Undervalued and Lacking Confidence? Exploring Factors Affecting the Sense of Value and Confidence of UK Church Workers Amongst Children and Young People

Holmes, Sarah E and Campbell, Ali (2026) Undervalued and Lacking Confidence? Exploring Factors Affecting the Sense of Value and Confidence of UK Church Workers Amongst Children and Young People. Child & Youth Services. ISSN 0145-935X

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Abstract

This phenomenological mixed methods study explored experiences of paid and voluntary workers with under 18’s in UK churches. The context is depleting numbers involved in both paid and voluntary roles across the UK. There are high levels of confidence in both groups, but there were frustrations regarding the working environment, HR management and ethos. Similar trends across paid and volunteer workers indicates that the issues are sector-wide and systemic. It is imperative to intentionally enhance the working environment and opportunities for workers within the nature of this work in the UK church to redress the downward trend of involvement.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information and Comments:	© 2026 The Author(s). This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way.
Faculty / Department:	Faculty of Education and Social Sciences > School of Education
Depositing User:	Sarah Holmes
Date Deposited:	10 Jun 2026 15:47
Last Modified:	10 Jun 2026 15:47
URI:	https://hira.hope.ac.uk/id/eprint/4934

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