» Cactus Kid Advert Banned
09/10/08 08:27
A TV advert for the Oasis soft drink has been banned by the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) after a number of complaints from viewers.The clip, which was part of a series of ads shot in the style of a 50s US road movie, was seen to cond..

» Government will force lone parents to seek work
08/10/08 10:27
The government will reject the advice of an independent watchdog and go ahead with plans to force lone parents to actively seek work, it has announced today.The independent Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC) advised strongly against..

» Bill Wilson UK Tour
06/10/08 09:59
Bill Wilson is ministering in the following venues:- Sunday October 19th - Rotherham New Life Christian Centre 9am, 11.15am and 5pm. Monday October 20th - Life Church, Burnley 7.30pm Tuesday October 21st - Grimsby - Light Tower Redeemed Ch..

» UN Criticise UK Childrens Care
06/10/08 09:28
The United Nation's Committee on the Rights of the Child has delivered a damning verdict on the UK government's progress in recognising children's rights. In its concluding report into the UK’s record on safeguarding child..

» 7 reasons not to mess with children.
03/10/08 07:03
A little girl was talking to her teacher about whales. The teacher said it was physically impossible for a whale to swallow a human because even though it was a very large mammal its throat was very small. The little girl stated that Jonah..

» Male Teachers Make Good Role Models
02/10/08 08:52
Out of the 800 men questioned, 35 per cent said that male teachers inspired them to work harder. Dr Tanya Byron, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, author and broadcaster, said: "The need for strong male role models as constants in the live..

» Could you tell the nativity story in 30 seconds?
02/10/08 06:39
A competition to tell the Christmas story in 30 seconds or less has been launched by a Christian group. It will run alongside a Churches Advertising Network (CAN) radio campaign retelling the Christmas story. Churches, youth groups and ind..

» Global Forum seeks to reach missing billion
01/10/08 14:42
SUMMARY REPORT The opportunity to engage every child in every generation with Jesus through God’s word is a huge one, especially considering that there are approximately 2 billion children in the world today and that approximately half o..

» Bill Wilson in Sheffield
01/10/08 14:04
Bill Wilson from Metro Ministries in New York (Pretty big Kids ministry - 23,000) is in Sheffield on WEDNESDAY 22nd OCTOBER! This will be an incredible opportunity to hear how to minister to the hopeless generations across the world. it wi..

» Churches examine smacking from within non violence tradition
29/09/08 13:49
The Churches’ Network for Non-violence (CNNV) has developed out of concern that physical punishment of children has been largely unchallenged by Christian and other religious communities. CNNV rejects all forms of violence against childr..

» Smacking - Where does the church stand?
29/09/08 13:46
Here is thought starter that examines some of the issues Picture the scene in your local supermarket. Imagine a young child. What is happening? How are the child’s parents responding? How are other adults reacting? If the child was being..

» Wesley Owen Seek Child Bible Reading Support
26/09/08 12:09
The young people of today are the church of tomorrow and they are more likely to receive the truth of the gospel and act upon it than any other age group. IBS-STL, which has been printing and distributing Bibles in many languages for nearl..

» £50m expansion for Childline
26/09/08 07:02
The NSPCC plans a £50m expansion of its helpline services for children who suffer from abuse and for those reporting suspected cases of child abuse. Read More

» Schools to log bullying
26/09/08 06:58
All incidents of bullying in schools are to be recorded under plans announced by Children's Secretary, Ed Balls, today. Read More

» Catholic School says no to cancer jab
25/09/08 06:45
A Roman Catholic school has banned pupils from receiving the new cervical cancer vaccine on its premises. Governors at St Monica's High School in Prestwich, Greater Manchester, believe the school is "not the right place" to administer..

» PrayDay for Schools
24/09/08 15:53
This year’s European PrayDay for schools is in less than two months on Tuesday 18 November. Will you be taking part? If you haven’t heard about it before, this is a day set aside every year as a day for people across Europe to focus on..

» Video game classification is inadequate
24/09/08 15:48
Paul Jackson, director general of the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA), said the Pan-European Game Information (PEGI) system is the only one that has the power to prevent game publishers distributing unsuit..

» MPs would oppose any smacking ban
24/09/08 15:41
Children's Secretary Ed Balls has voiced his opposition to a ban on smacking children and said the majority of MPs would not support a ban if there was ever a free vote in Parliament on the matter. Read More

» Children's Ministry 2009 Announced
23/09/08 09:24
The Next Children's Ministry Conference: 23rd - 25th January 2009. A new bookings site is being developed and will open by the end of September. Keynote Speaker: Rev Joel Edwards An optional seminar and workshop programme encompassing..

» Emerging Church, Emerging Parenting?
23/09/08 09:17
Emerging Parents is a safe place for those involved in the emerging church conversation to explore holistic parenting ideas. We seek to discuss how we can follow Christ as parents, integrating our emerging faith and practices in with how w..

» Digitalparents has advice for you
23/09/08 09:12
digitalparents is a social enterprise focussed on helping parents to keep their children safe on the Internet. Parent's raising today's digital natives have not grown up with the Internet and often it is hard to know what to do. ..

» Church launches children’s national hero hunt
23/09/08 08:19
The Bishop of Middleton, the Rt Rev Mark Davies, is launching the first ever poll to find the UK’s ‘most heroic job’ according to the nation’s children. The online survey was launched at a school in Manchester today. The poll is pa..

» The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
23/09/08 08:14
One of the most moving films of the year, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is a powerful, haunting story about the horrors of the Holocaust. Unlike the vast majority of such stories, however, it doesn’t allow the audience to view events th..

» 3 million unite to pray for children
23/09/08 08:09
The Viva Network is celebrating the success of its World Weekend of Prayer for Children at Risk earlier this summer which brought together three million participants. In a report on the event’s success issued this week, Viva said that th..

» Smacking - often not a thought out punishment?
23/09/08 06:07
New research published in the Archives of Diseases in Childhood looked at more than 13,000 mothers and their children. Researchers from the US found one in four of the mothers who were not depressed or exposed to violence smacked their chi..

» Getting Dad Involved
23/09/08 06:01
The Pre-school Learning Alliance has launched a series of new resources to help early years workers get fathers involved.They include a half-day workshop to help get dads involved with their children’s learning, a dedicated web page and ..

» Sure Start - To be provided by law?
23/09/08 05:51
Although most communities now have a children's centre, they do not have a legally defined identity and are just one way in which local authorities can provide early years services. Children's minister Beverley Hughes said she wa..

» New degree for those working with vulnerable children
23/09/08 05:47
A new degree-level qualification for professionals working with vulnerable children, young people and their families has been developed by Sheffield Hallam University and the British Association for Adoption and Fostering. Read More

» Catholics launch children's site
23/09/08 05:37
A new website for Catholic children and others interested in faith has been launched this month.The site is highly interactive and utilises navigation aids such as 'tag clouds' and flash based visuals. Find out more here

» Fostering targets missed
23/09/08 05:26
Government figures released yesterday show that it has failed to meet its target for the number of children placed in long-term foster care and needs to invest more money in the service, the Fostering Network said. More here

» Discipleship Junction
23/09/08 05:15
Teach kids about Jesus’ powerful words and actions with this Discipleship Junction ministry curriculum jam-packed with interactive Bible stories, dramas, scripture memory, activities, and much more-perfect for multiple ages in one group ..

» Kids and Youth Workers Conference
18/09/08 20:28
Next weekend September 26th/27th is the Enlarge 08 Conference (www.serious4God.co.uk) which is for youth and childrens workers. (Serious4God is the youth arm of Elim). It is £50 to book and there will be some exhibition stands also at the..