Marie louise

Marie-Louise Aitken

Marie is head of England at Alpha UK and founder of Girl Can Daily, an online collective which encourages, equips, and elevates women to walk out their faith everyday.

Struggling to invest in Gen Z? Here's how...

24 May 2021Discovering potential within a young person has to be one of the greatest privileges on any leader’s journey. The Covid-19 pandemic, however, has not only disrupted church routines for many months, but also the progression of the young adults who will steward the future of our church and our wider society. Those in ‘Generation Covid’ have experienced the worst of labour market outcomes in terms of job loss, long-term unemployment, and income losses during and after lockdown. Adults aged 16-25…

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Local churches are pioneering a new season for Alpha

1 April 2021What an incredible year it’s been for Alpha. At the start of 2020, Alpha online didn’t exist. In fact, it wasn’t even something we were developing. Even in early March, we could see a short lockdown coming, but thought we’d help churches finish current courses online and go back to in-person delivery by the summer. How wrong I was! Everything changed, from how we worked to what we communicated and how we delivered training. It was challenging and new, but we began to see a culture emerging of…

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