Learning Hubs
The Growing Faith Foundation is resourcing Learning Hubs across the country to act as strong developmental communities of practice from which other school and church leaders (both regionally and nationally) can learn.
About the Hubs
The first Hubs were launched in 2023, located in the dioceses of Carlisle, Derby, Durham, Ely, Guildford, Leeds, Liverpool, Newcastle, Norwich, Salisbury, Sheffield, Southwell and Notts and a shared hub across Portsmouth and Winchester. In 2024, more Hubs began in the dioceses of Bath and Wells, Exeter, Gloucester and St Albans. In 2025 we are privileged to work with the dioceses of Carlisle, Bristol, Leicester, Chelmsford, Gloucester, Chester, Coventry, St Edmundsbury & Ipswich, Lichfield, Oxford, Chichester, Truro and York.
Learning Hub profiles
Learning Hub applications 2026
Does your school, church, trust or Diocese have an idea which enables young people at the heart of what church and school do together? Find out more about this creative opportunity and apply.
We are delighted to be launching a third application process for our Growing Faith Learning Hubs. The Growing Faith Foundation is seeking to resource a further 14 Learning Hubs across the country starting in January 2026. They will act as strong developmental communities of practice from which schools and church leaders (both regionally and nationally) can learn.
The Learning Hubs will become centres of innovation, where schools/churches are resourced to further embed creative practices that build the strategic partnership between school, church and home. Hubs are creative spaces, with an emphasis on imaginative approaches that champion the voices of children and young people and embed inclusion and hospitality. as we seek to put children, young people and families at the heart of all the mission and ministry of the Church by changing the culture of the Church of England.
In 2026 The Learning Hubs will be funded in two different models:
an annual grant of £10,000 each year for two years. There will be 10 location places available
a smaller grant of up to £2500 for 3 months to 1 year projects, where local partnerships want to undertake a smaller piece of work as part of their wider Growing Faith shaped development. There will be 4 location places available in 2026 and 4 in 2027.
Please do consider whether your church/school partnership, whether based in a Diocese, a deanery, a school trust, an individual church or school or other iteration might become a suitable Hub. Read more about the application process in our guidance document.
Please share with anyone who may be interested and submit applications by 31st October 2025
If you have further questions or an informal chat would be of help, please contact mandy.christopher@churchofengland.org