Hand-in-Hand Gold Awards celebrating excellence
Application process
STEP 1
The person responsible for the aspect of children’s and/or family ministry that you are entering for the award should complete the application. You will need to supply the following information:
• Your name, contact details and whether your post is full-time paid, part-time paid or voluntary.
• Church name, address and denomination or affiliation.
• A description of the community you serve: rural / small town / suburban / large estate / inner city
• A brief description of how your ministry operates and impacts on the children or families that you seek to serve (no more than 500 words)
• By answering a series of yes / no / working towards questions, an indication that you operate within a safe and appropriate environment
• By grading statements on a scale of 1 to 10, an indication that your team is prepared and appropriately trained
You can download the application form as a word document or a pdf.
You can make your application by:
• Email – either append a completed application form or answer all the questions in an email to office@familyministry.co.uk
• Post – send to Sue Price, Children’s and Family Ministries, 26-28 Lottbridge Drove, EASTBOURNE, BN23 6NT
Step 1 applications close: 31st October 2011.
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
Once you have submitted an application we will contact you either saying that you are still in line for an award or explaining why you won’t be receiving an award this time round. If appropriate, we will suggest action that you could take to bring you in line for an award next year.
STEP 2
If you are still in line for an award we will ask you to submit a step 2 application. This will involve:
• Confirmation from someone in your church leadership team that the church leadership is supportive of your children’s / family ministry activity – that it fits within the general church strategy, that they are willing to provide appropriate funding and that they ensure the wider church is aware of and praying for the activity.
• Short testimonies (no more than 150 words) from one or two children, parents or families, telling how they have grown in faith or been helped as a result of the activity.
• Support of the application from someone outside your church (a denominational national or regional advisor, a school head teacher, a Christian organisation regional advisor, a leader from another local church, a local community leader or worker…)
Step 2 applications close 30th November 2011.
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