CURBS
is about...
Resources: issues-based photocopiable
Kits for use in a variety of children's activities
Support: encouragement and exchange
of ideas and resources for leaders
Training: a range of modules tailored
to the individual needs of leaders
Raising awareness: advocacy on behalf
of urban children and children's spirituality within
denominational contexts
Networking: exchange of information
and ideas at local and organisational levels
Partnership: links with other agencies
and individuals working in similar fields
The CURBS Project is deeply committed to celebrating
the boundless energy and incredible creativity of children
for whom the inner cities and outer urban estates are
home. Yet many live in situations which do not nurture
such gifts. Many know nothing about God's love.
Kids like these are the very heartbeat of the Project
and the reason CURBS exists.
CURBS is passionately committed to those who
work with such children, have a very deep commitment
to them and give endless love, time and energy. Yet
they often feel overwhelmed and in need of encouragement
and ideas.
CURBS was set up to support and encourage leaders
like
these.
CURBS is about a different way of working with children,
one which starts in the child's world, is about earning
the right to be heard, and is about building relationships.
Urban kids need to meet a God who makes sense of their
exciting, varied, streetwise, often confused and hurtful
world.
CURBS is more than simply a tool or a resource to be
dropped into an urban situation struggling with its
children's work. Underlying CURBS is a philosophy which
challenges traditional approaches to working with children.
We do not see children as 'jugs to be filled'
but as 'flames to be fanned'. The Project is
about building bridges into the children's world.
To this end, the philosophy underlying CURBS marries
up three important strands of thought and practice: