Links
Baker Ross
www.bakerross.co.uk
Craft supplies and ideas for activities; prepared craft kits.
Bible Reading Fellowship
www.brf.org.uk
Bible Reading Fellowship’s site: they produce a wealth of resources and organise training and events.
Churches' Child Protection Advisory Service
www.ccpas.co.uk An organisation that produces resources on Child Protection issues, delivers training and offers advice.
Church House Bookshop
www.chbookshop.co.uk
Online shopping, bestseller lists and book of the month.
Children at Worship: Congregations in Bloom
www.childrenatworship.org
Caroline Fairless’s site - ‘Children at Worship: Congregations in Bloom’. Caroline has developed some innovative and influential worship approaches in her ministry.
Children's Ministry
www.childrensministry.co.uk
On line bookshop - visitors can write reviews on Children’s Ministry products.
Christian Aid www.christianaid.org.uk
Plenty of material and information to use with young people in church and in school. Always remember to have a look at Christian Aid Week resources.
The National Church of England website
www.cofe.anglican.org
The National Church of England website. When you get there, put ‘children’ into the site search and see what’s there.
The website for CORE training package www.coreskillsforchurches.com A new ecumenical resource which gives training in ‘core skills’ for children’s workers. If you want to run a course - contact Steve (0161 828 1433) for details
Church Pastoral Aid Society
www.cpas.org.uk
The site of the Church Pastoral Aid Society, with information of their resources and activities.
Children in URBan Situations www.curbsproject.org.uk CURBS = Children in URBan Situations - a project producing resources out of the experience of working with inner city children. The emphasis is on working with unchurched children in a lively, childrcentred way.
Early Education www.early-education.org.uk
This site has loads of stuff about under fives - and it is also offering a range of leaflets on how babies and toddlers develop and learn; one on helping children with their behaviour and one on handling under fives questions.
Ecclesiastical Group Insurance
www.eigonline.co.uk
Click on Church Insurance, then Insurance and Security and finally, Youth and Children's Groups. The information is short, clear, easy to understand and very comprehensive, covering such things as Visits and Trips, Bonfires and Firework Displays, Bouncy Castles and Play Inflatables! There are also contacts for further information, and the information is up-to-date and will be kept this way.
Godly Play www.godlyplay.org The official site of ‘Godly Play’ - the innovatory, approach to using stories from the Christian tradition with children. Stories are ‘played’ out using artefacts, and an imaginative, personal, open-ended response from the children is facilitated.
Hi Kidz Cyber Club
www.hikidz.org
A joint initiative including SU, Kingsway, CPAS, Viz-A-Viz, BRF and many more. Includes activities, Bible stories, games, music, videos, competitions, opinion polls, reviews, discussion/bulletin boards, FAQs on lifestyle, ‘agony aunt’, children’s prayer, family section and more.
The National Society www.natsoc.org.uk Website of the National Society which exists ‘for the promotion, encouragement and support of religious education in accordance with the principles of the Church of England’.
Positive Parenting
www.parenting.org.uk
Information about ‘Positive Parenting’s resources, training and other activities on parenting issues.
Roods On the Web
www.rootsontheweb.com
A website supporting the ‘Roots’ resource magazine for children’s work. Subscribers to the magazine receive a password giving access to extra sections of this site.
Scripture Union www.scriptureunion.org.uk
All the information you need on the activities, publications, other resources and events run by Scripture Union.
St. Deny's Bookshop
www.stdenysbookshop.com
Site of St Denys Bookshop, Oak Street, Manchester - a Christian bookshop that stocks a wide range of children’s work materials.
Resources for Christian Teachers www.teacherhelp.org
Christian Teacher's Resource aimed at day-school teachers in the States. But there are links to such things as costumes for biblical drama, music, behaviour management, worksheets & colouring sheets, quizzes, printable alphabets for notice boards, printable calendars to highlight events during the year, lots of Sunday school material.
Through the Roof
www.throughtheroof.org Through the Roof is a Christian disability organisation working to change attitudes in churches and society towards disabled people and disability
Wesley Owen Bookshops
www.wesleyowen.com Wesley Owen is a national chain of Christian bookshops with branches in Manchester, Bolton and Stockport in our area. They stock a wide range of children’s work materials.
Ventures
www.ventures.org.uk
This is the website for the Ventures holidays run by CPAS. Every year about 100 holidays are run for around 5000 children and young people between 8 and 18 during which they live and worship with other Christians and seek to know Jesus better.
Children are Unbeatable! Alliance
www.childrenareunbeatable.org.uk
The website of the campaign for equal protection from violence for children.
Messy Church
www.messychurch.org.uk
‘Messy Church’ is an umbrella term for activity based, innovative, multi-generational expressions of church. The website gives practical examples of this ‘Fresh Expression’ from around the country.
