Online Information sessions will take place at 7pm-8pm on Wednesday, 19th March and Wednesday, 23rd April. Please book a place to receive the Zoom link by sending your name, email address and chosen date to [email protected]
We are excited to launch our new programme of flexible training to equip volunteers and employed workers with the confidence, character, and competence to develop mission and ministry with children, young people and families, at home, in churches, communities and schools.
changing culture - changing practice - changing lives
This exciting new training adds to Cuddesdon's reputation and expertise as a centre of formational excellence for mission and ministry, drawing students from a broad range of church traditions.
We will equip you to be missionally active, culturally fluent, inter-personally skilled and theologically deep-rooted; and someone whose ministry will be relational, sustainable, collaborative, and life-giving.
Your training will be uniquely integrated into the life of the College so that you will benefit from training alongside other students – ordinands, lay ministers, pioneers and others as you learn and reflect together on Christian life and ministry.
At such a time of cultural change, we believe we need to re-imagine our engagement with younger generations, will you join us and see young lives changed?
From September 2025, these courses will be available:
PART-TIME COURSES
CYPF Foundation Award, one-year, part-time - download course details here
Aimed at those in volunteer roles with children or young people – toddler groups, messy church, Open the Book, Sunday church groups.
One evening per week plus occasional Saturdays/weekends (tbc)
CYPF Foundation Certificate, two-years, part-time - download course details here
For volunteers, or employed CYPF ministers seeking an accredited qualification and a deeper level of study.
One evening per week plus occasional Saturdays/weekends (tbc)
CYPF Diploma, three-years, part-time
For those who want a higher level of qualification. It will be ideally suited to newly employed CYPF ministers or apprentices. Monday and Tuesday are spent at College (either residentially or commuting) with Wednesday to Sunday in a long-term placement and worshipping community.
FULL-TIME COURSES
Full-time courses are ‘context-based’ - students typically meet at college on Mondays and Tuesdays each week during term-time, and then spend the rest of the week working in their local context. It will suit those who are employed as children/youth ministers or apprentices and able to commit to college training and placement hours. It is possible to sign up for each year separately, i.e. to complete the certificate before committing to the diploma.
CYPF Foundation Certificate 1 year - download course details here
CYPF Diploma 2 years
CYPF Degree 3 years
All courses are accredited by Durham University as part of the Church of England Common Awards programme.
For more details, questions or to register your interest in any of the above programmes, please email Dr Pete White at [email protected].