Prophetic Dreamers Weekend is a Christian youth event for LGBTQIA+ young people and their families. The ethos of the weekend is to create a space in collaboration with LGBTQIA+ young people for LGBTQIA+ young people.
Info
DATES: Fri 9 – Sun 11 August 2024
AGE RANGE: 11+
LOCATION: Birmingham area. (the location of the event will be released to booking partisipants)
Cost
Tickets for the weekend are £85 per person. Please note that accommodation must be booked as an additional cost. (see below for details)
Vision
Our vision is to partner with young people to co-create a safe space where they can gather together to explore faith, raise their voices and have some fun.
Prophetic Dreamers is about:
- Experience – fun, activities, connection with others
- Empower – explore faith, grow in leadership skills, build community
- Prophetic voice – raise up new voices, creating safe spaces, bringing change
What’s on?
Being Young People Shaped: The Prophetic Dreamers programme is all about being young people shaped. The programme its being developed as we speak in collaboration with Prophetic Dreamers young people.
We have also shaped the agenda around a young person’s schedule. We have shifted the timings of the weekend to have a late bed time and a late breakfast!
Everything is Optional: There will be a varied programme of fun activities and workshops that are all interactive. We want to be inclusive as possible, therefore ALL activities are optional and will be designed for multiple levels of engagement. So that everyone can be involved in whatever ways work for them.
There will also be time for down time and space to get to connect with new and old friends.
Activities we ran last year: glow stick bonfire party, scavenger hunt, games night, arts and crafts, country walk etc.
Workshops we ran last year: activism and faith, queer theology, creative worship, exploring gender and God.
Parents: Prophetic Dreamers is also a space for parents and guardians. The weekend is a great space to connect with other families and journey with others who are traversing the road of loving their rainbow families. There will also be a series of activities and workshops aimed at allies/parents/guardians.
Who can attend?
The PD weekend is open to all LGBTQIA+ and questioning young people and their parent/guardians/youth workers/youth leaders.
At this stage of the journey we request that ALL young people attend supported by an adult (parent/guardian/youth worker)
Please get in touch with the FYT team to discuss this further.
Location
The PD weekend is being held at a Retreat Centre in the Midlands. It has cosy lounges and is surrounded by nature. The site is a closed site and only people booked to attend the PD weekend will have access.
The exact location will be provided to participants upon booking.
Accommodation options
There are three types of accommodation options available to make it as accessible to as possible to participants. Accommodation must be booked on top of weekend ticket.
Camping ticket per person – £20 (campers must bring their own camping gear)
Bedroom with a shared bathroom – £100
Bedroom with ensuite bathroom – £130
FYI we have some multiple occupancy rooms. Please indicate at booking whether you would like participants to share rooms.
Participants also have the option to book alternative accommodation off site.
Food
All food for the weekend will be provided and cooked in house. Menus will be displayed in advance and we will try our hardest to support any allergies and food needs. Please let us know about any food needs upon booking.
We will also aim to serve food in a way that is as neurodivergent friendly as possible: menus will be displayed in advance, people will have options to eat what they want (as little or as much), served in separate bowls, access to different types of crockery.
Participants are more than welcome to bring snacks etc to share. Please refrain from bringing anything containing nuts.
How do I book?
To book your place please email info@fyt.org.uk to request an application pack.
If you have any questions about this event or would like to discuss it further please get in touch at info@fyt.org.uk.
Prophetic Dreamers is a Frontier Youth Trust project. Check out our inclusion policy here.
