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    Q&A: Jennifer Kvamme

    2023-12-13T10:12:00Z

    Questions surrounding sexuality and gender have become an additional challenge for Christian parents alongside the many other demands of raising children. The narrative and assumptions within education make this especially tough as children grapple with who they are and how their friends choose to identify themselves. Jennifer ...

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    Q&A with John Prockter, author of Hikaru

    2023-09-19T09:21:00Z

    How do you reach today’s teens? Schools worker and charity leader, John Prockter believes fantasy fiction is an important tool and explains how he hit on the idea

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    ​A week in the life of Amy Heyes

    2023-05-11T09:42:00Z

    In 2003, amid AS Levels with her university options set, there was a prayer Amy Heyes knew she needed to speak out: “God, if this isn’t what I should be doing next…let me know.” God answered and, in the summer of 2005, she landed at UDB (Urban Devotion Birmingham). She tells us what a typical week looks like, many years on from that moment.

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    Interview with Debbie Pattinson

    2023-03-17T12:20:00Z

    As hospital admissions due to eating disorders have risen by 82 percent among children and young people (2021/22), the national children’s charity, Spurgeons, have introduced some resources to tackle harmful eating disorder myths and to help plug the gap as children face extended waiting times for specialised treatment. Premier NexGen spoke with Debbie Pattinson, Senior Counsellor and Digital Counselling Service Lead.

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    Interview with Nick Pollard

    2023-02-08T13:55:00Z

    Nick Pollard is the co-founder of Damaris Trust. Now, with his wife, Carol, and daughter, Dr Elizabeth McNaught, he has set up Family Mental Wealth, a government-funded social enterprise working in collaboration with a number of groups. A challenging time in his family led him to form something to help alleviate the mental-health challenges faced by many young people today

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    Q&A with Andy Campbell

    2023-01-23T15:32:00Z

    Maybe you are a coach without knowing it? This was Andy Campbell’s experience as a youth worker in London. He went on to receive training alongside his youth work and recently completed a Grove Book on the topic. Premier Youth and Children’s Work caught up with him to find out why coaching could have value for youth and children’s work

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    Q & A with Molly Ashton

    2022-12-20T11:02:00Z

    NexGen speaks to Molly Ashton, who has seen her two sons through education and is now homeschooling her two adopted daughters. She has compiled the book,
    Another Way To Learn.