Ventures & Falcons

Can you imagine anything better than a week in the Peak District? On Saturday Hope Valley 1 & 2 are off to explore the beautiful scenery in this lovely national park #NationalParksWeek

Kepplewray and Coniston Ventures take place in the beautiful Lake District. Kepplewray Venture started yesterday, and Coniston starts this Sunday! #NationalParksWeek

Did you know that 10 of our Ventures and Falcons explore some of our STUNNING National Parks? Keep your eyes peeled for some lovely green photos this week... #NationalParksWeek

Ashville and Foremarke 1 Ventures begin today, marking the start of our summer holidays! This summer nearly 3,000 children and young people are going on Ventures and Falcons across England and Wales. We're so excited for all the friendships, memories, experiences and God conversations that this summer holds #VF2018

Anyone else got that Christmas-Eve feeling?! Just one more sleep until our #VF2018 Summer seasons officially begins! We're in the office so give us a call for any last minutes queries

2 days to go until #VF2018 begins. Who hasn't started to pack yet?

3 more sleeps until our first Summer Ventures and Falcons begin! Pack your sun cream, we’ve booked 6 weeks of sunshine #VF2018

Our summer season is SO close we can almost taste it… Just 4 more days! #VF2018

Even though football didn't come home… Our spirits are still high because it's just 5 days until the start of our summer Ventures! #VF2018

Never mind the football⚽... Our 2018 Summer Ventures and Falcons kick off in just 10 DAYS! Who's excited?! #VF2018 😀☀️🌴⛱️🎉😎❤️

It's #NationalSunglassesDay! 😎 This beautiful weather has got us SUPER excited for all the Ventures that are coming up... Got your sunnies ready for your summer Venture? Don't worry, we've booked this weather for the next 8 weeks…🌞

Fancy joining the Ventures and Falcons team? üòÄ We're looking for a new Operations Manager! If you have the skills and passion to join us in setting the platform for many more children and young people to hear and discover the good news of Jesus across the UK and Republic of Ireland, then we'd love to hear from you. This full-time role is based in our Coventry office, leading our Ventures and Falcons team on all things operational - so if you enjoy the challenge of thinking on your feet, serving a fantastic community of volunteers and delivering great and safe residential holidays, this is the role for you! Application deadline: 22 June 2018. www.cpas.org.uk/jobs

Today wraps up #VolunteersWeek! We just couldn't end the week without giving all our volunteers a message of encouragement before the summer Ventures begin, from someone who - like our fantastic volunteers - shares a heart for bettering young people's lives, and has a love for Jesus, and a passion for volunteering. Krish Kandiah, Founding Director of Home for Good, says, 'Caring for children is absolutely essential to what it means to be a Christian.' üëßüë¶ http://www.ventures.org.uk/‚Ķ/voluntee‚Ä ¶/volunteers-week-2018/

Today we are celebrating the diversity of our Venture and Falcon volunteers üòÄ They come in a range of shapes, sizes, and ages, from a variety of different backgrounds and walks of life. Because of this, they bring a fantastic array of talents, skills and experience to our discipleship holidays... And we wouldn't have it any other way! Think you haven't got what it takes to volunteer for Ventures and Falcons? Think again... http://www.ventures.org.uk/‚Ķ/voluntee‚Ä ¶/volunteers-week-2018/

We're still celebrating #VolunteersWeek, and are now on day five. Thank you to all those who are long-standing volunteers for Ventures and Falconsüéâ Thank you for your commitment and endurance. Sue Shrubb has been volunteering for Falcons since 1976. She's seen many young people's lives changed by the gospel on the camps over the years. Read the rest of her story here: www.cpas.org.uk/stories/99

It's day four of #VolunteersWeek and we want to say thank you to all those in ministry that volunteer for Venture and Falcon holidays! Claire and Sam Corley are both Church of England clergy working in separate churches in Leeds. Read their incredible story about why they've been Ventures volunteers since 2000, have run 40 Ventures together, and even planned their wedding and honeymoon around Ripon Venture! http://www.cpas.org.uk/stories/98

We are thrilled to announce that The Archbishop of York, John Sentamu, has dedicated a prayer of thanks to all 3,000 of our incredible volunteers for day four of #VolunteersWeek üòÄ To all our volunteers... We trust this prayer blesses and encourages you, as you continue to serve the ministry of CPAS Ventures and Falcons. http://www.ventures.org.uk/‚Ķ/voluntee‚Ä ¶/volunteers-week-2018/

ü•áWe have our WINNERS!!!ü•á Louis (aged 11, pic with his dad) gets a free Venture holiday! And Felicity (aged 12) gets our suitcase full of summer goodies with a Youth Bible. Well done to everybody who took on the #bcdo hula-hoop challenge! üòé