Youth Day 2025

Eighty young people and their leaders came together for our district Youth Day at Hesley Wood Scout Activity Centre in Chapeltown, Sheffield at the weekend.

This years’ theme was exploring how to be a justice seeking church and the young people shared in worship together, took part in workshops, crafting, team building activities and had lots of fun.

The annual event is for children and youth aged between 8-18 years old and it’s a great way for our young people to learn, make new friends and explore what it means to be a Christian.

The workshops encouraged conversations about what injustices we see in local communities, schools, churches and the rest the world, then what changes can be made and what our young people can do to make their surroundings fairer and more just.

The on-site activities this year included the zipline, crate stacking, archery, axe throwing, climbing tower, a 3D Cube maze, nerf gun target range and a basketball shootout.

The Youth President Bea Hume also joined the event and was able to capture lots of views from the young people which she will take back to the Methodist Conference.

Vic Loveday, the District Children and Youth Coordinator, who organised the day said: “It’s so important young people get together at events like these so they know they are part of a larger Christian family, and not just their church. It’s an excellent way to introduce young people to worship and to explore serious and meaningful topics such as how to be a justice seeker in a safe and welcoming environment. It’s also lots of fun, especially with the on-site activities and it allows people to make new friends and be supportive of each other.

“I have been really inspired by some of the conversations the young people where having about the injustices they see in the world around them and what they could do to change that, it is my hope that they can be real agents of change.

“Thank you to all the leaders and volunteers who made the day possible.”

You can watch a highlight video here.