Connected support
A clearer front door into diocesan people and teams
This route is here to help people move quickly from uncertainty to the right conversation, whether the need is learning, safeguarding, parish support, events, or practical diocesan follow-up.
Overview
Find the right people, departments, and diocesan teams quickly, whether you are looking for practical support, leadership contacts, or local help.
Parish and deanery support
Contact teams for parish development, administration, and local collaboration across the diocese.
Learning and events
Reach the learning platform team for courses, resources, bookings, and shared development opportunities.
People and ministry
Find contacts for clergy, staff, lay ministry, education, and wider diocesan support services.
Key teams
Who people usually need first
These are the most common routes people reach for when they need help, information, or follow-up.
Learning platform team
For courses, content uploads, event bookings, learner dashboards, surveys, and general platform support.
Safeguarding team
For advice on concerns, safer practice, policy guidance, and support around safeguarding learning.
Parish support and mission
For parish renewal, governance questions, deanery relationships, and local mission planning.
Schools and formation
For church school links, collective worship support, formation pathways, and education partnerships.
Practical contacts
Useful diocesan contact points
A strong directory page should help someone move from uncertainty to the right conversation quickly.
Appointments and follow-up
Use the appointment route if your question would be better handled through a direct conversation.
Events and bookings
For deanery gatherings, diocesan conferences, training places, attendance changes, and calendar support.
Buildings and churchyards
For fabric, accessibility, churchyard care, stewardship, and permissions guidance.
Digital communications
For streaming, hybrid events, community features, uploads, and content support.
How to use it
Best next steps from here
The directory works best when it leads people straight into action rather than leaving them with a list and no route onward.
Open a learning route
If your question is repeatable, the learning library often provides the fastest answer.
Book onto an event
If a shared conversation or training session is the better route, go straight to events and bookings.
Join community
If your question would benefit from practical peer wisdom, the community feed gives a safer place to ask it.
Send a direct enquiry
If you still are not sure who to contact, the contact page will route your message to the right diocesan team.