A small team provides administrative, financial, secretarial, property, communication and general support to our parishes and Church of England schools.
Please click on the name for email.
Bishops
The Rt Revd Martin Seeley |
Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich The Bishops House, 4 Park Road, Ipswich, IP1 3ST |
01473 252829 | |
Vacant | Suffragan Bishop of Dunwich |
Archdeacons
Archdeacon Sally Gaze | Archdeacon for Rural Mission | 07446 933129 | |
Archdeacon Dr David Jenkins | Archdeacon of Sudbury | 01284 386942 | 07900 990073 | |
Archdeacon Rich Henderson | Archdeacon of Suffolk | 07710 479497 | |
Archdeacon Rich Henderson | Interim Archdeacon of Ipswich | 07710 479497 |
Bishops office
Bishops' Chaplain | |||
Diane Matthews | Bishops' and Archdeacons' Executive Assistant | 01473 252829 | |
Terry Atkins | Secretary to the Bishop | 01473 252829 | |
Sarah Brown | Bishop Martin's PA | 01473 252829 | |
Parliamentary Researcher and Briefings Officer | 01473 252829 | ||
Bishop's Press Officer | 0208 720 6620 | 07872 314653 |
Governance Team
Gary Peverley | Diocesan Secretary | 01473 298575 | 07879 634525 | |
Ann Leitch |
Strategic Programme Director (Growing in God Programme Board) |
01473 298576 | 07483 006377 | |
Lucy de Las Casas | Director of Development | 07955 279985 | |
Charlotte Hodgson |
Governance Manager (part-time) Governance: (Synod, Committees, elections) on Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday and DAC on Mondays/Fridays) |
01473 298533 | 07876 865743 | |
Nigel Cook |
Strategic IT Manager (IT systems, mobile phones, CMS database management)
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01473 298599 | 07485 348880 | |
Paul Sparrow |
Data Analyst (Data mapping, CMS database analysis)
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01473 298598 | 07483 006384 | |
Alison Barker |
Executive Assistant to the Diocesan Secretary and Business Support Administrator (Receptionist, CMS database updates) |
01473 298577 | 07485 348882 |
Communications
Tim Holder | Director of Engagement | 07917 385843 | |
Leonie Ryle |
Communications Manager (Media/press enquiries, eNews, campaigns, Insight, website) |
01473 298546 | 07468 474483 | |
Lauren Bridgwater |
Communications Assistant Social media, Insight, website, diocesan vacancies advertsiing) |
01473 298551 | 07483 006382 | |
Prominent Media Consultants | 01473 276127 (out of hours: 07403 401387) |
Church Buildings
Edmund Harris |
DAC Secretary (Church Buildings Advisor, Faculty applications and DAC meetings) |
01473 298508 | 07394 568400 | |
Charlotte Hodgson |
Assistant DAC Secretary (part-time) DAC on Mondays/Fridays (List B applications and general enquiries). Governance on Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday |
07876 865743 | |
Julie Alcock |
Assistant to DAC Staff (List B applications, faculty casework that doesn’t require external consultation, applications for commemorative plaques and Temporary Minor Re-Ordering licences) |
01473 298509 | 07485 348887 |
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Toby Hart |
Church Buildings Support Officer (Minor repairs and improvement grants) |
07721 219534 | |
James Hall
Diocesan Registrar Birketts, Providence House, 141-145 Princes Street, Ipswich IP1 1QJ | 01473 406270 |
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Angela Long
Registry Clerk Birketts, Providence House, 141-145 Princes Street, Ipswich IP1 1QJ | 01473 406300 |
Education
Jane Sheat |
Diocesan Director of Education (Headteacher appointments, schools strategy and Multi Academy Trust CEO) |
01473 298560 | 07884 232231 | |
Susan Todd |
Deputy Diocesan Director of Education (Schools Admissions, OFSTED and SIAMS support, Governance)
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01473 298570 | 07917 390362 | |
Rachel Cutts |
Diocesan Schools' Adviser (RE, Collective worship, Distinctive Christian values, Training and courses) |
07955 279988 | |
Daniel Jones |
Schools' Buildings Officer (Schools land and building ownership, schools capital projects)
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01473 298532 | 07920 050407 | |
Philip Knowles |
School Effectiveness Officer (SIAMS support for schools) |
01473 298570 | 07551 122311 | |
Jacqui Studd |
Schools Administrator (School eNews, event bookings, schools administration) |
01473 298570 | 07485 348883 |
Finance and HR
Philip Codling |
Finance and Operations Director (Budgets and Finance Reporting) |
01473 298573 | 07483 050810 | |
Philip Keeble |
Senior Finance Manager (Statutory Accounts, Year End, Xledger, Treasurer queries)
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01473 298506 | 07485 348881 | |
Tracy Tipple |
Management Accountant (Management Accounts, Budget and Forecasting, Parish Share Allocations, Reporting Queries)
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07955 275638 | |
Elena Stephenson |
Finance Assistant (Diocesan invoices, banking, Kagera, Trust queries)
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01473 298580 | 07485 329228 | |
Frances Blakeway |
Finance Administrator (PF1 Forms, general finance queries, PTO processing) |
01473 298572 | 07483 006374 | |
Penny Longford |
People Director (Diocesan job descriptions and employee welfare) |
01473 298588 | 07394 568401 | |
Sue Polley | HR Assistant | 07593 551917 |
Inspiring Ipswich
Archdeacon of Ipswich Ipswich Area Dean |
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Liz Fox | Assistant to the Archdeacon of Ipswich | 07394 559887 | |
Karen Macfadyen | Inspiring Ipswich Project Manager | 01473 298591 | 07394 568398 | |
Helen Smith | Administrator and Prayer Facilitator | 01473 298592 | 07485 329224 | |
Alicia Holmes | Lead Pioneer Developer (Families and Children) | 01473 298595 | 07394 568405 | |
Bob Hamilton | Pioneer Developer | 01473 298594 | 07394 568407 | |
Peter Forty | Estates Assistant | 07955 275636 |
Lightwave
Archdeacon Sally Gaze | Archdeacon for Rural Mission | 07446 933129 | |
Andrew Gosden | Project Manager | 07711 753312 | |
Ewan Darby | Fundraiser and Bid-writer | ||
Becky Luetchford | Communications Missioner and Social Media Storyteller | 07812 632154 | |
Nina Seaman | Administrator & Prayer Facilitator | 01473 298586 | 07394 559889 |
Mission and Ministry
The Revd Canon Sharron Coburn | Diocesan Director of Mission & Ministry | 01473 298518 or 07483 006385 | |
The Revd Canon Stuart Batten |
Diocesan Director of Ordinands (Vocations, Ordinands and IME2 training) |
01473 298511 | 07468 474065 | |
Katie de Bourcier | Diocesan Mission Enabler | 07955 273158 | |
Emma Allinson |
Growing Younger Project Support (Connect training, Early Years network and Growing Younger administration)
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01473 298513 | 07483 031927 | |
Matt Levett |
Diocesan Youth & Young Adults Officer (Growing Younger, Youth Essentials training) |
01473 298515 | 07736 941654 | |
Lesley Steed |
Senior Administrator for Mission and Ministry (Administration for Elders, IME2, AOP, Ordinands, CMD, Readers and Insight)
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01473 298510 | 07485 348889 | |
Helen Prior-Townsend |
Mission Project Officer (Faith Empowered training (Evangelists), Plans for Growth and Growth fund, vocations and Suffolk show administration) |
01473 298516 | 07394 568406 | |
Gail Southgate |
Lead Evangelist (Suffolk Centre for Mission) |
07394 568396 | |
Linda Pepper |
Lead Chaplain (University of Suffolk and Suffolk New College) |
Net Zero Carbon
James Rolls | Net Zero Carbon Officer | 07394 568404 | |
Emma Flint | Net Zero Carbon Regional Learning Coordinator | 07485 348888 |
Parish Resources
Julie Podd |
Parish Resources Manager (Parish Giving Scheme, grants, digital giving, PCC workshops. Training to build a generous culture. Waiver/parish support process)
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01473 298555 | 07826 556186 | |
Emma Denton |
Giving Advisor (Giving Advisor, Parish Resources – Grants and Funding, Gifts in Wills, Parish Buying, Digital Giving, Friends Groups)
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01473 298556 | 07483 006379 |
Property
Dawn Gillett |
Head of Property and Diocesan Surveyor (Clergy Property, Office Health and Safety)
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01473 298507 | 07469 149744 | |
Sharon Waters |
Project Manager (Pastoral Secretary and Property) (Reorganisation projects) |
01473 298581 | |
Julie Billham |
Administrator (Property) (Clergy Property Maintenance and Administration)
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01473 298512 | 07798 783686 |
Safeguarding
Karen Galloway |
Diocesan Safeguarding Officer (Safeguarding disclosures and concerns) |
01473 298545 | 07785 621319 | |
Shelly Thomas | Assistant Diocesan Safeguarding Officer | 07795 974734 | |
Alison Baalham |
Safeguarding Administator (DBS, Administration and general safeguarding enquiries) |
01473 298548 | 07468 474252 |
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Lisa Hicks |
Safeguarding Trainer and Training Coordinator (Sudbury Archdeaconry training, Ipswich Archdeaconry training) |
01473 298547 | 07485 329226 |