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This Anzac Day (25 April), we remember with deep gratitude the selfless service, bravery and dedication of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps and supporting services, whose actions in Gallipoli created a timeless legacy. We are thankful to all those who have given – and those who still give – so much of themselves to make the world a safer and more noble place, and we remember the families who continue to bear their loss.

To read the Promoted to Glory notice for Peter, click here

The Salvation Army honours the memory of Pope Francis and joins the world in saluting his service to the Kingdom of God. Photo: Ashwin Vaswani on Unsplash The Salvation Army has extended condolences to the Roman Catholic Church and Roman Catholics worldwide following the death of Pope Francis, aged 88 years, on Monday 21 April 2025. The first Jesuit priest and the first Latin American to ascend to the Papacy, Pope Francis will be well remembered for his exemplary and faithful service to God, the Church and the world.  “From humble beginnings,” said The Salvation Army’s international leader, General Lyndon Buckingham, “his focus on God’s mercy, dedication to environmental stewardship, and deep concern for the poor and vulnerable have made a great and lasting legacy.  “The Salvation Army is also appreciative of Pope Francis’s unwavering commitment to interfaith discourse and is grateful for the ecumenical dialogue fostered under his papacy.” Australian response Australia’s Territorial Commander, Commissioner Miriam Gluyas, said that it is with sadness that we acknowledge the passing of Pope Francis. “His Holiness was a beacon of compassion, humility and unwavering faith, whose life and ministry touched countless hearts around the world,” she shared. “His dedication to serving the marginalised and advocating for justice and peace resonated deeply with our own mission.  ‌ ‌“As we mourn this great loss, let us also celebrate the legacy he leaves behind. Pope Francis advocated for economic justice and highlighted the need to foster a global community that cares for the wellbeing of the poor.  ‌ “Through his encyclical ‘Laudato Si’, he highlighted the connection between environmental issues and the impact on vulnerable communities, advocating for sustainable practices that protect both the planet and people.  ‌ “In this time of reflection, let us come together in prayer, honouring his memory. We also pray for his people, that they may find comfort and strength during this time.” Salvation Army connection The Salvation Army’s involvement with the work of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, our ongoing dialogue on shared matters of priority and concern, and our worldwide partnership in caring for the poor have been hallmarks of The Salvation Army’s relationship with Pope Francis, and we are thankful for his long-standing support.  General Brian Peddle met with Pope Francis in 2019. In a 2019 meeting at the Vatican , Pope Francis shared the first lesson he ever received in Christian service when, at four years old, he met several members of The Salvation Army while with his grandmother. In remembering his encounter with Salvationists, he said that the Army’s “example of humble service to the least of our brothers and sisters spoke louder than any words”.  In particular, the Pope thanked Salvationists for caring for the homeless and marginalised, and for their efforts in fighting human trafficking. Pope Francis pointed out that “in a world where selfishness and divisions abound, the noble fragrance of genuine self-giving love can offer a much-needed antidote”. The Salvation Army is indebted to Pope Francis for his encouragement and blessing.  The Salvation Army honours the memory of Pope Francis and joins the world in saluting his service to the Kingdom of God.

Each week throughout 2025, Salvationists around the world are uniting in prayer for a particular territory or region of The Salvation Army.   The focus territory/region shares prayer requests to help us pray with precision and power for one another.   This week (21-27 April), we are praying for the India Central Territory.   The India Central Territory has 691 officers (501 active, 190 retired); aux-captains 10; employees 90; corps 275; societies and outposts 32; senior soldiers 81,399; adherents 11,964; junior soldiers 17,827.   Colonels Sumitra and Yaqoob Masih lead the India Central Territory.   Please pray for India Central Territory ·       The sustainability of the territory ·       Officers’ health ·       Youth and young adults – for God’s guidance, protection and wisdom as they seek to develop spiritual maturity ·       Protection of The Salvation Army’s land and redevelopment ·       The development and improvement of the status of women in community. To find out more about the India Central Territory, click here . To download the 2025 International Prayer Focus schedule, click here .

Northern Rivers Ballina volunteers (from left) Peter, Glenn, Jade, Auxiliary-Lieutenant Soseh Cowham, Ann, Joel, Christina and Margie. Soseh’s dream   “I had a dream one night. I was at the corps and opened the church cupboard – and there was dough in there, but it was old and mouldy. God told me to start fresh.   “I believe the dream was about God’s work here at Ballina. This is his ministry. These are his people. Any problems are his problems. It’s a blessing and honour to be the Salvation Army leader with God at the helm.   For a baker to make dough, it is a process. You have to wait. And that’s what has been happening here. So many people, myself included, praying and waiting in obedience for God to reveal where he wants us to act.” BY LAUREN MARTIN In early 2024, freshly commissioned Auxiliary-Lieutenant Soseh Cowham joined the NSW Northern Rivers Salvos team. Her assignment was an open book: to seek God’s vision for a reimagined Salvation Army presence in Ballina and Byron Bay.   The Northern Rivers Salvos Ballina Campus building, located in the heart of the coastal community, had been in recess for a number of years . Sunday worship had moved to nearby Lismore, which became the central location for the newly named Northern Rivers Corps, serving communities from Evans Head in the south to Byron Bay in the north and Lismore and Casino to the west.   At the beginning of her appointment, Soseh was continuing her Eva Burrows College studies, as well as being trained by Northern Rivers Team Leaders Captains Donna and Philip Sutcliffe.   So, she deliberately took her time settling into Ballina, praying, seeking God’s direction and getting to know the area. She began to meet people who were excited to hear that The Salvation Army would be reopening its doors in Ballina.   God revealed to her, little by little, his heart for the community and stirred within her a desire to connect with those who feel ‘forgotten’ or ‘overlooked’ – the people that Salvation Army founder William Booth called “the lost and the least”. (Left) Northern Rivers Ballina volunteers Glenn (right) and Peter cook the Wednesday barbeque. (Right) Northern Rivers Ballina volunteers Glenn, Joel, and Jade assist at barbeque. During her preparation time, Soseh discovered that Wednesdays were the only weekdays on which people in need could not access a free meal. So, in September 2024, the Salvos rolled a barbeque out the front of their building, opened their doors, set up café tables and chairs and fired up the coffee machine. No advertising was needed – the smell of sausages and onions wafted down the street and soon drew a crowd!   “The Salvos building in Ballina is in a great location,” Soseh said. “It’s just opposite the main bus stop and just down from a food-relief charity that’s open every day .” Auxiliary-Lieutenant Soseh Cowham (front left) with volunteers Carolyn (back left), Vicki (back right) and Dianna, cooking meals to deliver to people experiencing homelessness Northern Rivers Salvos Ballina Campus – now re-opened as a Community of Hope – became a complementary service, providing a meal and a place for people to experience a loving community. At the same time as she began the Wednesday missional outreach, Soseh also started a fortnightly small-group church on Sunday evening, centred around a meal.   Relying on Jesus Soseh started with a small team, and it soon became apparent that more would be needed to support the number of people God was bringing through the doors on Wednesdays.   So, Soseh began to pray.   She approached numerous local churches, visiting and speaking during their announcement times. She shared the vision for Northern Rivers Salvos Ballina and encouraged people of different denominations to work together to build the Kingdom of God within their city. Few signed up.   Months passed with Soseh on her knees amid busy Wednesdays alongside her small team.   In November, with her team expanded only slightly, Soseh began to yearn to connect more deeply with the community members who came to the centre for the free cuppa and sausage sizzle.  Auxiliary-Lieutenant Soseh Cowham and Northern Rivers Ballina volunteer Joel at the ‘word of the day’ whiteboard. At every opportunity, she took opportunities to pray with those who were open, and she considered setting up a prayer room and various other ways to point people to Jesus. After chatting with a colleague, she started a simple ‘Word of the Day’ initiative, writing a keyword on the centre’s whiteboard accompanied by related Bible verses.   The first ‘Word of the Day’ was ‘gratitude’. At the morning volunteer meeting before the doors were opened, Soseh explained the initiative and encouraged all volunteers to start conversations with community members around the word of the day, giving them conversation starters like, “What are you grateful for today?” or “Even in hard times, we can find something to be thankful for – is there something you’re grateful for today?”   The Word of the Day was a simple way to start intentional conversations in the busy Northern Rivers Salvos Ballina community space. It created ‘Kingdom moments’, with the conversation starters prompting deeper interactions. The team members were able to share their own viewpoints on life and faith and listen respectfully to the community members’ viewpoints.   “We love our Word of the Day,” Soseh said. “Rather than wait until we had enough volunteers to implement something more missional, I really felt God calling us to go deeper spiritually with our people, so that’s what we did.”   Blessings overflow After five months of prayer and patience, God opened the floodgates in January this year, and Christians from various denominations began attending Northern Rivers Salvos Ballina on Wednesdays, expressing their desire to volunteer and invest in the community.   “It’s been amazing,” said Soseh. “I feel like last year we were just laying the foundations, and this year God is building on that!”   By February, volunteer numbers had doubled. A Northern Rivers Ballina Salvos volunteer speaking with a member of the community during Wednesday’s Community of Hope. “My prayer has always been the uniting of the churches, and we now have members of five different churches that come on Wednesdays,” she said. People within the community started asking to come to Sunday church. “One lady said, ‘ I have been praying for years for Ballina Salvos to be reopened. You are my answer to prayer.”     Finally, Soseh had a big team of passionate Christians around her, and Sunday small-group church had now become weekly instead of fortnightly. It felt like the ministry had settled into a beautiful rhythm. But God shook things up.   An obedient church Soseh and a few team members began to feel a growing sense of discontent that on Sundays, the large number of people in Ballina experiencing homelessness could not access a meal. They felt like God was calling on them to provide one.   But there was a barrier to this. Sunday evening was when the Northern Rivers Salvos Ballina small-group church met. And church comes before mission, right? Northern Rivers Ballina volunteer Peter drives the bus to deliver meals to people experiencing homelessness on Sunday nights. Prayerfully, Soseh shared her heart with the church. What if we met on Saturday nights for church instead of Sunday, and on Sunday afternoons and evenings, we started a meal service for people in our community sleeping rough?   Now, most church-going Christians would be aware that changing anything related to Sunday meetings and worship can lead to discontent, differences of opinion, and – in the most serious of cases – a church split.   But the Holy Spirit must have gone before Soseh because the small group unanimously agreed about the change, with many signing up to help with the Sunday meal ministry. Every Wednesday, Northern Rivers Salvos Ballina Campus opens its doors for a free sausage sizzle and coffee and tea for community members.

To read the Promoted to Glory notice for Graham, click here

While serving in the United Kingdom and Ireland Territory, Tracey and I were invited to lead Easter meetings at the Bellshill Corps in Scotland. Pronounced ‘Bell’s Hill’, it was originally a separate town but is now regarded as part of Greater Glasgow.   When we arrived – billeted by the corps officers, which was lovely – they informed us that the band also did a march after the Sunday service, and we were welcome to take part in it if we wished. Tracey wished not, but I said I would and marched up front with the corps officers.   Before the meeting, Tracey and I met with the band, worship leaders and corps officers for some final announcements and prayer. The bandmaster reminded us all of the march and to ‘form up’ promptly after the meeting had concluded.   The service finished, and within about 10 minutes, we were formed up on the street next to the corps and started marching. After going about 20 metres, we turned onto the main street and the band started playing.   About 30 seconds later, the police arrived. They had flashing lights on their car and pulled to the side of the road; a policewoman jumped out of the car and started waving at us to stop and get off the road.   Well … it’s hard to stop a brass band when they’re midway through section B of ‘Emblem of the Army’. So, they just kept playing and we just kept marching, and the policewoman just kept waving and yelling.   After a minute, the corps officer peeled off and went to talk to her and I thought, “Surely we had permission to march”, as these days you have to alert the police and seek permission for the band to march – especially on the main street through town.   After a few moments, the officer returned to the march and gave me a thumbs-up and a smile. The policewoman took up a position a few metres in front of us and walked down the street for the duration of the march, and her colleague drove the police car behind us the whole way.   When we’d looped around a few blocks and returned to the corps, the band all seemed to hurry inside, and I asked the officer what the problem was. He was quite apologetic in his response.   “There’s a city band concert on his afternoon with a guest soloist, and most of our band want to attend it. We had permission to do a street march from 11.30 but, in their haste to get away, we started the march at 11.20. So rather than getting here to stop the traffic and help us, the police arrived to see us already marching down the street!’   The corps officer said that the policewoman told him that technically, she could have arrested the whole band for ‘participating in a non-sanctioned street parade on a public thoroughfare’ (because our approved start time was 11.30) but decided to let us off because it was Easter and we were a church.   Sure, Jesus had left the tomb, but we’d nearly entered a prison cell!   Major Mal Davies is the Assistant Divisional Commander for the Victoria Division

Take a moment, come closer, lean in, and step into the Easter story. In this beautiful animation, walk through the events that shaped history – from the cross to the empty tomb – and see the love and hope found in Jesus!

BY GLEN O’BRIEN When my daughter Sophie was much younger, she arrived at church on Good Friday, gave me a big hug, and said, “Dad, I had a dream that you died, but you didn’t!” I’m sure we’ve all had that experience. We wake from a bad dream and feel a wave of relief, realising that the horrors we faced were merely an illusion and that all is well again. The disciples in John’s account of the resurrection (John 20:1-18) must have experienced something similar. When Mary saw Jesus standing in the garden alive and well – more alive and well than ever – all that had happened over the last few terrible days must have seemed like an illusion – a bad dream. Now, all was well again. But the first disciples did not reach this realisation as quickly as we do. It is impossible for us to work our way back into their experience because we know the end of the story, and they didn’t. It’s like watching a replay of the Grand Final match; it’s nowhere near as exciting as watching the game live because we already know the outcome. We try to enter into the disciples’ experience when we dramatise the leadup to Easter through Lent and Holy Week. On Good Friday, it’s bad form to make mention of the resurrection or to rush too quickly from tragedy to triumph. But, as much as we try, we can’t really do it because the fact remains – we know the end of the story. It’s easy to forget that those first Christian disciples had not yet seen the ‘twist’ in the story. Not only do we have to deal with Easter ‘spoilers’, but we have also tended to ‘tame’ the Easter story, causing it to lose its dramatic power. We have come to see it as some kind of natural process: as spring follows winter, and the butterfly emerges from the caterpillar, so too does resurrection follow crucifixion. But that is not it at all. Death is a horrible, blunt and final reality. Ask anyone who looks into a coffin and sees their dead child, parent, or spouse. Death is death, and that’s all there is to it. Jesus died violently on Good Friday at the hands of cruel instruments of an oppressive state, and from the perspective of his grieving friends, that was the end of it. Despite Jesus telling them repeatedly that he would rise again, it had never truly resonated with them, and they were in grief and despair.  The first disciples did not experience the resurrection as some symbolic representation of a natural process. It freaked them out, but it also overjoyed them. Their beloved Jesus was dead, but now here he was, alive again! It was not something natural but something supernatural. Christ’s resurrection runs so opposite to the direction of nature that it overturns nature and institutes a new creation. Yes, Easter is a time of rejoicing, but not because every cloud has a silver lining, not because there are no valleys without corresponding hills, and not because tadpoles turn into tree frogs or grubs into butterflies, but because Jesus Christ is risen from the dead! In the fourth century, John Chrysostom wrote a sermon that became one of the most famous Easter sermons ever written. In it, he exulted in the victory of Christ’s resurrection. He pictured death and hell as having been ‘tricked’ by the death of Jesus. Death saw the impotence of a lifeless body but could not see the power of a resurrected Christ. “Hell took a body and discovered God! It took earth and encountered heaven. It took what it saw and was overcome by what it did not see.” We read in Acts 10:39-43, “They killed [Jesus] by hanging him on a tree, but God raised him from the dead on the third day [and now] everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.” This is our Easter proclamation: ‘Forgiveness has risen from the grave.’ This Easter, we will move from despair to exultation, from ‘He is not here’ to ‘He is Risen!’ and from startled confusion to confident confession. Death and hell are finally overthrown because Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! *Glen O’Brien is Research Coordinator and Lecturer at Eva Burrows College, University of Divinity

BY JOSEPH PINKARD* What aspect of the Easter story stands out in your memory? Is it the Last Supper and Peter’s three betrayals of Jesus? Is it Jesus’ trial before Pilate? Or possibly the risen Christ appearing to Mary? As a teenager, I was pretty cynical about the world. I struggled with my sense of self-worth, which influenced my outlook on the world and those around me. This made things hard for my family and friends, as I was often quite a negative person. When a youth pastor challenged my attitude, I simply responded, “I am just a realist.” When it came to engaging with the Easter story during these years, I was always drawn to the disciple Thomas’ encounter with the risen Jesus in the Gospel of John, Chapter 20. There was something reassuring for this young realist to learn about a disciple who boldly stated, “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.” Then, about a week later, we read that ‘doubting Thomas’ is hanging out with the other disciples when he encounters the risen Jesus, who invites him to “Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.” In recent years, the Easter story and the account of Jesus and Thomas have taken on new meaning as I have ministered alongside people with disabilities. The death and resurrection of Jesus Christ emphasise the importance of valuing people with disabilities in our faith communities. Disability theologians have introduced me to viewpoints that have important implications for how we include people with disabilities in our faith communities. Nancy L. Eiesland pioneered a liberatory theology of disability in her 1994 book The Disabled God . Eiesland argues that when the risen Jesus showed his wounded hands, feet and side to the disciples and let them touch him, he challenged the belief that disabilities should be avoided or hidden. Instead, he urged his followers to see their shared humanity and equality through his own wounds. Amos Yong expanded on this viewpoint in his 2011 book The Bible, Disability, and the Church . Yong argued that the risen Jesus Christ’s impaired body should shape how we understand God's image. This suggests that we should embrace a more inclusive view of God’s people, both in the Church today and in the afterlife. Most recently, Amy Kenny, in her 2022 book My Body is Not a Prayer Request  focused on the crucified Jesus Christ. Kenny reflects that, “Jesus disables himself on our behalf. This goes directly against our notions of self-preservation and victory by demonstrating how God’s power is self-emptying, radically forgiving, and displayed through disability.” Kenny concludes, “I refuse to be ashamed of my disabled body because it displays the crucified Christ. It is twisted and twitchy and tired, but it is triumphant.” Each of these theological viewpoints challenges our traditional readings of the Easter story that possibly skim over the nature of Jesus’ impaired body. They also convey an important message about the inclusion of people with disabilities in the Church. The death and resurrection of Jesus Christ emphasise the importance of valuing people with disabilities in our faith communities. In the words of Amy Kenny, “Next time you approach a person with a disability, can you search their face for the disabled Christ?” *Joseph Pinkard is The Salvation Army’s Intercultural and Disability Inclusion Team Lead

“When I see Jesus, the Son of God, on the cross, I see infinite love.” BY MAJOR GRANT SANDERCOCK-BROWN The Cross is a mysterious and profound place. I have puzzled over it often. It’s not that I don’t know anything about it, I do! I know that it was a real death; that on a Friday afternoon one spring morning in ancient Palestine , the broken body of Jesus died. I know that he was beaten and weak and suffering. I know that as he died, he cried out a prayer of forgiveness to his killers, I have no doubt that his mother wept for her son, that his female followers also wept , and that Joseph of Arimathea was so moved by what he saw that he declared himself a Jesus follower that day in word and action. I know that Jesus’ death that day shattered a hundred dreams, that his followers didn’t understand, that for them, Friday night was joyless and desolate. I know that the sky went dark, and the earth shook as my Christ died. Perhaps all of heaven was weeping; a legion of once - rejoicing angels now poised to save him, stilled in grief and awe as the Godhead took corruption and death into its very being. I know that sometimes we say the Father turned his face away , but I don’t think that. After all, the Son was and is God, undivided in essence with the Father. No, I think God never took his eyes off his beloved Son. Jesus didn’t just quote a Psalm ; he cried out the name of a Psalm, a deliverance Psalm, a Psalm that begins with the agonising question, “My God, My God why have you forsaken me ? ”, but also declares that “from my mother’s womb you have been my God”; a psalm that says “God has not despised or disdained the suffering of the afflicted, he has not hidden his face from him, but has listened to his cry for help”. Yes, this deliverance would have to wait three days, but Jesus’ cry of desolation is also a cry of hope. And hope was needed at the cross. How do you causally fight over a man’s clothes when he is dying right beside you? I don’t understand this indifference to brutality and suffering. How can passers-by mock a dying and beaten man? But even in their mocking, ironically, here is truth. “He saved others , ” they said, “ L et’s see if he can save himself”. Little did they know that it was his refusal to save himself that would save others ; that somehow through Jesus’ obedience , the sons and daughters of men could believe, and in believing , find life and salvation. And you see, that is the bit I don’t understand. I don’t really understand how it affects me. I don’t understand how my Christ’s death saves me. But it does. And so, with an ironic inscription above his head, with the truest confession on the lips of a foreign centurion, the Son absorbs sin and death , overwhelms it with love. And my heart cries out to God , for I know that here, here at the Cross, is love unimaginable. No, I don’t understand why this sacrifice moves me to tears. I can’t explain the cross in any meaningful way except by pointing to Jesus and say ing, “H ere is love .” When I see Jesus, the Son of God, on the cross , I see infinite love. I can’t tell you how it works , but I know it does. The mystery of the cross shows me love because God in Christ died there, for me.

Paul Mundy is the Team Leader at Burlendi Youth Accommodation centre in Adelaide. National Youth Week in Australia in 2025 is being held from 9-17 April with the theme ‘We are the future, and the future is now!’ Today (16 April) is Youth Homelessness Matters Day.  BY ANTHONY CASTLE   Burlendi, The Salvation Army’s Youth Accommodation in Adelaide, has seen young people with experiences of homelessness achieving major milestones.   These milestones include completing high school, gaining employment and securing stable housing.     As part of the Adelaide North-West Homelessness Alliance, Burlendi offers accommodation and therapeutic support for young people aged 15-17 experiencing homelessness.   It provides a safe, nurturing environment where young people can regain stability through personalised support and transitional pathways. Young people presenting have experienced issues such as family breakdown, family and domestic violence, drug and alcohol misuse or mental health issues.   There is a critical shortfall in the provision of secure accommodation for young people. In 2024, 24 young people called Burlendi home, with 16 of last year’s residents already transitioning from the service. Burlendi isn’t just about housing but focuses on fostering a young person’s interpersonal skills through capacity and confidence building, allowing them to test independent living skills in a supported environment.     “Over the last 12 months, Burlendi has had the privilege of supporting some phenomenal young people who have achieved some amazing outcomes,” says Paul Mundy, Burlendi Team Leader.    Australia is in the midst of a housing crisis with a critical shortfall in the provision of secure accommodation for young people.   The Salvation Army launched Burlendi in 1984 to address youth homelessness in Adelaide’s northern suburbs, providing 24/7 support to help young people develop the life skills needed for adulthood. “It is such a privilege and joy to support these young people and staff team who are passionate about young people achieving all that they can be and more.”   Experiencing homelessness at a young age leaves individuals particularly vulnerable due to their developmental stage and lack of natural supports. They face heightened risks of exploitation, educational disruption, mental health challenges and social discrimination.    “Young people have been provided with a period of stability post-conflict with family and experiences of homelessness,” says Paul. “This has given them the chance to re-engage with education, with five of these young people taking this opportunity and completing Year 12 with some amazing results.”    Outcomes achieved for young people at Burlendi last year included four young people successfully reunifying with family, with a further 10 in the 18 months prior. Nine young people successfully obtained housing outcomes, including private rentals, supported housing, and transitional housing. Five young people graduated Year 12, all of whom have commenced university this year, whilst nine maintained education commitments and 14 gained and/or maintained employment.   “One of our focuses has been reunifying young people with family and, where possible, young people returning home.”   “Youth workers have played a pivotal role in the day-to-day support for young people in supporting their attendance, homework, and the stressors of education,” Paul says. “It has been a great joy for the team to now start seeing some of these young people begin university or work towards tertiary education pathways.”    Burlendi has helped young people achieve these outcomes through holistic assessments and care plans, including young people setting aspirational goals. Burlendi also has a family-focused approach, paying attention to repairing and restoring family relationships where they are safe and appropriate.     “One of our focuses has been reunifying young people with family and, where possible, young people returning home,” Paul says. “We have been successful in this area, and it’s something that we will continue to strive for and take pride in. It has been amazing to see all young people who had graduation ceremonies have family in attendance.”    With nine young people currently at Burlendi, the team will continue to offer a supportive environment in which they can stabilise and begin to thrive.     “The team have been instrumental in supporting these outcomes,” Paul says. “It is such a privilege and joy to support these young people and staff team who are passionate about young people achieving all that they can be and more.”