Next Generation Team
At the core of our mission is a genuine concern for the youth of Wigan. Through the dedicated Next Generation team, established in August 2020, we've been actively engaged in high schools, churches and local communities, working to empower young minds and cultivate positive change. Our Brighter School of Discipleship offers leadership training, with graduates making impactful contributions abroad and fostering community and reducing social isolation locally. In September 2021 WDT took a bold step by employing a full-time, trained Counsellor at the Deanery C of E High School and 6th Form College. This pilot programme, fully funded by WDT, and integrated into the School’s Wellbeing and our Next Generation teams has proven immensely successful, providing targeted support with a specialisation in trauma counselling and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. The impact has been profound, underlining the urgent need for expanded and continued counselling services (more details in tab below).
The Next Generation Team is made up of a Project Lead, two Youth Mission Enablers and two school counsellors working closely with Church Wigan, our trustees, partner schools, in the community and interdenominationally with other churches and mission partners.
This team only exists thanks to fundraising including grants from the Strategic Development Fund, the Benefact Group, Garfield Weston, Way Foundation, local businesses and partnerships with high schools. We are actively seeking further funding to enable this most important work to continue.
To contribute to this most important work please contact Christiane Cook, Fundraiser, on christiane.cook@wigandeanerytrust.or or 07479 707309.
