Sharing the Goodness of God with the next generation
Ruach Resources charity was founded in December 2021. It is the home of God for Kids app and the Animals of Eden Valley books.
Meet the Team
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Andrew Blench
Chair of Trustees
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Sharon Turp
Charity Trustee
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Nathan Goodearl
Charity Trustee
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Charlotte Patrick
Charity Trustee
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Joanne Gilchrist
Founder and Director of Ruach Resources
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Amy Hitchmough
Workshop Facilitator
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Fiona Walton
Author
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David Kuiavskii
Animals of Eden Valley Illustrator
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Susan Box
Design Artist
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Sarah MacKenzie
Admin Support
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Eileen Barrett
German Translator
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Krisztina Hannaford
Serbian & Hungarian Translator
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Tainese Orivaldo
Portuguese Translator
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Jan Ridgeway
Treasurer
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Jhonnar Lugo
Spanish Translator
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Annejet Bouwman
Spanish Translator
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Angela Jelf
Blogger
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Could this be you?
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Volunteer Vacancies
All ages and stages of experience are welcome to apply
You must be interested in helping children discover the goodness of God for themselves and supporting families who want their children to grow up in a spiritually nurturing environment.
Adhere to our values, which are in alignment with the UK Evangelical Alliance.
Here’s an idea of some of the ways you could support us from as little as a few hours a year to an hour or two a week:
Treasurer (Trustee position)
grant application writer
schools bookings administrator (1-2 hours a week)
Occasional Conferences support - we exhibit at several conferences and always need help, even as a one-off. All expenses are paid - travel, accommodation and food allowance.
translators for Spanish, French, Italian, Czech, Turkish, Romanian, Croatian, Norwegian
native speaking, voiceover artists in all above languages (we would especially welcome children who are interested in this role. Parental supervision essential. Please contact us for our safeguarding and volunteers policies).
If you would like to join our team in Sheffield or virtually from home, please get in touch with Joanne today.
History of God for Kids app…
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Joanne Gilchrist is inspired by her two pre-school children to write a devotional just for them, teaching them all about the character and nature of God from the Bible.
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Joanne wonders if other kids might be interested and tests her home-made, ‘printed devotionals’ with her friends’ children. She finds that not all children engage with the printed word. “What about an app?” Someone suggests…
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A year of app development… writing, editing, recording, meeting illustrators, testing and feedback… such fun! Huge thanks to the tech company ‘Appt’ for all their hard work making God for Kids a reality.
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In February, God for Kids app is launched on the App Store! It has just 82 downloads on the first day and is full of bugs! In October, it is launched on Google Play and Amazon Apps for Android users. It has just 2 adventures and the Space Adventure is an in-app purchase.
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We celebrate 1 year of God for Kids in the app store with a pancake party! We also run a crowdfunding campaign to raise funds for the second and third ‘adventures’ based on Jesus and the Holy Spirit. All required funds are raised! Joanne and Fiona Walton write the first drafts of 7 books called ‘The Animals of Eden Valley’.
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In January, the second and third adventures are finally released and all four adventures are unlocked and made available free of charge to everyone. ‘Why Can’t I See God?’ (first edition) is published on Amazon. By the end of the year, we celebrate 50,000 downloads!
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There’s a global pandemic, schools shut and family life suddenly goes online. Joanne creates daily devotions, live on Facebook, to help children and families focus on God and grow in their faith during this troubling time. App downloads skyrocket…
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‘Who Made God?’ is published by Sarah Grace Publishing, an imprint of Malcolm Down Publishing. We receive a grant from The Lions UK to fund the re-vamp God for Kids app, in partnership with SunScool app, and we file an application to start a charity.
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Three more ‘Animals of Eden Valley’ books are published by Sarah Grace publishing and God for Kids app is updated with a new look, making it possible to add new features and languages. We top 100,000 downloads and celebrate a record number of active daily users and positive, 5 star, written reviews on Google Play. Praise the Lord!
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Our schools work begins to take off and we visit a number of local schools to deliver collective worship sessions and a writing workshop. We run our first “Faith at Home” workshop to trial the concept, we join the core leadership team of Hand in Hand conference and we continue to develop new resources such as the Advent I-Spy.
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Launched YouTube Channel with Animated Videos of Animals of Eden Valley Books 1-4
Toured local Schools with new book “Why Did God Make Me?” by Joanne Gilchrist