David Welch

@jowinnsmith @MotherArwen Puts old DYO hat back on... Don't forget the rather great choir in Haslemere that was set up in my time as DYO years ago... haslemereparish.org/Groups/402704/… Set up in recent memory so good to connect if you are thinking of doing similar

@MotherArwen In Guildford diocese: St John's, West Byfleet; Holy Trinity, Guildford; the Bourne, Farnham. Message me if you want personal introductions to the clergy.

Can anyone give me the names of churches that have successfully developed a junior choir please! Would love to chat with them!

@Natspec Delighted to be there - great content and some useful networking. already arranged a meet up with a college who work in a similar way to us to share ideas and information. Thanks!

Delighted to have so many senior leaders join us today for our annual principals forum - a great chance to get together and discuss the issues that affect the whole specialist FE sector.

@jcook921 I didn't see you this weekend :)

Met someone who I would describe as a Christian Youth Work celebrity this weekend. Acted like a hugely embarrassing fan-girl. I'm 32 years old.

@holland_tom said he thinks about the Romans every day. What did he think about today? #RIHLive

@holland_tom Looking forward to seeing you there soon! @TheRestHistory

The wild flowers at Hampton Court are gorgeous

@2D0XPS Godalming and (Brightwell) Ash

We're planning a cheese board for a GE watch party. So far we've got: (Red) Leicester East Caerphilly (Double) Gloucester Oxford (Blue) West and Abingdon (Sage) Derby North We need more cheese-based constituency puns.

We must do all we can to ensure that our SEN young people in the UK get the support they need and are legally entitled to! They are amazing.

Really delighted that @BBCTheOneShow highlighted the challenge of getting an EHC plan. Our learners @Green_Corridor all have one but their parents have often had to fight so hard. The impact we have is life changing but the system so stretched

@martinsaunders @snailsarah @DioLondonCYW @JamieCutteridge Cause of youth work implosion in luton... @martinsaunders and @JamieCutteridge disappear into the youth work mag archives to find out the truth never to be seen again ...

@welchdav @snailsarah @DioLondonCYW @JamieCutteridge It might have been both of us - I definitely interviewed him. Steve something.

Anyone tried this with young people or whole families? 🤯

@snailsarah @DioLondonCYW @martinsaunders @JamieCutteridge Sounds familiar. I still think lockdown was a year ago....

@welchdav @DioLondonCYW @martinsaunders @JamieCutteridge I think you’re right. Timeline fail in my head!

@snailsarah @DioLondonCYW @martinsaunders I think it was @JamieCutteridge ...

@DioLondonCYW Pretty certain @martinsaunders interviewed someone for Youthwork Mag back in the day who was doing this with young people

@priestwendy Almost makes me want to go back to youth work so I can go! Do you do one for SEN charity leaders...?? You'll be ace btw... :)

@heyjames Love the idea. Legally problematic. And after 2 years you gain employment rights including the right not to be dismissed unfairly anyway...

But if you're going to commit ask people to commit to 3 years, shouldn't you offer them a 3-year notice period? (I know that doesn't quite work, but you see what I'm saying) (3/3)

We seem to have an admission from UCCF: "Hours before publication of this article, Simon Day, who was appointed chair of the UCCF Board of Trustees last year, told en: ‘I confirm that these practices were followed.’" (1/x)

Thoughts and prayers for @RPaulDavies at this difficult time... #WALvITA. If only he was preaching at my church tomorrow...

@heyjames And if so, surely you aren't compliant. If your pay doesn't depend on money raised, what happens if you raise nothing? A forced resignation? One of the chats from the HR doc? And anyway this should be more than a minimum wage level job surely? Surely?

@heyjames Also... how does this work with minimum wage? 40 hours/week x £11.44 (wage from April, when the role starts in August). Total £23,795. What happens if you don't raise the money? Do you get 16k? Can the money you get paid be dependent on the money raised?

Sorry, UCCF, I just want to be clear on this.. -You advertise a job with a salary of £24k (bit.ly/3ICPpH5) -The small print reveals the salary is actually £16k, candidates are expected to fundraise the difference (1/2)

@davidbunce @snailsarah @UCCF @AliCampbell_68 I think so @AliCampbell_68 has long been an important voice in this space. Also it is partly about churches taking advantage of people's sense of vocation and calling too

This @UCCF document is horrible and damning. But it’s honest. And let’s not for one second imagine that this type of employment culture is limited to one charity, it’s endemic across Christian organisations and churches. Especially those employing younger people. Time to change.

@JayHulmePoet Congratulations - deffo not listening live... iPlayer it is...

Not the best view but good to have @RPaulDavies at Cafe church today. Youth group got to interview him including asking if he had save more souls as a bishop or RNLI crewman... @CofEGuildford