A safeguarding update
Published: 6th February 2022Well done to everyone who has enabled us to be the first diocese to have all parishes using the safeguarding dashboard! Read more in this update from the safeguarding team.
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Well done to everyone who has enabled us to be the first diocese to have all parishes using the safeguarding dashboard! Read more in this update from the safeguarding team.
We have announced that along with many other dioceses and religious institutions, our diocese is divesting from fossil fuel extraction.
Learn more about the deanery of Malvern and Upton and the plans of its leadership team.
To celebrate the feast of Christ the King, confirmations were held at the Cathedral on Sunday with people from across the diocese being confirmed by the Bishop of Dudley, Martin Gorick.Â
The General Synod election has now closed and the votes have been counted. Find out who our six representatives for the next five years will be.
The CYD team will be changing in September as Project Director, Ruth Walker, steps down & two new Mission Enablers start, replacing Adam Legge who left in July & as maternity leave cover for Amy Stokes.
Have you considered standing for election to the General Synod for the next five-year term? Standing for the legislative body of the Church of England is an opportunity to represent your community & your diocese at a national level.
Mark Wild will leave his role as Diocesan Surveyor at the end of August.
Jacqueline Humphreys, a Barrister in Bristol, has been appointed as our new Chancellor. The appointment was made by Bishop John following the approval of the Lord Chancellor.
Our Archdeacons, along with Bishop Martin, will be taking on slightly different responsibilities over the coming months as the diocesan restructuring process moves forward following the Open Conversations earlier in the year.
Church Buildings Officer, Mark Carter offers some advice about safely going back inside church buildings.
This year's ordinations have been moved to September.
An article for June editions of parish magazines from the Archdeacon of Worcester.
Our clergy are amazing, but COVID-19 means we need help to continue to meet the costs of their stipends.
An Easter message from Bishop Martin.
There were three recipients of the Maundy Money from our diocese this year.
Ideas and resources for churches trying to continue to connect with young people during the Coronavirus epidemic.
A group of grandparents across the Diocese are meeting together to share different ways to talk to their grandchildren about faith.
All parishes across the Diocese have been asked to check their safeguarding records.
New bishop returns to the Black Country.
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