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Develop in character, grow in faith, equip the next generation to lead.

ONELIFE CERTIFICATE

2026 COURSE BEGINS 23 JANUARY 2026

Join Onelife for seven months of training, coaching and discipleship to invest in your own leadership and grow in your capacity to raise up the next generation to lead.

2026 COURSE DATES

Certificate Retreat
23–24 January 2026
Rushton Hall Hotel & Spa, Northamptonshire

Teaching Sessions (Online, 9.30am–12.30pm)
26 February — online
26 March — online
23 April — in person, St Paul’s Hammersmith
21 May — online
18 June — online

Onelife Gathering
4 June
St Paul’s Hammersmith

Certificate Graduation
9 July
St Paul’s Hammersmith

Onelife Conference
27–29 October 2026
St Paul’s Hammersmith

2026 FEES

Early Bird: £995 (ends 31 August)
Full Price: £1200

Download the 2025 Course Prospectus

Grow through Learning

Journey through seven teaching modules focused on practical application and personal leadership growth. Four sessions are delivered online and three are in-person.

Modules include:

  • Character Development

  • Sustainability

  • Team Dynamics

  • Multiplying Leaders

  • Leadership and Culture

  • Communication and Conflict 

  • Perseverance

Move Forward with Coaching

Benefit from four one-to-one professional coaching sessions with a dedicated coach who will unlock your thinking and help you move forward in your own leadership.

You’ll also work through a 720° feedback process, drawing on reflections from your personal and professional life.

Go Deeper in Discipleship

Engage with a small group of others on the course for regular Process Groups – a space to ask questions and get into the detail of how to apply your learning in your leadership context.

You’ll also be able to apply your learning in a first-hand context through the Onelife Conference and Youth Worker Gathering.

Certificate Stories

  • ‘The teaching modules were packed full of live and relevant examples and allowed space for the process groups to draw out what it means for us in our youth groups and schools. The coaching and feedback opportunities gave space for blind spots to be gently worked through.’

    Lizzie Milne, Youth Worker

  • ‘The quality and depth of the teaching was beyond any of my expectations. Through the Onelife Certificate I have grown more confident as a leader, feeling better equipped in my ministry. I have been able to implement what I learned in my own church context. What a gift the Certificate has been!’

    Beth Yates, Youth Worker

  • ‘Over the seven months of the Certificate, I’ve been equipped to lead in the likeness of Jesus. It’s enabled me to raise up excellent young leaders.’

    Will Hooper, Alpha Coordinator

  • ‘The Certificate has transformed the core of my leadership. It’s helped me to put Jesus at the centre of my leadership and keep him as my foundation.’

    Becca Stoklund Lee, Youth Worker

  • 'The Onelife Certificate has given me a golden opportunity to be stretched, to think outside the box and to return to the core of what it means to be a Christian leader.’

    Steve Conacher, Youth Worker

  • ‘The Certificate has encouraged me to create environments where my young people feel trained up and supported to lead.’

    Josh West, Youth Pastor

  • ‘The Certificate allowed me to develop my leadership skill set in so many different areas. The course equipped me with practical and relevant tools that I can apply in my role, putting Jesus at the centre of my leadership. The one-to-one coaching sessions were really insightful and incredibly beneficial.’

    Nick Freeman, Kids and Youth Worker

  • ‘The Onelife Certificate has changed the way I do youth work. Beyond the teaching sessions, the process groups and one-to-one mentoring helped me to unlock some of the areas where I had been leading in weakness and now I am starting to lead from a place of strength.’

    Gideon Griffiths, Youth Leader

  • The Onelife Certificate was the highlight of my year: it was maybe the biggest way God grew and prepared me for a new role in a new season at a new church. The course was excellent – from the teaching to the hospitality to the sense of family to the coaching, and I’m astonished at how I’ve grown in character and faith for what Jesus can do in me and through me in just a few months.

    Tim Koh, Worship & Young Adults Minister

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Martha Stringer, Youth Worker Training & Development Manager

Interested in the Onelife Certificate? Drop me an email to find out more!

Frequently Asked Questions

  • The Onelife Certificate is primarily aimed at youth workers. However we recognise that there are many other contexts where you may be regularly engaging with young people and in a position to inspire them to lead. So whether or not you’re in church ministry, whether or not you’re paid or voluntary, the Certificate is for anyone who wants to invest in their own leadership journey so that they can raise up the next generation of leaders.

  • The residential weekend at the beginning of the course and the graduation at the end which will both be in-person, along with our teaching session in March. Our other monthly teaching calls, coaching calls and process groups will be hosted online. The Onelife Conference (October) and Onelife Gathering (June) are also in-person.

  • Absolutely. While the in-person aspects of the course are held in the UK, most of the teaching will be online. If you are based outside the UK, send an email to info@onelifeleaders.com for a further conversation.

  • The course fees for 2026 are £995 per person if booked before 31 August. From 1 September, the fee will be £1200.

  • Yes, we have a limited number of bursaries available. For more information about bursaries and payment plans, email info@onelifeleaders.com.

Need to ask something else?
Email info@onelifeleaders.com.

Apply Now

Get started by completing our online application form.

Deadline for applications: 28 November 2025