Getting your youthwork off the ground

Launchpad is working with over 20 dioceses across the country. If you are unsure if it is running in your diocese, please contact your Diocese directly and if not, please contact us. It is for each diocese to decide the timings and location of individual courses. Courses are run by a Youthscape-trained facilitator who will often be based in the Diocese.

Launchpad is aimed specifically at the Incumbent or Priest-in-Charge of an Anglican Church because our experience tells us that the energy for youth work must come from the top. As youth work develops in your context, it may not stay the practical responsibility of the incumbent but it must start with you.

Launchpad aims to build knowledge, confidence and momentum. It is vitally important that clergy do not feel alone in the task to welcome young people into a Church community and to see it become truly intergenerational

Launchpad is currently funded by the National Church of England and is therefore available to all Anglican Churches. However, our aim is to be able to resource all Churches that wish to welcome young people and if this is you, please contact us

Launchpad is aimed specifically at churches where there is little or no connection with young people. If you have some form of ministry happening Youthscape Essentials might be for you. Find out more

There is no cost to take part; the Diocese, and Youthscape cover the cost of the programme and your workbooks. You’ll get the opportunity to view some of Youthscape's resources throughout the programme and receive a discount code to the store upon your completion of the programme.

Each of the five core sessions takes place around a shared meal. Sessions offers an insight into the lives of young people today through their own voices, as well as through an academic text. Clergy work alongside peers from their dioceses and with a trained youth work facilitator who will visit each Parish offering thoughts as to next steps.

Incumbents commit to five sessions and a final Celebration which marks the start of the journey for individual Churches and for the Diocese as a whole. Additional to the sessions, Launchpad includes at least one Parish visit and a coaching call to support development. Youthscape are proud to be research-based every cohort has the opportunity to be involved in the longer term.

Launchpad was first piloted in 2017 with clergy in the Church of England. Our content has been developed following updated research, new resources and feedback from our partners.

Youthscape works with expert youth leaders as facilitators, who deliver and customise the programme to the clergy in their own region. Launchpad’s success lies primarily in the ongoing relationships formed between the Clergy, the Diocese and Youthscape.