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Youth groups beta phase
As we enter the beta phase of the Difference for Youth Groups course, we’d love to invite you and your youth group to take part in a feedback session as we continue to refine this resource.
Navigating conflict and differences of opinion or perspective is challenging for people of all ages, and young people are no exception.
Our culture is increasingly polarised, with even the smallest of differences causing new divisions between groups. Cancel culture, racial justice, political polarisation, Covid’s legacy and the cost-of-living crisis sound like grown-up matters, but young people feel the weight of these and many other topics keenly, and often aren’t given tools to communicate their worries and perspectives well. We often focus on the world that the next generation will inherit – but young people are already grappling with the world as it is right now.
The Difference course helps young people to explore the issues that they face and consider the impact that Jesus can have on their own lives and the world around them. With thoughtful and conscious facilitation from youth leaders, Difference has the potential to have a transformational impact on young people as they discover afresh the invitation to be part of God’s work of renewal and restoration in the world.
The beta phase
Difference for Youth Groups, launched in May 2024, was developed in collaboration with youth work experts and educators and piloted with youth groups across different communities and church denominations. Our hope is to continue refining the materials so that they best serve young people, equipping them with skills to cross divides, navigate disagreement, practise forgiveness and pursue a just and flourishing world as they seek to follow Jesus.
We’re looking for a number of youth groups who would like to run the seven sessions with their young people and give us structured feedback on their experience. This feedback would be used by our team to make future updates to Difference, strengthening the course content to better reach more young people.
Your involvement
In taking part in the beta phase, we would ask you to commit to:
- Running Difference with your youth group, completing all seven sessions by the end of June 2025 (this means starting the course by mid-May at the latest!)
- Providing feedback about each session, and the course overall, via session and course feedback forms
- Participating in feedback sessions to share your experiences and insights. One session will be hosted online for youth leaders only (there will be a choice of dates to attend) and the other feedback session invites youth leaders and young people to participate in an in-person workshop hosted in London
- Engaging your young people in a feedback-focused session regarding the course as a whole
Interested in taking part? Please register your interest below. If you have any questions, please drop us an email.