We're introducing a day for those of you working with children, young people or families who have been parish-employed within the last 18 months.

It's a day to build relationships with other children, youth & family workers; to learn about support, training and networks available to you and more!

If you're struggling to recruit and train volunteers, you're not alone. But you're also not without help! Here are three excellent resources for recruiting and training people. If you're a church in the Diocese of London you also have a team on hand to support you - feel free to get in touch!

Easter is done, and we hope that you're resting? 🤨 Prepping for any festive season takes a lot of work, time and effort. Your needs are important too, so we've put together another mini toolkit giving you the permission (if you need it) to rest and simply exist this week 🙌

Good Friday! A day of mourning, remembrance and also celebration (?)... Confusing words for a day tha teaches us how to hold grief and joy - how both can coexist whilst we remember Christ's love, his sacrifice and his willingness to die for us. Take the day to reflect on Christ's offering to you.

We're deep into Holy Week, it's Maundy Thursday! A day that marks Jesus' last Passover with his disciples, when he broke bread and drank wine so we may remember him and his sacrifice for us. May we hold close to and be examples of his commandment to love one another.

Explaining Easter to children & youth can feel tricky because of how important it is to our faith. It’s a time to reflect on our Lent journey, on Christ’s sacrifice, His teachings, and why He died for us. If you’re struggling a little with how to approach it this Sunday, we’ve got you covered.

Today, Palm Sunday, marks the start of Holy Week - an important week for us Christians in remembering Christ in His final days, His sacrifice and His triumph. We're sending you all love and sleep as you enter a busy week, we see your effort and appreciate you as children, family & youth workers!

We've been hearing from a few of you that you'd love to connect and informally meet with other children & youth workers across the Diocese of London. So, we're arranging a very chill meet up for you to come and grab a coffee & cake on us (yes, it's free).
We'd love to see you there on 30th April! 😊☕

Exciting news - as requested, we've got a Youth Mental Health First Aid training coming up on the Wednesday 14th - Thursday 15th May! Places are limited & the course is heavily subsidised, so grab your spot ASAP - we're looking forward to seeing you there! Link in our bio to sign up.

Happy St Patrick's Day! Sarah (our children & families advisor) shares with us about her Irish heritage and why St Patrick's is an incredibly important day to the Irish ☘️

#StPatricksDay #stpatricks

In partnership with LSE Faith Centre, The Faith & Belief Forum are launching a brand new initiative for long-term youth policy engagement: the Youth Forum for Faith & Ecology. Applications close THIS WEDS if you know someone 18-35 who'd like to apply: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...