Being born with eczema, I have always suffered with my skin. Even as a young child, I have distinctive memories of relentless itching, weekly trips to the doctors, even spending holidays crying because the sea water felt like acid against my torn apart skin. However, it wasn’t until my later years that the condition of my skin really started to deteriorate. Throughout school and University, my skin had a massive impact on my self-confidence and mental health, I was always con

Leaving school and starting an apprenticeship can feel overwhelming. It can take a while to settle into your apprenticeship, there is a lot to juggle from meeting new people, learning the job role and managing your apprenticeship work. This can make you feel overwhelmed and the tips in this blog will help you if you are feeling unsure of yourself. It’s completely normal to feel like this but here are a few things to think about. Tip1 Organise yourself and your work. Prioritis

Stan = obsessive fan of a particular celebrity. The other day while I was in Manchester with my boyfriend, we’d just left a shop where I’d been asked ‘which groups do you stan?’ by a staff member trying to help me. This to my boyfriend was the worst thing he’d heard someone say so far that day and launched us into a three-hour debate over whether being a ‘stan’ or using the word ‘stan’ to refer to a super fan is a bad thing or not, and whether fandoms should be using phrases