13 March 2025, 10.30-4pm
St Matthews Church, St Matthews Street, Burnley, BB11 4JJ
Tickets: £65 non-members / £52 for FYT & Curbs members (using discount code)
Book your place here.
Frontier Youth Trust (fyt.org.uk) and CURBS (curbsproject.org.uk) are partnering to host the BEYOND Conference.
Gather with members of the FYT Movement and Curbs network for this 1-day interactive conference. Join us to hear stories of practice from children’s and youth work on the margins of culture and society. Listen to practitioners working in creative ways to engage with and learn from the margins.
Listen to inspiring short Ted talk style presentations followed by round-table discussions with the speakers to explore the themes further. Connect with others passionate about journeying with chirlden and young people on the margins; be inspired; and make space for reflection.
The speakers will be from a wide range of contexts. Some will be speaking from christian youth ministry perspectives however this gathering will be designed to be inclusive of everyone regardless of context.
All are welcome.
This year we are being hosted by St Matthews Church in Burnley, who will be sharing with us stories of practice of reaching into their local community.
Gather with us on the 13th March to challenge and inspire each other as we dream BEYOND our own walls.
Members discount. A 20% discount is available to CURBS and FYT members. Membership is free and available for those journeying with children and young people on the margins. To sign up as a member, or for members who don’t have the discount code, email info@fyt.org.uk or info@curbsproject.org.uk.
Lunch will be provided on the day.
Frontier Youth Trust is a movement journeying with young people on the margins of church and society. Across the UK our members are working with young people in local communities, creating new possibilities, advocating for change, and calling more to join the pioneer movement. Together we are a movement building a better world for young people. www.fyt.org.uk
CURBS (Children in Urban Situations) is a small Christian charity that resources and trains church-linked children’s workers in inner cities and on outer urban estates. CURBS advocates strongly for an approach to children which starts in their urban world, values their spirituality and recognises their developmental needs. www.curbsproject.org.uk
Confirmed speakers: More to be confirmed soon!
Gemma Madle – Translating God. Gemma will be discussing Youthscape’s Translating God research. How young people from outside the church respond and interpret the bible.
Bea Hulme – Youth shaped at every level. Bea is the new Youth President for the Methodist Church. Bea will be talking to us about their role and how the youth voice is championed and included in the Methodist Church.
Julia Chittle – Neurodivergent shaped spaces Julia will discuss how she shaped her summer programmes project to be a neurodivergent shaped space.
Dr Ami King – The question of WHY? Ami will be discussing her research exploring the motivation of clergy, staff and volunteers within social action. The research took place in a deprived social housing estate, and included a focus on understanding how the socio-spatial context of the social housing estate influenced the motivation of practitioners.
Rachel Jay – Therapeutic Play Rachel will be speaking from her wealth of knowledge of being a foster mum Rachel and working in supporting children and young people with additional needs. Especially from her experience as a trainer for Birmingham Children’s Trust adoption preparation training around adoption, fostering and supporting transracial families.
