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Thriving Under 5s
An Online Equipping Event for Children and Family practitioners
Spirituality and Neurodiversity in Under 5s
Monday 30 November 2026
12.15pm - 2.45pm | Zoom
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Grounded in the belief that all young children, including those who are neurodiverse, are naturally open to spiritual experience, this event explores how environment, routine, and simple practices can nurture welcome, inclusion and faith from the very beginning.
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Led by Bekki Bibko from charity Growing Hope
Growing Hope itself has substantial expertise in children and young people with additional needs, disability, accessibility and inclusion. It provides free occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech and language therapy and counselling through partnerships with local churches. Importantly for your work, its approach is explicitly holistic, considering spiritual wellbeing alongside physical, emotional and developmental wellbeing. [growinghope.org.uk]
Growing Hope's accessibility work goes beyond simply making buildings physically accessible. Its training includes:
- changing the culture and assumptions around children's behaviour
- understanding sensory needs
- making worship and church environments more accessible
- practical and structural adaptations
- helping churches develop multisensory provision
- using resources such as visual schedules, sensory spaces, movement breaks, fidget resources and ear defenders.
Bekki Bibko is an expert in this area and has excellent insights into creating spaces of welcome and accessibility for all, Bekki will be sharing key insights, experience, practical applications to support our ministry development with under 5s.
You will explore
✨ Creating meaningful, welcoming spaces for under 5s and their parents/carers
✨ Practical ideas rooted in play, movement, story, and sensory engagement
✨ How faith practices can be introduced in weekly settings
✨ How experiences can be taken home and lived day by day
Expect hands on ideas and creative inspiration.
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Who is this for?
- Church leaders and volunteers
- Children’s and family workers
- Anyone supporting under 5s in faith, home, or community settings
(Suitable for church and multifaith contexts)