As a bishop he was 'Advocate for Children' amongst the C of E bishops for all 20 years of his being a bishop in Southampton, Southwell and Nottingham and Durham. He is also a regular visitor to Rwanda and Burundi.

He has written a number of books around ministry to, with, by and for children: Reaching Children, Reaching Families, Offering the Best Children's Ministry, Living your Confirmation.

Prior to this she was the Children and Youth Adviser for the Diocese of York, responsible for equipping and resourcing those working with children and young people in the 620 churches of the area. Previously she was the Programme Lead for the Mission and Ministry degree courses at Cliff College, having previously worked with Oxford CYM training students in youth and children's ministry. She has a wealth of experience both as a practitioner and a lecturer and trainer, working for her local church as a Children's Evangelist and running events like the Scripture Union mission in Aylesbury.

Carolyn has written material for Scripture Union for many years and is the author of Slugs and Snails and Puppy Dogs' Tails: Helping Boys Connect with God and co-editor of Re-thinking Children's work in churches. She has recently completed doctoral research into children's spirituality and faith development.

At Birmingham Children's Hospital he was the Senior Chaplain managing a multi faith team from 2005. He has launched a research, study and training facility, the "Centre of Paediatric Spiritual Care" and co-founded and convened the Paediatric Chaplaincy Network (GB&I).

He is the author and co-author of several books, research and resources including Multifaith Care for Sick and Dying Children and their Families, Spiritual care with sick children and Young People (JKP 2015) and Pediatric Chaplaincy (JKP 2018). He is a board member of the UK Board for Healthcare Chaplaincy, spiritual care advisor for NICE, advisory committee member for Healthcare chaplaincy Network (USA), a children's, youth and chaplaincy work tutor for Midlands CYM and convenor of the Grove Youth Series of booklets.

She has volunteered at different churches with every age children's and youth group. She is a qualified school teacher and specialized in work with adolescents with educational and behavioral problems but joined Youth for Christ early in her teaching career.

After a range of roles within YFC including supporting gap year volunteers and Training Manager, Sally's role took her into a new partnership project - the Centre for Youth Ministry (now the Institute for Children Youth and Mission). She currently is Director of Midlands CYM which is based at St John's Nottingham and co-ordinates national CYM projects too.

Sally was ordained (Anglican) in 2012 and is Associate Minister at Hodge Hill in Birmingham, an outer estate church. She has published articles and books on a wide range of subjects including youth work, spirituality, reflective and collaborative ministry and spiritual care.

He is a minister, preaches week by week in a range of different churches, a tutor at Spurgeon's college UK and lectures and teaches in seminaries around the world.

Among the books that he has written or edited are The Bible (Narrative and Illustrated), In His Image, Masterpieces of the Bible, A Place for Us, The Growth of Love, In the Meantime and Entry Point (with Haddon Willmer). In his life and theological reflection Keith draws from a number of disciplines including: Literature, Theology, Sociology, Child Development, Theology, Social Work, and Community Development. His PhD was on Pandita Ramabai, a female Indian theologian.

He is originally from south Lanarkshire and studied archaeology to postgraduate level before attending Bible College in Edinburgh and going into mission work in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland.

His work with children in Shetland gave him the basis of his research as he trained for ordained ministry at Cliff College, Derbyshire then Wesley House, Cambridge, gaining his PhD (Cantab) under the supervision of the late Rev Prof Dan Hardy. His thesis was later published in a monograph called 'Children before God: Biblical themes in the works of John Calvin and Jonathan Edwards'. His current project is working with George MacDonald, 'the spirit of the child' being a key element of his theology.

She has been working at the University of Derby since 2020, previously lecturing at Children, Youth and Mission, based in Nottingham. She is married with four children and they are part of their local church, serving in a variety of roles and pioneering a new campus.

Her family lived as missionaries in Durres, Albania for six years where they set up and ran a centre for children and young people.