YEF’s purpose? To enable more young people to connect with the Christian Gospel and develop their faith within the life of the Church. The Fund affirms projects and proposals that share the Good News of Jesus Christ in ways that make sense to young people.

Launched in 2006, the YEF grew out of a report presented to General Synod in 2002 entitled Good News for Young People: The Church of England’s National Youth Strategy, which included proposals for a Youth Evangelism Fund. Each year for five years, eight to 10 dioceses have received YEF support to resource new ideas for mission. This is the last year of the fund and we are hoping for a great final year where young people surprise us with their vision and imagination as they seek to relate their faith to their friends.

“It’s for young people themselves,” explains the Archbishops’ Council’s Mission and Evangelism Associate Dr Rachel Jordan “to be able to express their Christian faith in a way that is engaging and will help to introduce their friends to the importance of Jesus Christ in their lives.”