Youth

At the youth office you will find:

Dave Green, the Diocesan Youth Officer. He’s been around a few years but continues to feel passionate about the important place of young people in the life of the church. He gets frustrated by too many boring meetings, but loves meeting young people, which for him means a lot of the population!!

Julie Reeves, the Youth Secretary, who spends much of her time trying to get Dave organised and in control of his diary. She is the one who answers the phone so knows most things about what is going on – unless Dave comes up with an idea and doesn’t tell anyone!!
You will also find a variety of people associated with Reach Out Projects. ROP is an independent trust which grew out of the work of the Diocesan Youth Service. It provides resources like the canal boat fleet and Chellington Residential Youth Centre. The main person based here is:

Ann Green, who is administrator for ROP, so sorts out all the bookings, money, and just everything that is needed in running the show. We see, from time to time, Liz Saunders our Chellington Co-ordinator, Anne Hunt, Volunteer Co-ordinator for Boats & John Bennett, Co-ordinator for Enable Holidays.

It is a busy place where, hopefully, the work is focused on supporting young people and those who work with them.