I went to a conference looking at Extended Schools today in London. It was a good event for networking with others in the south east and I was able to hand out a few cards to people who are interested in speaking with YFC more about youth mission in their areas – so it was a good use of time in this way but I did find the content quite basic and un-challenging.

As is always the case with such conferences I am amazed at the way money is used. We used a good hotel, with a unbelievably good lunch menu, cakes and pastries at every break – and they were all very very nice. I can’t help but think, however, that surely this money could have been put to better use; either with the number of speakers, workshops or for some good publicity material or ‘extended schools toolkit’ that we could use with others to encourage engagement with this. Maybe I’m getting to be a moany old man!

If you go to a church that would love to get involved in Extended schools YFC have produced an excellent resource called The Crux that gives you everything you need to get succesfully involved in supporting a school with this.