A New Year and a New Focus for CVE Scotland

At the start of this new year, we give thanks for all the Lord has done through CVE Scotland in the year gone by and look forward with great anticipation to what He has in store for 2026 and thereafter. After much prayer, we are thrilled to share our refreshed vision strategy, sharpening our focus on inspiring, equipping, and connecting Christian teachers and school staff across Scotland.

Established in 2014, CVE Scotland remains the only Scottish charity solely dedicated to Christian educators in schools. In a context where Christian input in education has largely faded, and many believers feel isolated or unsure about living out their faith at work, we want to help these frontline workers confidently show the love of Jesus to pupils and colleagues every day.

At our November AGM, we laid new, firm foundations for 2026 – a year of reaching out to isolated educators who long to keep gospel hope alive in classrooms. Teachers across Scotland are leaving the profession in alarming numbers, often due to stress, burnout, and a lack of support for their deeper values. Christian staff face the unique challenge of expressing faith authentically and legally in secular environments. Through building local networks, providing robustly Christian yet classroom-ready resources, running surveys to understand real needs, and partnering closely with Scripture Union Scotland to reach even more teachers, we long to see a movement of resilient, faith-filled educators who support one another and shine as salt and light among Scotland’s 700,000+ pupils.

Our vision is simple yet bold: if Christian teachers and staff are encouraged, connected, and equipped, they will live out their faith confidently, enabling children and young people to encounter the gospel and make informed choices about beliefs and values. To achieve this, in 2026 we plan to refresh our website, host localised fellowship and training events, create online forums, distribute welcome packs for newly qualified teachers, grow a “Friends of CVE Scotland” community, and evaluate our impact more effectively. Our Outreach Administrator will coordinate networking and respond swiftly to teachers’ needs. Grant applications are underway to fund four key priorities: website renewal, welcome packs for probationer teachers, local in-person events, and to support the salary of the outreach role. Please pray earnestly that the Lord would provide these resources abundantly. Let’s pray together:

1. Thank God for His faithfulness over the past year and for the clear direction He has given for 2026.
2. Ask Him to raise up partners and grants to fund these practical steps as we seek to establish three local authority networks pilots by mid-2026, before rolling out across Scotland.
3. Pray for isolated Christian teachers – that they would discover CVE Scotland’s support and be strengthened to remain in schools as faithful witnesses.
4. Intercede for our growing partnership with Scripture Union Scotland, that together we would reach many more educators with gospel encouragement.
5. Seek the Lord’s blessing on every pupil who will encounter His love through these resilient teachers and school staff. 

Thank you for standing with us in prayer. Please look out for our new flyers, which will be distributed through local authority contacts, regional SU workers and volunteers across our schools.  May the Lord use CVE Scotland mightily to keep Christian witness alive in Scotland’s schools!

Please do consider signing up to our newsletter updates at https://cve-scotland.org.uk/prayer-news-support/  or scan the QR code. Alternatively, you can contact our Outreach Administrator, Lynn MacMillan, via email at cve@cve-scotland.org.uk if you would like to receive copies of our new outreach leaflets and business cards to distribute within your school or with family/friends who are Christian teachers or school staff.

The CVE Scotland Team