The Beacon Parish is delighted to welcome children and teenagers. We have special child-friendly Services where part way through the service we run a separate session for the children. We have four main groups for our young people:

 

Little Beacons - for younger children held during the St Margaret's Church Sunday services. Little Beacons takes place on the first and second Sundays of the month.

 

Youth Courses - first communion and confirmation classes for 11yrs plus - please ask

 

YODAH Schools - for children in School Year Groups 4, 5 & 6 at St Margaret's Primary School every Wednesday between 15:15 and 16:15 during term time

 

YODAH Youth - open to all young people aged 11 - 16 based at The Emmanuel Centre, South Street, Ditchling from 18.30 - 20.00 every Tuesday during term time

 

We have a youth worker. His name is Gary Pickett and you can find out more about him and his role on the about us page. You can reach Gary on 07745 299 289 and at gpickett170@gmail.com.

 

Our Acting Parish Safeguarding Officer is Tessa Haughton and she can be reached on 01273 843 581 or tessahaughton@gmail.com. See our dedicated safeguarding page for our policies and further help if you have any safeguarding concerns or need information.

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