Our Christian values of love, justice and forgiveness underpin both the way in which we treat the children we work with and our expectations of their own behaviour. We believe that the right place to grow faith is within the Christian community. We would point any child who asked for such guidance towards their parish church, which rightfully has the responsibility for their pastoral and spiritual well-being.
The Children’s Society sees its commitment to social justice, including its campaigning and direct work with children and young people, as being part of God’s loving initiative in contemporary society. The Children's Society looks to 'convert' society so that it reflects the Kingdom of God by centering itself on children.
We can support you in your role as a children or youth group leader in the following ways:
- Use our wonderful children's website 'Kids zone' for interactive fun and up to date news
- Involve children in your church worship through Christingle, Leaves of Life and Halloween Choice
- Learn from our pilot Youth programme in London, we are hoping to develop resources and roll out the programme nationally in 2009
- Use our Key Stage two MyLife4Schools resources
- Get your groups involved in our peer mentoring programme