The Growing Hope Conversations Podcast

Every Wednesday we’re diving into conversations with a fantastic line-up of guests, including parents, therapists, professionals, and people living with additional needs – sharing real stories, honest struggles and inspiring moments of hope.

Together, we’ll explore how churches and communities can become places where every child, family and individual can truly belong.

If you’ve ever wondered how faith and inclusion come together in everyday life, this is the podcast for you. Join us for powerful conversations that will challenge, encourage, and equip us all to make a difference.

You can listen to all of the episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or Podbean.

10th September: Parenting, Autism & Finding Hope with Rachel Wilson author of The Life you Never Expected

17th September: Navigating Life and Leadership with ADHD with Graham Miller, CEO of London City Mission

24th September: Wonderfully Made: Art, Faith and Neurodiversity with Sophie Killingley, freelance illustrator and writer, Perish And Fade

1st October: Courageous Church: Welcoming Autistic Worshippers with Dr Léon Van Ommen, Co-director of the Centre for Autism and Theology, University of Aberdeen

8th October: Part 1 – From the Margins to the Centre with Carrie Grant, presenter, speaker, leadership coach

15th October: Part 2 – What can TV teach the church about additional needs? with Carrie Grant. presenter, speaker, leadership coach

22nd October: A&E for Emotions: Connected Parenting with Clare Luther, parent educator, children’s book author, emotional wellbeing speaker, and creator of The Daesy Dialogue

Coming up…

29th October: Transforming Young Lives Through Sport and Support with Joe Lowther, CEO of KICK

5th November: Tanya Van Dalen, Occupational Therapist, Manager at Growbaby Kingston and author of Sensory Parenting for Sensory Children

12th November: Erin Burnett, speaker and author of With All Your Mind: Autism and the Church