Preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences and reducing their effects

What do we do?


We help adults who may be negatively affected by their ACEs.
 
And we help parents – and expectant parents – who worry about passing their ACEs on to their children.
 
Getting help often starts with finding out your ACEs score. Discovering your ACEs score is free.

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What are ACEs?


ACEs are highly stressful situations that can occur during your childhood. This includes physical and emotional abuse, neglect and household dysfunction. 
 
ACEs can have a serious and lifelong impact on your physical and mental health.
 
Tragically, adults can pass their ACEs on to their children.

Preventing ACEs in future generations could reduce levels of:
  • Early sex by 22%
  • Unintended teen pregnancy by 38%
  • Smoking (current) by 16%
  • Binge drinking (current) by 15%
  • Heroin/crack use (lifetime) by 59%
  • Incarceration (lifetime) by 53%
  • Poor diet (current) by 14%
  • Anxiety disorders by 31%
  • Behavioural disorders by 41%
  • Psychosis by 33%
  • Mental health diagnoses by 29%

Adversity is not destiny.
Do not let ACEs define your life.
Or the life of your children.


Because the effects of ACEs are treatable and preventable.

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How we can help


Find out your ACEs score

 
Discovering your ACEs score is often the first step to getting help for yourself. And to protecting your children from ACEs.
 
The higher your ACEs score, the higher your risk of developing serious health and social issues, such as diabetes, depression, stroke, PTSD, cancer, and substance abuse. 
 
Find out my ACEs score now  


Get counselling help

 
People with ACEs scores are likely to benefit from a counselling session. A counsellor can help you cope with depression, anxiety, difficult life events, and more.
 
An accredited counsellor will listen to you and support you without judging or criticising. The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) has an extensive directory of 16,000 counsellors.

Find out more about counselling


Watch an award-winning documentary about ACEs

 
You can now watch an important one-hour documentary about ACEs called “Resilience” from the comfort of your home – the documentary is streamed via the internet.
 
“Resilience” has won numerous awards and high praise from film critics.

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Inform your parenting

 
Preventing ACEs cannot be left solely to government agencies, such as schools, the NHS and social services. Parents  also play a key role in creating safe, stable and nurturing environments for all children.
 
Click the button to learn more about enhancing your parenting skills and you also check out a parenting course.

Learn more 

 

Watch an award-winning documentary about ACEs

Resilience: The Biology of Stress and The Science of Hope



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Hello and welcome to our church. If you are a new visitor, we have a page for you to get to know us and learn more about planning a visit.
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Planning your Visit

A Warm Hello 

The following information is specifically for those planning a visit, so that you know, beforehand, what to expect on a Sunday morning.

Where and When

We meet at the Church Building (details here) for our Sunday Service starting at 10am. For your first visit, we recommend arriving 10-15 minutes early to ensure you get a parking space and find somewhere to sit before the service begins. When you arrive, you should be greeted by someone on our Welcome Team who will be wearing a Welcome lanyard.

We serve tea, coffee and biscuits from 10am, before the service begins. It is a great way to meet people, or simply take time to find your bearings. All refreshments are free.

Accessibility: There is wheelchair access, and a sound loop for anyone who needs it. Please let one of the Welcome Team know on your arrival and they will help you to get set up. There are disabled toilets in the main foyer.

Our Service

The main service begins at 10am with a warm welcome from one of our team members. Then follows a time of sung worship, led by our band. We typically have 2 or 3 songs lasting approximately 20 minutes. Sometimes a person might pray out loud or read a small passage from the bible. Sometimes people share things that they believe God is saying to the whole church family. This might seem strange the first time you hear it but it’s all part of our connecting with God. We then share news and notices, usually about what’s going on in the life of the church. One of our leaders will then give a sermon that is bible based and that we can apply to our everyday life. We then finish with a final worship song. Sometimes there is an opportunity to receive prayer at the end of the service.

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What about my kids?

We have a great programme lined up for kids of all ages:

  • Creche (0 months to 3 years). Children under 6 months are welcome but must be accompanied by their parent/grown-up at all times.
  • Livewires (3-7 years)
  • Encounter (7-11 years)
  • Katalyst (11-15 years)
  • Young people (15+ years) Stay in service.

Children stay with their parent or grown-up at the start of the service for the welcome, songs and notices. We really value worshipping God all together as a family. At the end of the notices someone will announce that it’s time for the younger members to go to their various groups. You will need to go with your children to their groups and register them as part of our child safety policy. Whilst you are dropping your kids off at their groups, we pause to take time to chat to someone sitting near or next to us, giving folk a chance to come back before the sermon begins.

The kids group activities vary depending on the age but usually there is a friendly welcome, bible stories, testimonies, praying, music, craft, drama, fun games and free play. Please pick your children up as soon as the service finishes.

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Getting Connected


Small Groups

While Sundays are a great way to meet new people, it is often in smaller gatherings that you can really get to know someone. Being part of one of our small groups allows you to make new friends, share together and support each other. We have a variety of groups that meet throughout the week, some afternoons and some evenings. Check out Small Groups and see if there’s one that you could join, or we can put you in touch with a small group leader who will be more than happy to invite you along to their group.

Serving and Volunteering

If you want to get involved in the life of the church and help us make Sundays run smoothly, you can sign up to serve on a team. 

Other Ministries

We also run the following ministries:

  • Men's Ministries
  • Women's Ministries
  • Night Shelter
  • Foodbank
     
Get in touch with us to plan your visit
If you would like to come and visit the church beforehand you are more than welcome! Get in touch and we can arrange a time that suits you.
 
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Next, we will contact you by email to say hello and help arrange anything necessary for your visit.
 

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We hope that whoever you are, you will feel at home at our church.

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