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“Hardly anyone can ever find God because God is right at the end of your mind after all the background thoughts are gone.”
Maisie Satchwell-Hust

Who we are:


Covenant Players is a professional Christian theatre ministry, fielding touring troupes which perform original theme-based plays in service to the leadership of churches, schools, prisons, social service agencies, community and government organisations. Equally, we are a well-respected resource using drama as a tool to address major social and community issues.

Our method: to provide entertaining and thought-provoking material; to involve audiences in discussion and workshops, challenging and encouraging them to live to their fullest potential.  

Our UK & Ireland office is based in Pontypool, South Wales, and we also have a unit based out of London.  In the UK our personnel is made up of 6-7 full-time missioners/performers, most of whom have served full-time with the organisation for 15-30 years.


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Our Project:  NEW HORIZONS


Covenant Players has a long-established relationship working in prisons, with ex-offenders, with disenfranchised/excluded young people and with the learning disabled.

Our project is in progress.

Following discussions with local user organisations, we sought and gained additional funding to support a team of Covenant Players to build and expand our work; developing longer-term projects working specifically with Pupils Referral Units (PRUs - Excluded Pupils) and Secure Units. These are centres for educating young people who, for personal or behavioural reasons, have been excluded from mainstream education.

Many young people attending a PRU may already have come to the attention of the Criminal Justice System and Juvenile Courts.  Covenant Players’ programme are addressing social and behavioural issues based on SEAL—Social, Emotional Aspects of Learning—teaching communication and life-skills.  We are also working in the areas of Spiritual and Emotional Intelligence, building relationships and self-esteem.

Recent BBC reports cited experts calling for more to be done to address the mental health and wellbeing problems faced by children in the Youth Justice System. The Samaritans have just launched an appeal focusing on the tragedy of teen suicide; 600 young lives are taken each year in the UK.

This project presents a unique opportunity to serve as a resource and—prayerfully—as an intervention at a critical moment in a young person’s life.