APPLICATION
Before you apply to the SERVE Team, please note the following:
- Our program is designed for people between the ages of 18-25.
- You must be able to arrange your living costs through an appointed fundraising channel (e.g. through our US partner or a UK-based support system.
- You must be motivated by our mission and charitable purpose, not simply seeking a visa route to the UK.
Any applications that do not meet these criteria will not be processed.
If you’re ready to apply to the SERVE Team, you can do so by filling in one of the online application below.
The final date we will accept applications for September is 15 June, and for January is 15th October.Our recruitment process:
- Complete the online application
- Tees Valley Youth for Christ will contact your 3 references
- You’ll go through a series of 3 interviews with our staff (via telephone/Zoom for overseas applicants)
- After prayerful consideration, applicants will be accepted or declined conditional on a background check and wellbeing check.
- You’ll fundraise all the costs for your visa and flights (if necessary) and for your living costs while you’re serving in the Tees Valley
- You’ll complete a visa application (if traveling from outside the UK)
Tees Valley Youth for Christ is a visa sponsor and we will help you through the application process
Use this application link if you’ve had any past connections with our US partners – UK-USA Ministries or Greater Europe Mission (GEM)
If you have been referred to us by UK-USA Ministries or Greater Europe Mission(GEM) or have any connections with UK-USA Ministries or GEM though short term missions, Ten2 or if you know anyone that has served with us in the past, please use this link to our online application form for the Tees Valley Youth for Christ Serve Team. Please note that this application does not have the capacity to save your answers before you hit ‘submit’. We recommend that you type up your answers to longer questions and paste them in so that you have them backed up.
If you’ve had no previous connections with our US partners (UK-USA Ministries or GEM), click here to access the online application form.
You will be taken to our online application form for the Tees Valley Youth for Christ Serve Team. Please note that this application does not have the capacity to save your answers before you hit ‘submit’. We recommend that you type up your answers to longer questions and paste them in so that you have them backed up.