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Peter Cooper

Peter has been a youth and children’s worker for churches in Rochdale and Gravesend, and he and his family now live in Kidderminster. Peter has spent three years as a children’s worker with St Chad’s Church. He is also an award-winning ventriloquist and puppeteer, and a magician. He and his family also form the Storytellers Puppet Theatre.

Peter has written ‘What’s in it for me?’, a Bible teaching resource from Crusaders, and has contributed 23 sketches to the One Way UK publication ‘50 Puppet Sketches for all Occasions’, as well as articles for a number of different publications. In 2010 he published his first novel, ‘April’s Fools’.

Peter loves arts and crafts, and is an experienced face-painter. (He painted Emily’s ‘leopard’ on the home page).

As well as having been a conference speaker, he is a member of The Fellowship of Christian Magicians, Equity and the Evangelical Alliance, and is affiliated to Urban Saints, CPAS, and he’s an honorary Brownie!

Simon Cooper

Peter’s son Simon is involved in the day-to day running of the shop as manager of ‘The Barrel of Fun’ drop-in centre. He is a juggler, puppeteer and magician. Simon is also a first aider.

He has a NVQ in Childcare and Education, and has worked as a nursery nurse, a primary school classroom assistant and a disability escort. He has attended Pathfinder Ventures (residential trips for young people) as a leader for the past 10 years or so. He is developing his skills as an escapologist, but his Dad says that’s just so he can get out of doing the washing up.

Simon is disabled with a lung condition, so he associates well with young people who are disadvantaged in any way.