Training
Our advisers for parishes and deaneries provide a wide range of high quality, bespoke training modules and courses for children and youth workers, which can be tailored to meet local needs. They can also put you in touch with other providers and training organisations. For those volunteers and paid workers whose work can involve schools, see the current course list on our Continuing Professional Development pages.
Available 2012
Due to the success of the Next Generation Conference in October 2011, the Youth and Children’s Advisers from the Dioceses of Bristol and Bath & Wells are teaming up to tour both dioceses in 2012 with free training for children and youth leaders, church leaders, teachers and headteachers.
The Next Generation mini-tour will be hitting the road and visiting:
- Wednesday 23 May 7 pm – 10 pm St John the Baptist, Wellington TA21 8RF
- Wednesday 11 July, 7 pm - 10 pm: St Peter's, Bishopsworth, Bristol BS13 8RJ
- Wednesday 26 September, 7 pm - 10 pm: The Old Deanery, Wells BA5 2UG
- Saturday 10 November, 9.30 am - 12.30 pm: St Philip and St James, Bath BA2 2QF
Workshops (delegates may choose two)
- Things to do on Sunday: Practical ideas for Sunday School groups
- Being Part: Engaging children & young people in church life
- Worshipping Together: Fresh ideas for energising all-age worship
- In Schools: Exploring mission opportunities with local schools
To book your FREE place on The Next Generation mini-tour contact Sarah Lockie
Information Flyer (pdf)
Current training available in the South West
Follow the links below for more details and course outlines. Or print and share a summary by downloading our latest training booklet.
Modules and courses for those working with children (0-10 yrs):
- Godly Play
- Creative prayer with children
- All age worship ideas
- Making the most of Church Festivals and celebrating the Saints
- Holiday clubs
- Toddlers, toddler groups and early years
- Starting from scratch
- Reaching out
- Games craft and art
- Story telling
- Open the Book
- Planning and hosting a children’s event
- Extended Services / schools and Children’s centres
- Children and communion and confirmation
- Hearing the voice of children
- Employing a children’s / children and families worker
Modules and courses for those working with young people (11-19 yrs):
- Setting up a new youth group from scratch
- Hundreds of ideas, programmes and resources
- Resources for prayer, worship and using the Bible
- Planning and hosting a youth event
- Café worship
- Relating faith-based provision with the outside world
- Outreach and detached youth work
- Planning and leading a residential
- Hearing the voice of young people and enabling participation
- Employing a youth worker
- Providing a trainee student placement
- Setting up a school youth work chaplaincy
- Accessing funding for youth work
Further training courses
- The Key (3 sessions)
- Core (6 sessions)
- Fired Up (3 sessions)
- Passion to Train (article from Youthwork Magazine)
Contacts
- For work with 0-10 year olds, Core and Fired Up - Jane Tibbs, Children's Adviser
- For work with 11-19 year olds and The Key - Tony Cook, Youth Adviser
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