THE SEND
We’re Agapé UK. For over 50 years, we’ve been inspiring, encouraging and enabling people from all areas of UK society to discover Jesus, grow with Jesus and go like Jesus.
Through THE SEND, Agapé UK is offering several exciting opportunities for UK students to grow with Jesus through going like Jesus. See the world, learn about new cultures and grow in your faith as you experience, first-hand, God working in you and through you to grow His Kingdom and call others to put their faith in Him. Join us on one (or all!) of the following opportunities:

October 2024 – long-weekend European City Breaks
Iceland
When:
26-30 October 2024
Cost:
£390 (covers accommodation, materials, training and a goodbye meal) plus travel
What you’ll be doing:
Often described as the most godless nation in Europe, only about 0.03% of the Icelandic population consider themselves to have a relationship with Jesus, which in Iceland’s population adds up to around 200 people. Because of the dark spiritual climate and the growing belief that Christianity is a relic of the past, consistent, relevant evangelism and discipleship is needed. That requires an investment of time. Join with other European students and experienced Agapé staff members to continue to build relationships with the students we know, seek to find more Christian students to be involved in movement building and discover Jesus with Icelandic students.
Western & Eastern Europe
When:
October 2024
Cost:
£300 (covers accommodation, materials, training and a goodbye meal) plus travel
What you’ll be doing:
You’ll learn practical skills for talking about your faith that you can bring home with you and put into practice on your own campus.
The destination (or possibly destinations!) will be announced in the late summer.
November 2024 – Agapé UK Student Summit
When:
22-24 November 2024
Cost:
£55 plus travel
What you’ll be doing:
Join with other students from around the country, passionate about making Jesus known in our universities, cities and the nations, at Fireseeds 2024! Gather with us in Birmingham as we worship God, grow in our love and knowledge of Him and discover more opportunities to go to the nations.
Click here for more information and to register.
April 2025 – 9-day humanitarian aid project
When:
7-16 April 2025
Cost:
£675 (excluding flights)
What you’ll be doing:
Cluj-Napoca is a city in northwestern Romania. It is the capital of the historical region Transylvania and is one of the most visited cities in Romania. Also home to a community of Roma people, living in one of the city’s rubbish dump in the outskirts of this city.
Since 2015, we have been sending teams to serve in the local Roma community on the outskirts of Cluj-Napoca. Over the years a strong partnership has been built with a local faith-based organisation working to shine a light and bring hope for the children and young people living there.
In April 2025, GAiN UK will once again be returning to Romania to help support the long term work of our partner in providing hope and education to the future generation of gypsy children living by the rubbish dump. In a very practical way we will help with the construction of facilities for the children and teens as well as running a programme of activities to bring joy and fun to their lives.
Will you join us in helping reveal hope and restore life to this community?
Do you have a friend, who’s not yet a Christian, who’s socially conscious? Are they longing to make a difference to the world? Why not invite them to join you on the GAiN UK Romania Project? As well as making a significant differences to a community in need, this project also often provides great opportunities to bond with your teammates. It’s a great environment in which to process what’s important in the world, what’s motivating us to want to make a difference and initiate spiritual conversations with our other team members.
Click here to find out more or to apply to join the GAiN UK Romania Project.
Summer 2025 – 2- to 3-week Global Project
When:
June 2025
Cost:
£2,000 (all inclusive, funded by donations)
What you’ll be doing:
You’ll spend 2 to 3 weeks in the beautiful West African country of Sierra Leone, exploring its rich and fascinating cultural ties to the UK, and the UK Church, and experiencing both the uplifting and tragic sides of the UK’s past involvements in West Africa.
It’ll be a fantastic opportunity for personal spiritual growth at the same time as meeting, encouraging and helping train Sierra Leonean Christian students as the team helps to lead the students through the Living & Telling discipleship and evangelism training course that helps us to live and tell our faith as a natural part of our everyday lives. You’ll also get to work alongside the local Sierra Leonean students in initiating spiritual conversations with new students on their campus – as well as with villagers in Sierra Leone’s provinces whilst delivering much needed aid – as they seek to build spiritual movements of Christians who are discovering Jesus, growing with Jesus and going like Jesus.
You’ll learn practical skills for talking about your faith that you can bring home with you and put into practice on your own campus. You’ll also come back inspired and revitalised as you experience, first-hand, how open Sierra Leoneans are to follow Jesus and how God is actively growing the Church in Sierra Leone.
Click here to find out more or to apply to join the Sierra Leone Global Project.
Autumn 2025 – 1-semester to 1-year Study Abroad Programme
When:
September 2025 to January or June 2026
Cost:
A small personal budget is agreed with you and support given to help you gather donations to fund your participation in the Study Abroad Programme.
What you’ll be doing:
Does your university give you the opportunity to study abroad? If you’re able to arrange an overseas exchange through your university, Agapé UK will, if possible, connect you with a team working with university students in the city where you’ll be studying.
We’ll also provide you with cross-cultural training, training to help you share your faith and a virtual coach who’ll support you, helping you to make the most of your time studying abroad so that you’re not only using your time to study for your future career but to also make an investment in growing God’s Kingdom by building spiritual movements of multiplying Christians.
Agapé UK (as part of Campus Crusade for Christ International) is active in over 190 countries around the world. Get in contact with us to begin the conversation about where you might be able to join a team and go with Agapé UK.
Click here to find out more or to apply to join the Agapé UK Study Abroad Programme.
Autumn 2025 – 1-year STINT (Short-Term International Assignment)
When:
September 2025 to June 2026
Cost:
A personal budget is agreed with you and support given to help you gather donations to fund your STINT year.
What you’ll be doing:
Take a year out after you’ve graduated to spend a year learning practical skills that you can use in your future career to help you grow in talking about your faith whilst investing your time working alongside a local team to build spiritual movements of multiplying Christians who are discovering Jesus, growing with Jesus and going like Jesus.
Going for a year allows you the time to patiently invest in building life-long relationships with local students through which you can share your life and faith, demonstrating Jesus’ love as well as telling others about it.
Agapé UK (as part of Campus Crusade for Christ International) is active in over 190 countries around the world. Get in contact with us to begin the conversation about where you might be able to join a team and go with Agapé UK.
October 2025 – 10-day humanitarian aid and outreach project
When:
17-27 October 2025
Cost:
£2,600 (approx; all inclusive, funded by donations)
What you’ll be doing:
Water is essential to life. It’s a basic human necessity. Yet, almost 1 in 8 people still don’t have access to safe water. We can do something to help break this cycle of brokenness and help improve the lives of these people.
Since 2002, GAiN has been providing rural villages with deep capped wells, ensuring fresh, clean water for their people. So far, together with generous partners from all over the world, we have provided 3,083 deep capped water wells and have given over 3,083,000 people access to safe water.
In 2023, we sent our first Benin LIFE trip to the rural villages in Benin for 10 days and they were involved in helping our partner set up deep capped wells at different stages. We will be sending another team in 2025 to help people in rural villages have access to safe drinking water. Will you join us in revealing hope and restoring life in Benin?
Click here to find out more or to apply to join the Benin LIFE Project.