This could help churches fulfil their God-given mandate to provide an appropriate space for children. Resources such as Understanding God’s Heart for Children and Child-Friendly Churches, produced and promoted by Viva, have been used by thousands of churches worldwide. They are freely available - not just to our partner networks but to all churches. We want to update these tried-and-tested programmes, including creating accompanying film content so that they can be more widely used.

We initially want to invest more time and people into developing, producing and sharing digital assets. Further funding will enable further training and roll-out of these tools within our partner networks.