Get involved in Birmingham's Million Minutes
From the moorlands of the north to the dreaming spires in the south, the Archdiocese of Birmingham is about to get its very own Million Minutes of silence - helping young people stand up for themselves and for other young people locally. So put the 6th of November in your diary and prepare to, well, be silent. We love the young people of Birmingham (read our blog - we were young people in Birmingham!) and we couldn't be more thrilled to be teaming up with BCYS.
And this page has all you need to get started. It couldn't be easier. Maybe you can stay silent, maybe you know some people who can, or maybe you've got some cash you'd like to give to someone staying silent. Whatever you think you can do, please do it. We need you! More information on all the ways to get involved is outlined below.
Birmingham
Going Local
This Autumn we're going local and kicking things off in Birmingham. If you're in the Archdiocese and want to get involved (and there's very much time to join His Grace the Archbishop and stay silent!) you're massively welcome. We're raising money specifically for the Andrew Robinson Young People's Trust and Alton Castle Youth Retreat Centre, among other things. Please click here to get started.
Birmingham
Stay silent
Fancy some time for yourself at someone else's expense? Reckon you can go without speaking, texting, Facebook, email or Twitter for up to 24 hours? Or reckon you and a group could stay silent together for an afternoon? Help us create a million minutes of silence and raise money for young people. It'll be amazing and as easy as 1, 2, 3.
1. Sign up below
2. Set yourself up for online fundraising
3. Check out our action pack for top tips and more
Birmingham
Resources
As if to anticipate your every need, there's a whole raft of great off-the-shelf resources ready to be used for spreading the word, explaining the concept, getting people excited about silence and helping people get the most from their experience. Written by (ahem) leaders in the youth field, there are assembly resources, videos, sponsor forms, tips for silence and lots of other things to make your life easy! Click here for more.
Request new resources for Birmingham
We've completely refreshed our resources for the million minutes of silence in the Birmingham Archdiocese and they'll be ready on the day of the launch. They're aimed at anyone who's in
- a parish
- a primary school or
- a secondary school.
And they're the usual mix of brilliant ideas and super-handy tools that you've come to expect from us. So prepare to be dazzled and put your order in now using the form to the side. If you want more than one of things, or if you have any other queries, email
launch@millionminutes.org
