onto a thread of hope, and took on the dedication to work through her issues with Mercy UK. She gradually discovered more about who she was, her source of strength and hope in Jesus and the 'keys to freedom'.

Connie discovered a love, desire and hope for life! Now she is celebrating with friends: 4 years of walking in Freedom, and they are hoping to raise £10 for every one of the 96miles they walk together this week!

The funds raised go towards The Freedom Journey – a 16-week programme walking alongside Christians struggling with their mental health, free-of-charge.

Are you up for the challenge?! Here are two ways you can get involved:

WALK
Walk by yourself (you'll be part of a bigger group in spirit!) or grab a bunch of friends, pick a route, calculate the steps you'll be adding to our total and off you go! DM us and we'll help you get a JustGiving page up and running.

DONATE
Every pound raised will cheer on our fundraisers and go towards providing FREE one-to-one spiritual and mental health support of those who are struggling.

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Cragg Royd
Oxenhope
BD229JE

Telephone

+441535642042

Website

http://www.mercyuk.org/

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