2+ hour, 15+ min ago   (908+ words) A Thursday evening youth caf" in Ipswich is offering a snapshot of a wider story unfolding across Suffolk, as churches report encouraging growth in attendance, community engagement and outreach - particularly among children and young people. At St Augustine's Church in…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (465+ words) Legal advocacy group ADF International has called for an end to "reckless experimentation on children" by the NHS, which has commissioned a clinical trial for puberty blockers. The trial is known as "Pathways" and will involve around 220 children between the…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (528+ words) Scottish families are to hold a rally in opposition to the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill, currently passing through Westminster. While the bill, if passed, will largely not take effect in Scotland, similar proposals have been put forward in the…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (431+ words) A protest was held in Westminster on Wednesday by former trans people and others who have faced persecution for opposition to transgender ideology. The protest took place outside the Department of Health and Social Care and called for an end…...

1+ mon, 1+ hour ago   (527+ words) The Presbyterian Church in Ireland (PCI) has become the subject of an inquiry by the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland following a damning internal report into safeguarding and news of a criminal investigation. Last month the Rev Trevor Gribben stood…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (550+ words) Where does a young person find hope when everything feels uncertain, pressured, and performative? Today's teenagers are growing up in a world of fragmentation with post-pandemic changes, always-on social media, global instability, and deep personal questions many adults never hear…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (562+ words) When Ofcom reported that 96% of children aged 3 to 17 were online in 2024, it confirmed what most parents and youth leaders already knew: the digital world is no longer optional. It is the air our young people breathe. And while the internet…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (662+ words) The think tank Civitas has published a report into the benefits of a classical liberal education - popular with homeschooling families - and why a comeback would be good for the nation's children. A classical liberal education focuses not only on facts,…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (470+ words) The precursor to the Advent calendar originated in 19th-century German Lutheran homes as a method of counting down the days up to Christmas. It gradually developed into the printed, windowed calendars of today." In the 1800s, German Lutherans often marked the…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (647+ words) The Bishop of Leicester, Martyn Snow, the Church of England's lead bishop for child poverty issues, welcomed the change while pressing the government to go further to support struggling households." "I warmly welcome the Government's decision to remove the two-child…...