Project Touchline brings schools and local churches together through sport, Christian values, Collective Worship, prayer and reflection.
Since 2018, more than 150 schools and churches have taken part — helping children experience Christian values not simply as words, but through relationships, movement and everyday school life.
PE and sport engage every child through teamwork, challenge and encouragement — building confidence, resilience and positive relationships.
Children move from hearing Christian values to living them through sport, reflection, relationships and everyday school life.
Collective Worship, Prayer Clubs and reflection help children explore faith, spirituality, gratitude and belonging.
One consistent school-day rhythm, developed over five weeks.
Each visit follows a familiar pattern, while the sport and challenges develop from week to week — helping children experience Christian values through worship, activity, relationships and prayer.
The same clear rhythm each time we return to school.
A Christian value and shared theme give the school a focus for the day.
Children experience the value through movement, teamwork and challenge.
A second class puts the day’s value into action through practical activity.
A welcoming space for children to pray, ask questions and explore faith.
Another class experiences the theme through participation and relationships.
The day’s programme reaches a fourth class through shared activity and challenge.
The activities change each week while the structure of each Project Touchline visit remains consistent.
Listening and teamwork
Communication and positive choices
Trust and perseverance
Determination and respect
Bringing the journey together
Returning to the school allows relationships to grow, Christian values to be experienced repeatedly, and the partnership between school and local church to develop beyond a single day.
Chris Andrew is the founder of Project Touchline, bringing together over 20 years of experience in education, sport and Christian ministry.
With a background in primary and secondary education and UKCC Level 2 coaching qualifications in Rugby Union and Cricket, Chris has developed a distinctive approach that brings together faith, sport, Collective Worship and Christian values within school life.
A licensed Reader/Lay Minister in the Diocese of Gloucester and commissioned Archbishops’ Evangelist in 2019, Chris is passionate about helping schools and churches work together to nurture Christian values, spiritual development and wellbeing — creating a legacy that continues long after Project Touchline has finished.
START A CONVERSATION →What church and school leaders say about Project Touchline
Project Touchline, when used alongside the work of the local church, is one of the best children’s work initiatives I have seen in recent years.
The Prayer Club has been very special and will definitely be a legacy of this project that will continue in school.
Project Touchline has strengthened our school’s Christian values and its unique distinctiveness achieved through the partnership of sport and faith.
Every partnership starts with a conversation. We can explore your school, church partnership, programme options and possible funding.
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In working with young people, do not try to call them back to where they were, and do not try to call them to where you are, as beautiful as a place that may seem. You must have the courage to go with them to a place neither you nor they have ever been before. ”
