Bishop Tom Williams attended the launch of Alsop High School’s launch a Growing Faith Learning hub, alongside other faith leaders, community members, students and the Lord Mayor of Liverpool. 

 
The launch included music performed by students from Alsop High School and Arnot St Mary Church of England Primary School. Young people, who will be at the heart of the learning hub, spoke about how they want to generate neighbourhood pride and build “beacons of hope” in which all can flourish and build the interests of all - the common good.  

 
Kirkdale St Lawrence Primary School read readings and prayers from major world religions. 

 

Bishop Tom Williams reminded young people of their potential to be the change the want to see. 

 
Canon Ellen Loudon, director of social justice at Liverpool Cathedral, spoke about how the hub will enable young people to gain an understanding of religion. 

 
The Growing Faith Hub will foster opportunities to celebrate faith through stories of hope and social action within schools throughout north Liverpool.  
 

The launch included a film recorded in Walton Church for the Day of Remembrance for the those who have died from Covid-19. During the film, young people lit candles and spoke about how we rebuild and reconnect after the recent pandemic. 

 
 

Alsop High School pledged to work with Arnot St Mary and Kirkdale St Lawrence Primary Schools, Walton Team Ministry, Liverpool Diocese and the leaders of faith communities for the common good and encourage collaboration between people of different faiths and cultures.  

 
 

The hub intends to foster communities where the voice of children and young people is instinctively at the centre of thinking and practice and where children and young people are enabled to be leaders and ‘agents of change’.