NYMW Early Day: Reaching beyond the Middle Class

Last year at the NYMW, a short talk from Natalie Williams entitled ‘Your Youth Work is too Middle Class’ took the event by storm. It was so popular, and so well-reviewed, that this year we’ve expanded it into an entire day’s workshop.

In this unique event, you’ll gather with 100 other youth leaders to tackle the challenge of how our youth ministry can bust out of some of the silos in which it finds itself, and reach far beyond the churched and middle class groups that we seem so often to serve at the exclusion of others.

This will not be a telling-off - rather a shared understanding that we want to do better, and reach EVERY young person with the transforming love of God. You’ll be led by two of the UK’s most dynamic communicators, both of whom bring huge experience of living and working alongside young people and communities with deprivation challenges.

You’ll hear encouraging stories, feel equipped to rethink and re-strategise your youth group, and get some practical ideas for where to start. If you’ve ever looked at your community and wondered how you could ever reach the young people beyond your bubbles, this day could be a fantastic investment of your time.