Helen Laird – Children and Youth Development Officer
As Children and Youth Development Officer, Helen’s role is to help, support and equip you in your ministry. Her experience involves training teams for Open the Book and helping provide Messy Church and Roots resources for all ages. Do you need help starting, planning and recruiting for a new project? Do you want to talk about growing in numbers or deeper in faith? If you have any questions, please use our Contact Form.
Children and Youth Friendly Churches


Synod Youth Representative
Are you a member of the scheme? Can Helen help you explore the process of Children and Youth Friendly Church Scheme – United Reformed Church or did you do it a while ago and would like a review?
Every Synod has a youth representative. To contact Isaac Irvine please use our Contact Form.
URC Resources
Here are some useful resources for your sunday school or youth group!
Training
See the Padlet board for training on this external site: URC Training, events and opportunities
Helen can train your teams in Open the Book an exciting storytelling project where Bible stories are shared with children in collective worship, at school, in a fun, interactive and memorable way.
Other training can be arranged on request – let Helen know what your needs are.
The Lundie Award
Who would you nominate for the Lundie Award?
The Lundie Memorial Award celebrates the good work an individual child or young person is doing for their church and community. Lundie Memorial Award – United Reformed Church
