Carla is International Strategy Director for 24-7 Prayer and a writer and host on the Lectio 365 App. After encountering God in the first 24-7 Prayer Room, she’s spent 25 years helping others pray. Born in Ireland, she now lives in England with her husband and two children.

Carla will be speaking in Skegness on Tuesday 31st March.

Nicola is the Additional Needs Support Coordinator at Care for the Family, and has first-hand experience of raising a daughter with additional needs. She has trained many family centre staff and social workers to deliver parenting courses, and has been in church leadership for over 35 years.

Shirene is co-lead Pastor at Coventry Elim and serves on Aspire, Elim's national women's ministry team. With a background as a trained counsellor, she's passionate about helping people from every generation know Jesus more deeply and live out their God-given purpose. Whether through preaching, pastoring, or mentoring, her greatest joy is seeing people encounter Jesus and walk in freedom.

Shirene will be hosting SH Home - our online live broadcast - from Minehead.

Charlie is A21’s Global Mobilisation Director, championing strategic partnerships and inspiring people around the world to engage in the fight against human trafficking. With 13 years in anti-trafficking work and 10 years in youth ministry, she brings a deep passion for leadership, empowerment, and mobilising individuals, churches, and businesses toward lasting change.

Charlie is part of the 16-18s youth team and will be speaking in the Pursuit Celebration.

Tokoni is part of the team at Trent Vineyard Church in Nottingham and spends his time working with the Youth and Young Adults. He loves to see people equipped to do the work of the Kingdom. He is also in a lifelong love-hate relationship with Arsenal Football Club.

Tokoni is part of the 16-18s youth team at both sites and will be speaking in the Pursuit Celebration in Minehead.

Andy is Principal & CEO of Moorlands College, and also a trustee of Urban Promise UK, a youth ministry in London, and the Oswald Chambers Publishing Association. Andy is a former pastor, an adoptive dad, and a life-long youth worker.

Lauren Windle is a journalist, presenter, public speaker and author of three books:  Notes on Love: Being single and dating in a marriage obsessed Church,  Notes on Feminism: Being a woman in a Church led by men and Drawing as Prayer. She is published in Vogue, Marie Claire, Church Times, Premier Christianity and others. Lauren has been clean and sober from drug and alcohol addiction for eleven incredible years, thanks to Jesus.

Luke currently lives with his family in Rabat, Morocco having moved there in August 2024. During the week he is full time dad and in his spare time he’s trying to enjoy what he describes as "a long overdue gap year" spending his time settling into a new rhythm, culture and climate.

Paula, along with her husband, has led a church in South East London for many years. She is passionate about community transformation and runs the church's community hub, coffee shop and library. They both bring apostolic oversight to churches in the south region in the Pioneer Network. Paula also runs the Pioneer Prophetic Community.

Janneke has a background in social work and now works with Count Everyone In – a charity which inspires and equips God’s church to be welcoming and accessible to all, especially adults with a learning disability.
Janneke is also a Makaton tutor and has developed a Christian Makaton workshop (Know & Grow Makaton) which has opened up this simple, useful, expressive form of communication to churches up and down the country.