Recommended Resource Library

Tried and tested resources used and recommended by real youth and children’s workers

Grumpy owl & the joy of Christmas book

A great giveaway at your Christmas events theres also a whole pack of resources too a play, an animation, crafts, assemblies for schools,…

Hidden in Plain Sight

Hidden in Plain Sight - A series of short, animated videos from Overseas Missionary Fellowship (OMF). These offer a journey exploring how,…

Beyond Beans On Toast

This is a fantastic tool for churches and youth leaders to give to young people heading to university. Are you heading off to Uni? Do you…

Scripture Union Xstream Compendium

The Xstream Light Compendium offers a full year of session materials to use on a week to week basis. Filled with engaging content to help…

Summer camps for kids, youth & families 2023

A list of over 75 camps, Christian festivals & holidays that you can recommend to kids/youth/parents or take your group to...

Yetti game, resource for youth, from YFC

1 box = 7 games for youth about life, God & a dog on a skateboard!

Jesus Died For Me Resource pack

This is a free resource pack from Scripture Union that will help you run fun, gospel-centred Easter sessions in a variety of settings.

Nua Easter Videos for age 9-14’s by SU Ireland & SU Scotland

3 videos & resource pack to help kids & youth discover who Jesus is and why Easter is significant to their lives.

Sweaty Church Clubs Cards – SU

The Sweaty Church Clubs resource is a pack of 64 A6 cards providing all the ideas needed to construct an interactive, fun and engaging…

A Community Christmas resource pack

Are you looking to reach out to your community this Christmas? This resource offer ideas on how to run events to reach out to your…

Nua:Christmas 3 part video series for youth

3 quality well made creative videos to help youth with or without faith of their own to explore the real meaning of Christmas.

Back of the Net Scripture Union Sports Resource

A great opportunity to take advantage of the upcoming football World Cup. The ‘Back of the Net’ Scripture Union resource to engage children…

Shine Your Light Youth resource by SU

A resource exploring young people sharing their faith with their peers – providing practical tips & activities...

Jesus is the Light (alternative Halloween kids resources) by SU

A delightfully designed minibook for 5-11s, ideal for goody bags at a Light Party event, or just as a gift for children in your group…

NYMW conference resource/event to equip youth leaders by Olly Shaw

It's an opportunity for youth leaders from churches and charities to get together, worship, be encouraged, inspired & fired up and learn…

The Gameplan by Youthscape. For youth Leaders. reviewed by Bex Jignasu.

The GAMEPLAN by Youthscape. This is a journal/planner. The aim of this resource is to help you to get your schedule, your big picture…

Connected Hearts Discipleship Resource. For Children and Youth. Reviewed By Bex Jignasu

Connected Hearts is a discipleship curriculum resource intended to be used within the church for children and young people of faith. It is…

Showcase creative resource for youth review by Olly Shaw

Do you wish your session plans could be a bit more 'creative'? What if the sessions you run inspired creativity in the young people you…

Mission Magic Resources for children and youth, reviewed by Bex Jignasu

Mission Magic resources are aimed at people who would like to do tricks and illusions as part of their gospel message with children and…

UpBeat Mental Health Resource for 13-16 yr old boys review by Olly Shaw

Young men are least likely to seek help for emotional or mental struggles. What if they felt church was a safe place to express their…

Like me self-worth Scripture Union Resource for 8-11 Reviewed by Bex Jignasu

As we have said in previous reviews Mental health resources for kids and young people are a key part of any youth or kids workers toolkit.…

The Lost Sun Mental Health Resource for 5-8 yr olds review by Becky Lawrence

Essential mental health and wellbeing resource for small groups of 5 to 8 year olds by Scripture Union...

‘Listen In’ personal reflection journal for youth/kids leaders review by Becky Lawrence

A creative journal tool for youth and kids leaders self reflection and listening to God.

Hands on Bible 365 devotions for kids review by Becky Lawrence

365 pages of Bible reading notes to engage children and families in God's word and getting to know God better.

Alumina self harm workbook for youth review by Becky Lawrence

A great tool to recommend or use with young people who self harm, can be used by young people themselves on their own, or during 1-2-1…

My First Hands on Bible for age 3-6 review by Becky Lawrence

Interactive Bible stories for kids age 3-6 using New Living Translation and activity ideas and prayers to bring the Bible to life.

Orbit daily youth devotional by Youthscape review by Becky Lawrence

Daily devotional tool for young people to help them access & apply the Bible & get to know the God who loves them

Queens Jubilee Resources for Kids by Hope Together & partners review by Becky Lawrence

Resources to engage kids with faith by exploring the Queen's jubilee and her faith.

The Sex Thing: Reimagining conversations with young people…book review by Becky Lawrence

This book is a great tool for anyone involved with young people, whether you are a youth worker, volunteer youth leader or even a parent of…

Queens Jubilee resources for youth by Hope Together & partners review by Becky Lawrence

The Queen's 70 year Jubilee is coming up in June, celebrated nationally it provides a big opportunity to explore the faith and values of…

Intro Outro YouTube channel for youth review by Becky Lawrence

Intro Outro is a Youtube channel for young people full of wholesome entertaining content from Youth for Christ...

Rooted Junior Resource for kids age 8-11 from SU review by Becky Lawrence

10 sessions of activities that give space for children to reflect and dig deeper into their faith journey...

Freedom Challenge an escape room style adventure resource review by Becky Lawrence

Jump on the escape room bandwagon & host a fun immersive esperience for your youth to explore modern slavery justice...

Book of Wonders for 8-11 year olds from SU review by Becky Lawrence

Beautifully colourful hardback 'Book of Wonders' and matching activity book by SU are great resources for curious 8-11 year olds...

Emotional First Aid Youth Journal & leaders training from TLG review by Becky Lawrence

TLG's great Youth Emotional First Aid Journal, is a great tool anyone can use to explore emotional & mental health with young people.

Additional needs inclusion reflection tool for kids/youth leaders by Urban Saints

6 part tool for youth/kids leaders to consider how to invite & include young people with additional needs to find belonging within your…

Bible Society New Family Bible review by Becky Lawrence

A big beautiful book for families to connect with God in engaging fresh ways by reading together, doodling, journalling & making notes in…

Augmented reality fully interactive Christmas story resource review by Becky Lawrence

An Augmented Reality resource by Missional Generation for the lead up to Christmas (advent) that helps children and young people explore…

Printable Nativity Escape Room for 8-15 year olds review by Becky Lawrence

An affordable nativity themed escape room activity for kids/youth or teams of all ages who love to crack puzzles and want a great fun…

‘God Became Like Me’ Christmas book from SU, review by Becky Lawrence

Use these books to let children know how loved they are, that God became like them in sending Jesus to earth to be with us...

Go Colour for all ages by YFC review by Becky Lawrence

Christian themed colouring books, sheets and posters for all ages to doodle, colour and pray with...

YFC Ethos resource for Young Adults 18-25’s review by Becky Lawrence

This weeks recommendation is for Ethos which is a series of free films for young adults (18-25's) created by Youth For Christ

Fuel TV YouTube Youth Series Review by Becky Lawrence

Original video series for youth, 'Fuel TV' by youth workers Keren and Jonah...

YFC Youth & Kids Discipleship & Outreach Resources Review by Becky Lawrence

Youth and kids discipleship & outreach resources by national charity Youth for Christ which could be perfect for your youth or kids…

All Age resources from Engage Worship review by Becky Lawrence

Engage Worship have a website bursting with creative ideas and resources - which does what it says on the tin - helps engage all ages in…

Light party and alternative halloween resources from SU by Bex Jignasu

Each year at halloween many people get ready to celebrate darkness, spooks and scary things - but as Christians we prefer to focus on the…

Equipping Every Kid Curriculum for Kids Church/Sunday School review by Becky Lawrence

Equipping Every Kid curriculum could be the next great resource to make planning your kids church or sunday school much easier.  

Brave youth resources from Youthscape by Becky Lawrence

A whole online library of free resources designed to help empower young people to recognise and release their inner strength and…

The Bible Series – a 7 part journey with content for kids, youth & adults – by Becky Lawrence

Your whole church can journey together using testimony films, small group resources, youth films, children lesson plans and more...

Pause, Breathe, Reboot reflection tool for Youth & Kids Leaders by Becky Lawrence

This is a great tool to help evaluate the last 12 months - what went well, what didn't, listen, dream and revisit vision for your…

Youthscape Bricks discussion game for Youth by Becky Lawrence

A set of stickers for you to accessorise a set of Jenga blocks, designed to turn the game of Jenga into a fun discussion game!

Soul quenching personal devotions & reflections for youth/kids leaders by Becky Lawrence

Make the time to refresh, refuel and revitalise your passion for youth/kids work with these reflection tools.

Conferences to fill you with encouragement & inspiration by Becky Lawrence

We can all do with a bit of inspiration and opportunity to fuel our vision for youth work - conferences are ideal for doing just that.

LICC email encouragements for youth & kids leaders by Becky Lawrence

I've been subscribed to the LICC's 'Word for the Week' & 'Connecting with Culture' emails for several years now & I love them to start and…

Linktree & Mylinks Social Media tools for youth & kids leaders by Becky Lawrence

I really recommend using Linktree or MyLinks, as a creative tool to share a whole list of online content with your youth group, church or…

Youth & Kids leader design tool – Canva by Becky Lawrence

I love Canva, it’s a vital design tool in my youth & kids work. This isn't sponsored, I just really like Canva & recommend it as a life…

Summer camps, festivals & weekends away for youth by Becky Lawrence

Recommendations, links and info for at least 24 summer camps, festivals and conferences options for youth and/or families. We got you…

Gospel of Mark books for youth review by Becky Lawrence

The gospel of Mark - an eye witness account, beautifully designed, modern and brings the gospel to life as seen through Mark's eyes.  A…

ManMade lads youth resource by Darren Quinnell

ManMade is a whole program of sessions, small group material, activities, excursion ideas, and challenging trial exercises ideal for an…

Together Apart: Series 2 youth resource review by Olly Shaw

Together Apart series 2 is a 7 part session discipleship resource created by Youthscape to be used online or in person.

Ministry Ark Kids Resources Recommendation by Becky Lawrence

Recommendation of a kids ministry resource website with printables, games, videos, teaching and more...

Talking to youth about sex & all that stuff…by Becky Lawrence

It's difficult to know where to start when it comes to teaching or approaching the subject of relationships and sex with teenagers so I…

Conversation Cards by Fusion, review by Becky Lawrence

Youth conversation cards themed around Deep Meaningful Conversations and Discipleship.

Youth Mission Trips Links & Resource Recommendations by Becky Lawrence & Olly Shaw

We want to help inspire you to perhaps consider hosting a youth mission trip abroad in the future or helping get your youth group engaged…

COVID Safe Youth/Kids Games by Becky Lawrence

Ideas for games for kids/youth that are Covid safe minimise/avoid personal contact/touching the same equipment and remaining socially…

Tips for year 13 transition to uni/work/gap year by Becky Lawrence

Goodbye youth, hello young adults! Tips & resource recommendations for preparing your oldest youth for this next stage of their lives...

Year 6 transition to secondary school material & book review by Becky Lawrence

A great tool for giving away to year 6's to help prepare them for moving to secondary school.

Energize kids/youth resource review by Becky Lawrence

Energize is an online resource portal by national youth charity Urban Saints, that you pay monthly for on a subscription, you get material…

Renew Normal Reflective Exercises for youth leaders review by Becky Lawrence

The Renew Normal booklet from Youthscape has been a great tool for me to inspire me to pause, reflect and take stock of our youth and kids…

Together, Apart Online Youth material review by Jonny Titman

Together, Apart is a new 6 session resource by Youthscape designed to be used online with young people.

Freedom in Christ for Youth as a mentoring tool review by Becky Lawrence

I used this in mentoring with a young person, to give us some structure for our weekly meetings and provide some Godly spiritual input to…

Kleer video series for youth review by Dave Boden

Each of the short videos use presenters, visual storytelling or bible verses & poetry to facilitate discussions about spirituality,…

Treasure Seekers Online Holiday Club for kids review by Bex Jignasu

we will be running this as an online holiday club over the Easter holidays for primary school age children. We decided to use this holiday…

Youth Wellbeing Journey Review by Amy Charlton

The Youth Wellbeing series has been a great chance for our young people to discuss and dig deeper into some specific areas in their life.…

Jesus Died For Me? Easter book for kids review by Becky Lawrence

This book could be used as an ideal Easter gift for your church children and/or as a gift for children in your community that you may…

Icebreaker game suggestions by Lewis Simonds

Icebreakers are a great way to start youth sessions, both online and face to face.  It warms everyone up, starts to build relationships,…

In Search of Easter Trail + other Easter outreach ideas by Bex Jignasu

We are always looking for engaging, fun interactive ways to connect with families in our community and we were keen to find a way to do…

Kids Lent Countdown Resource Review by Becky Lawrence

This countdown to Easter resource is bright, unique and ideal for enaging children and families as a great lockdown discipleship tool.

Bible Project video resource review by Gemma Milligan

BibleProject is such a find. It is an animation studio that produces completely free videos, podcasts, blogs and other resources that bring…

Diary of a Disciple Luke’s Story Resource by Bex Jignasu

Designed for primary schoolers, I used the after-school club material with our church kids group online during lockdown. This resource…

Anxiety Youth Resource Idea by Sarah Hogan

The topic of anxiety is so relevant right now, but also poses a challenge - how do we approach this in a fresh engaging way that’s going to…

Make your own “Message to my teenage self…” video series idea by Becky Lawrence

I'd like to recommend an idea for your youth, a make it yourself video series called "Message to my Teenage Self..."  The premise is that…

Kintsugi Hope Youth Wellbeing Group review by Claire Hughes

Over the last two years we have become increasingly aware of the growing mental health concerns, especially among young people.  In…

Rooted Hub Conversation Cards review by Bex Jignasu

These cards are designed by Scripture Union for use in a Rooted Youth (11-14's) context. However during lockdown I have been using these…

Connect Cards, 52 ways to connect with God by Becky Lawrence

A new resource ideal for promoting discipleship at home through 52 cards containing ideas to connect with God in easy, everyday, creative…

Youth Treasure Hunt Activity by Darrel Hofland

Earlier this year, in our little town of Bletchley, I set up a treasure hunt using the free location app called 'What3Words'?

Christmas Games Ideas for kids, youth or families by Becky Lawrence

10 Christmas games that you could use online or in person for your kids, youth or families christmas party.

Youth Christmas Scavenger Hunt Idea by Becky Lawrence

I decided to do a Scavenger hunt in and around our city centre and shopping mall. I've put together scavenger hunt sheets with lots of…

In Search of Christmas QR code trail review by Bex Jignasu

This is a Christmas themed treasure hunt for children and families, using a series of videos to encourage conversation and help crack a…

Bible Heroes Series for Kids review by Becky Lawrence

When our kids work moved online in March we decided to change our content to begin a series on Bible Heroes, focusing on a different figure…

Amplify Evangelists Academy review by Olly Shaw

Amplify is essentially a year long course for young people from across the country who are already invested in reaching out to their mates…

Mission Academy Live review by Libby Arnold

Mission Academy Live is a fantastic 10 part video resource created as a tool to help encourage your youth group to be missionally…

Scripture Union Search of Hope Trail review by Bex Jignasu

The Hope trail is an activity for children and families using a series of QR codes to access videos to create conversation and help crack a…

Alpha Youth Series (online) review by Josh Verity

I want to tell you why you should be using the Youth Alpha resource, especially whilst we’re doing online youth work in the midst of the…

Alternative Halloween Kids Activities review by Becky Lawrence

Here’s some suggestions of material you could use to put together an in person or online kids session next week (or use with your own kids…

Nua Film Series for Youth (SU Ireland) review by Marco Loxley

We have been using the Nua resource across various settings for the past 2 years. The material is appropriate for all secondary school ages…

Scripture Union Rooted Youth Resource review by Becky Lawrence

Rooted is a resource for youth written and published by Scripture Union. It’s aimed at young people of any stage of faith (including those…

Bible Society/YFC Video Series review by Becky Lawrence

During lockdown after sending my young people one of these Good News Bibles I decided to make use of them and some of the 30 linked videos…

Voke App for Youth review by Becky Lawrence

I recently came across this free app called Voke, when researching resources.  It’s made by some Christian developers in the USA with…

Good News Youth Bible review by Becky Lawrence

Last year I got these new Bibles for my youth which we kept at church in our youth trolley pre lockdown.

Kids Hands On Bible review by Becky Lawrence

Last year we bought our first kids Bibles, for our kids church, after a lot of research I chose these Hands On Kids Bibles.

Diary of a Disciple review by Becky Lawrence

For the whole of last year we used these Diary of a Disciple Luke’s gospel books in our Kids Church.  It follows the gospel of Luke…