Working groups

Church composition and disposition

What sort of churches do we need and where do we need them?

Christopher Bryan (Leader)
Neil Warwick
Martin Gainsborough
Trudie Wigley
Joel Sales
Matthew Hall
Mark Pilgrim

Supporting low-income communities

Direct support and better engagement

Martin Gainsborough (Leader)
Bishop Lee
Andy Murray
Simon Halls
Melanie Otto
Leanne Parkes
Becky Waring
Toria Moore

Increasing under 25’s participation

How do we do this better?

Kat Campion-Spall (Leader)
Becky Fisher
Liz Townend
Rob Smith
Anjali Kanagaratnam
Samuel Parkin
Simon Taylor

Including under-represented communities

How do we engage these groups more effectively?

Mandy Ford
Caroline Jowett-Ive
Cathy Okoronkwo
Mary Hotchkiss
Alice Kemp
Derek Maddox
Graham Shaul

Pathways into deep, lived-out faith

How do we support evangelism, growth in faith, and discipleship/Rule of Life which enables Christians to make a difference in the workplace, school and home?

Simon Taylor (Leader)
Christopher Bryan
Toby Boutle
Beverley Charles
Stephanie Hayton
Ian Wallace
Lizzie Kesteven

Developing our volunteers

How do we grow our volunteer force and engage them more effectively?

Caroline Jowett-Ive (Leader)
Mary Hotchkiss
Richard Leaman
Laura Thomas
Ben Silvey
Andre Hart
Emma Murray

Clergy – releasing and ensuring wellbeing

How can we free up our clergy from their administrative burdens, and how do we improve their overall wellbeing?

Neil Warwick (Leader)
Phill Harrision
Caroline Jowett-Ive (Leader)
Jordan Ling
Charles Sutton
Anjali Kanagaratnam
Alison Rowe
Simon Taylor

Campaigns and partnerships for change

How can we develop our campaigning ability and who should we partner with in order to do this?

Richard Leaman (Leader)
Sally Cordwell
Paul Langham
David Stephenson
Mark Nam
Laura Verrall-Kelly
Mike Cain
Abby Scott

Delivering net zero

Develop a costed plan to get us to net zero and consider how this may assist biodiversity in the diocese

Matthew Hall (Leader)
Martin Gainsborough
Mark Siddall
Emma Bakewell
David Clark
Jonno Ball
David Bloomer
Simon Stevenette

Build income generation and ‘change delivery’ partnerships

Expand and develop the Income Generation proposals and consider potential partners – commercial, public and third sector

Andrew Lucas (Chair of Finance) (Leader)
Bruce Finnamore
Richard Leaman
Matthew Hall
Richard Bacon
Clare Jefferis
Raymond Adams
Naomi Buckler

Church property utilisation

How can we better exploit the utility our church properties, and generate income?

Simon Pugh-Jones (Leader)
John Sunderland
Emma Bakewell
Michael Johnson
David Nettleton
Raymond Adams
Richard Bacon