Good news – and great joy!

We’re delighted to share the great news that Home for Good have appointed a new Yorkshire and North East Coordinator. Following interviews at the end of November, we were thrilled to offer the role to a really gifted candidate who impressed us with their experience, skills and passion for the vision of Home for Good. Now that the t’s have been crossed and the i’s have been dotted, we are pleased to be able to share the name of the new coordinator. Nic Thorpe lives in the local area and has a background in education and social care training. She already has lots of existing connections and relationships with churches across the region.

We believe that this appointment is a hugely positive moment for Home for Good’s work across Yorkshire and the North East; it’s been a long journey to get here and we are thankful for your prayers and patience. We’re excited for what 2024 holds as we seek to inspire and equip churches and individuals to play their parts in finding and sustaining homes for children who need them.

Nic will start in her role in early January and is already looking forward to connecting in with our brilliant network of volunteers and churches across the region. Please pray for Nic and her family as she prepares to join the team and settles into the role in the New Year.

A promise of hope

Are we allowed to start talking about Christmas yet?

Maybe you’re one of those people who can’t bear to think about carols and Christmas trees before the beginning of December – at least. Or maybe you’ve had ideas for your church’s Christmas activities buzzing around your head since July.

Here at Home for Good, we’d place ourselves somewhere in the middle; for the past few months, we’ve been dreaming up and creating a brand new, all-age Christmas resource for this year.

We’re delighted to tell you that our Christmas resources are ready – and we’d love to offer them to you as a gift.

Receive our Christmas resources

A promise of hope includes a brand new video, some inspiration for a talk or sermon, congregational prayers and activities for children and youth groups. We would love to invite you to use some or all of the package this Christmas in your carol service, Christmas morning service or at another occasion in the lead-up to Christmas. You can sign up now to view and download them using our short and simple form.

We hope that the video, prayers, ideas and activities included will be a blessing, offering a new way for your church family to engage with the Christmas story and be inspired to respond – to bring a thrill, a glimmer, a promise of hope to someone who needs it.

The resource pack is totally free; a gift from us to your church community. But we can only continue inspiring and equipping churches with the support of amazing people like you. Could you consider ‘paying it forward’ and taking a special collection this Christmas so that more churches can receive our resources for free and help to find more safe, stable and loving homes for children who need them? If you’d like to chat more about this, you can chat to our fundraising team directly about a Christmas offering at [email protected].

What can I be praying for?

We would love you to stand with us in prayer as we continue to work to find a home for every child who needs one in Yorkshire and the North East.

• Pray for Nic as she prepares to join the Home for Good staff team and settles into her new role.
• Pray for all of our Champions and Peer Support Volunteers across Yorkshire and the North East, asking God to guide and bless them in all they do to inspire and support others.
• Pray that God would continue to prompt and inspire people to explore whether they could play a part in fostering, adoption or supported lodgings.

Check out our prayer resource, Let’s pray, for additional thoughts, inspiration and points to guide your prayers.

Are there any events happening soon that I can attend?

Head over to Yorkshire and North East England page to find out what is happening in the area and find all the local support groups.