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Youth Music

The UK's largest children's music charity has a grant making programme.

St Albans Diocese Child Protection Policy

Diocesan Child Protection Guidance.

Heart Soul Mind Strength

Review of Heart Soul Mind Strength, a book on Creative Worship.

How to set up a youth club

Ideas on how to get started when setting up a Youth Club.

We are what we do

Ideas for small, simple Actions. Do them everyday and you might just change the world.

GFS Platform

The Girls Friendly Society in England and Wales.

24-7 Prayer

International, interdenominational movement of prayer, mission and justice.

Tall Ships Youth Trust

Registered charity dedicated to the personal development of young people through the crewing of Tall Ships.

Charity Challenge

Do something amazing while raising money for your church or local charity.

Say one for me

Say One For Me, a new website for Lent from the Church of England that’s asking for your prayer. When you send it, some Diocesan Bishops & the Archbishop of York will pray for you.

Fusion

Resources for student ministry & young people heading off to Uni.

Verulam House Fund

Diocesan funding for people & projects that promote education, spirituality, witness & service.

PGL Holidays

Residential Trips for Youth Groups, Clubs & Associated Organisations.

En route express

Short course to prepare you for short mission trips.

Risk Assessment - A DYS Guideline

Assessing Risk is now part of working with young people ...

Youth Evangelism Fund

Grants available to support Youth Mission activity in St Albans Diocese.

RAVE bus

The R.A.V.E. bus is a mobile venue which can be used as a youth or community meeting place in Bedfordshire.

Lacey Theatre Company

Performance & workshops for Religious Education (key stage 3)

Haileybury Youth Trust

Haileybury Youth Trust in Uganda: helping Africa rebuild itself

Hilfield Youth Camp

Action packed Christian summer camp for young people aged 13-17 years.

Log In Listen In

An interactive training resource for young people.

Digizen

A Childnet initiative encouraging young people to be internet savvy.

Frontier Centre

Outdoor activity centre in rural Northamptonshire.

Phasels Wood Activity Centre

Activity centre based in Hertfordshire, with a range of indoor accommodation.

One World Week

Bringing people together from diverse cultures or faiths to explore how we can contribute to alleviating the hunger we see in our world.

The Good Childhood Youth Toolkit

An interactive toolkit tohelp churches develop or improve existing youth work ministry.

ReSource

Training course for mission & planting fresh expressions in emerging culture & with particular emphasis on the younger generations.

Taking them away - A DYS Guideline

Taking young people away on a residential weekend or holiday is recognised as an important part of any programme...

Health & Safety - A DYS Guideline

Health & Safety is both an individual and corporate responsibility...

Sleep Overs - A DYS Guideline

Sleep overs are a great way of developing positive relationships with your group...

Consent Forms - A DYS Guideline

In a number of guidelines we refer to consent forms, so samples are here...

Unaccompanied Children - A DYS Guideline

Sometimes children may attend worship or children's groups without the leader having contact with their parents...

Touch - A DYS Guideline

Church groups work to provide a warm, nurturing environment for children and young people...

Inappropriate behaviour towards Adults - A DYS Guideline

Children or young people can sometimes make suggestive approaches to an adult...

Registration of Groups & Staffing levels - A DYS Guideline

If In certain instances groups need to register and conform to required staffing levels depending on ages and regularity of meetings...

Transporting Children - A DYS Guideline

Transporting children by private car & minibus, getting the boundaries clear...

First Aid - A DYS Guideline

Adults working with children And young people should be aware of basic first aid techniques...

Code of Behaviour - A DYS Guideline

This provides a summary of the do’s and don’ts in terms of behaviour when working with children & young people ...

Youth across Watford

A network of Christians across Watford supporting local youth work.

Latest DYS Mailing

Look at the latest mailing from the DYS.

Book of Uncommon Prayer

Contemplative and celebratory prayers and worship services for youth ministry.

Little Book of Wisdom

A great little book for children's/youth workers.

SUbstance

Modular youth discipleship resource from Scripture Union.

CPAS - YOUNG LEADERS

Books supporting young people in leadership.

Will you make a difference? DVD

A DVD of resources to celebrate and inspire the work done with children in churches.

SPEC

Residential Centre near St Albans run by the Catholic Diocese of Westminster.

Enable Holidays

Holidays for young people with special needs and/or disabilities.

Iona

Iona Community - programmes & pilgrimage opportunities.

j516

An online community of Christian men, set up by two Christian guys within the Diocese.

CAFOD

CAFOD - organisation info & A-Z of fundraising ideas.

Oasis fundraising

OASIS - a great organisation with great fundraising ideas

Ecclesiastical Insurance ideas

Fundraising ideas from Ecclesiastical Insurance

Child Protection e-learning Beds

Child Protection e-learning in Beds.

Child Protection e-learning Herts

Child Protection e-learning in Herts.

STEP

St Albans & Harpenden Christian Education Project, working in schools across the area

The Big Spend

Funding for youth activities for 13-19 year olds

The BRAVE Trust

Christian schoolswork charity covering Buntingford & Royston.

Pro-Action

Pro-Action is a membership organization and is open to any of our church groups in Hertfordshire to join.

NYMO – Northampton Youth Ministry Office

The Bishop's Council for Youth Ministry supports youth ministry in the diocese of Northampton.

DFID

The Department for International Development is the part of the UK government that manages Britain's aid to poor countries.

Action Aid

ActionAid doesn't just tackle the effects of poverty. They also change what keeps people poor.

Here at the Youth Service we actively encourage churches and young people’s groups to engage in the world. There’s a vast range of organisations that provide material for education, as well as opportunities for first-hand experiences. Some of these are listed below.