The annual Methodist Youth Assembly is set to give young people a stake in the future of the Church when it meets near Swindon later this month.

The new president of the World Alliance of YMCAs has said the movement will provide more services to people in need, and to aid youth leadership.

The growing problem of suicide among young people is to be discussed at the yearly general assembly of the Church of Scotland in May 2010.

British Methodists have declared that “the age of apathy seems to be over” after a Youth Assembly with almost twice as many participants as last year. The Assembly elected Pete Brady as Youth President, a full-time, salaried position.