Sections:
Administration
Archdeacons
Bishops
Church Buildings & DAC
DGAT (Academies Trust)
Diocesan Registrar
Education Department
Finance Department
Mission and Ministry Dept
Ministry Advisers
Parish Giving Scheme
Property Department
Widows and Retirement Officers
Our administrative staff are headed up by Diocesan Secretary, Benjamin Preece Smith.
You can write to us at: Church House, College Green, Gloucester, GL1 2LY.See also:
Bishops and Senior Leadership
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Church House administration

Benjamin Preece Smith
Diocesan Secretary
01452 835523
bpreecesmith@glosdioc.org.uk
Assistant to Diocesan Secretary | Kerry Pateman | 01452 835512 | kpateman@glosdioc.org.uk |
Head of Communications | Lucy Taylor | 01452 835515 | ltaylor@glosdioc.org.uk |
Senior Communications Officer | Katherine Clamp | 01452 835591 | kclamp@glosdioc.org.uk |
Senior Communications Officer – Digital | Sam Cavender | 01452 835591 | scavender@glosdioc.org.uk |
Deputy Diocesan Secretary and Head of HR & Safeguarding | Judith Knight | 01452 835526 | jknight@glosdioc.org.uk |
Human Resources Advisor | Alice Clark | 01452 835558 | aclark@glosdioc.org.uk |
DBS Administration | Kate Peake | 01452 835586 | kpeake@glosdioc.org.uk |
Diocesan Safeguarding Officer | Becca Faal | 01452 835516 | bfaal@glosdioc.org.uk |
Diocesan Safeguarding Officer | Brett Riches | 01452 835516 | briches@glosdioc.org.uk |
Office Manager and Assistant to Judith Knight | Helen Crawford | 01452 835589 | hcrawford@glosdioc.org.uk |
Church House Receptionist | Becky Faull | 01452 835531 | reception@glosdioc.org.uk |
Vision Support Officer | Helen Wolfson | hwolfson@glosdioc.org.uk |
Church Buildings and Diocesan Advisory Committee

Natalie Fenner (maternity leave)
Churches Officer & DAC Secretary
01452 835593
nfenner@glosdioc.org.uk
Acting DAC Secretary and Churches Officer | Adam Klups | 01452 835567 | aklups@glosdioc.org.uk |
Churches Officer | Ian Serjeant | 01452 835593 | iserjeant@glosdioc.org.uk |
Office Administrator | Chloe Hartley | 01452 835528 | chartley@glosdioc.org.uk |
Diocese of Gloucester Academies Trust (DGAT)
Chief Executive | Rachel Howie | 01452 835542 | rhowie@glosdioc.org.uk |
Chief Operating Officer | Kerry Brimfield | 01452 835565 | KBrimfield@glosdioc.org.uk |
Executive Officer | Ellie Hully | 01452 835556 | ehully@glosdioc.org.uk |
Head of School Improvement | Helen Springett | 01452 835573 | hspringett@glosdioc.org.uk |
Accountant | Nick Patten | 01452 835538 | npatten@glosdioc.org.uk |
Operations Manager | Rob Jones | 01452 835569 | rjones@glosdioc.org.uk |
Finance and Academy Support Officer | Claire Morgan | 01452 835579 | CMorgan@glosdioc.org.uk |
Finance and Academy Support Officer | Chris Thompson | 01452 835574 | cthompson@glosdioc.org.uk |
Finance and Academy Support Officer | Steve Green | 01452 835572 | sgreen@glosdioc.org.uk |
Education Department

Rachel Howie
Director of Education
01452 835542
rhowie@glosdioc.org.uk
Postal address: Education Department, 4 College Green, Gloucester, GL1 2LR
PA to Director of Education and Education Team Administrator | Fay Price | 01452 835539 | fprice@glosdioc.org.uk |
Deputy Director of Education | Jo Munn | 01452 835574 | jmunn@glosdioc.org.uk |
Strategic Lead for Governance | Linda Rolfe | 01452 835536 | lrolfe@glosdioc.org.uk |
Strategic Lead for Buildings | Robert Stephens | 01452 835537 | RStephens@glosdioc.org.uk |
Admin for Buildings and Finance | Clare Woodman | 01452 835557 | CWoodman@glosdioc.org.uk |
Resource Centre Manager | Hannah Hauxwell | 01452 835560 | resourcecentre@glosdioc.org.uk |
Education and Resource Development Officer | Debbie Helme | 01452 835550 | dhelme@glosdioc.org.uk |
General Enquiries | 01452 835539 | education@glosdioc.org.uk |
Finance Department

Julie Ridgway
Head of Finance
01452 835564
jridgway@glosdioc.org.uk
Diocesan Finance Officer | Jessica Ahern | 01452 835519 | jahern@glosdioc.org.uk |
Finance Officer | Harriet Fletcher | 01452 835521 | hfletcher@glosdioc.org.uk |
Finance Assistant | Gemma Dee | 01452 835520 | gdee@glosdioc.org.uk |
Finance Assistant | Amy Knight | 01452 835598 | aknight@glosdioc.org.uk |
Mission and Ministry Department

Andrew Braddock
Director of Mission and Ministry
01452 835549
abraddock@glosdioc.org.uk
Director of Ordinands | Ian Bussell | 01452 835545 | ibussell@glosdioc.org.uk |
Associate DDO and Warden of Readers | David Runcorn | 07870 331537 | druncorn@glosdioc.org.uk |
Discipleship and Vocations Officer | Pauline Godfrey | 01452 835548 | pgodfrey@glosdioc.org.uk |
Mission and Evangelism Officer | Cate Williams | 01452 835543 | cwilliams@glosdioc.org.uk |
Children and Families Officer | Jo Wetherall | 01452 835552 | jwetherall@glosdioc.org.uk |
CMD Officer | Helen Sammon | 01452 835566 | hsammon@glosdioc.org.uk |
Self-Supporting Ministry Officer | Nick Fisher | 01451 861195 | nick@5fishers.co.uk |
PA / Team Administrator | Iona Bird | 01452 835551 | ibird@glosdioc.org.uk |
Administrative Officer | Natasha Kent | 01452 835544 | nkent@glosdioc.org.uk |
DDO Secretary | Julie O’Keefe | 01452 835554 | jo’keefe@glosdioc.org.uk |
Accord Administrator | Victoria Braddock | 01452 835546 | accordcourses@glosdioc.org.uk |
Mission and Ministry Advisors
Bishop’s Adviser for the Ministry of Healing and Wholeness | Sheila Appleton | appletonsma733@gmail.com | |
Adviser for the Ministry of Ordained Women | Jan van der Lely | 01454 501916 | janvanderlely@gmail.com |
Diocesan Ecumenical Officer | Jacqui Hyde | 01242 234955 | revdjacqui@talktalk.net |
County Ecumenical Officer | Alison Evans | 01453 824034 | Malcolm.alison@btinternet.com |
Civil Protection Advisor | Peter Cheesman | 01452 740533 | pcheesman@glosdioc.org.uk |
Environment Adviser | Arthur Champion | 01242 665152 | achampion@glosdioc.org.uk |
Chaplain Among Deaf and Hard of Hearing People | Steve Morris | 01452 720985 | spadework22@gmail.com |
Inter-faith Advisor | Simon Howell | 01453 350387 | revsimonhowell@blueyonder.co.uk |
Link Officer with the Committee for Minority Ethnic Anglican Concerns |
Frances Quist | francesquist@btinternet.com | |
Diocesan Spirituality Advisor | Liz Palin | 01242 575547 | liz.palin@northchelt.org.uk Read more about prayer → |
Clergy Widows Officer (Cheltenham Archdeaconry) | Paul Youde | 01242 463174 | paul.youde@yahoo.co.uk |
Clergy Widows Officer (Gloucester Archdeaconry) | Paul Wilkinson | 01452 504457 | pandjwilkinson@hotmail.co.uk |
Retirement Officer (Cheltenham Archdeaconry) | Michael Sanders | mbsanders45@gmail.com | |
Retirement Officer (Gloucester Archdeaconry) | Mike Parsons | 01452 308227 | mwsp@btinternet.com |
Parish Giving Scheme

Helen Richardson
PGS CEO
01452 835522
ceo@parishgivingscheme.org.uk
PGS Operations Manager | Helen Taylor | 01452 835533 | Helen@parishgivingscheme.org.uk |
PGS Officer | Gail Harrison | 01452 835525 | Gail@parishgivingscheme.org.uk |
PGS Officer | Sue Strawbridge | strawbridge@parishgivingscheme.org.uk | |
PGS Supervisor | Steph Hartley | 01452 835595 | Steph@parishgivingscheme.org.uk |
PGS Administrator | Kim Carter | 01452 835595 | Kim@parishgivingscheme.org.uk |
Property Department
Head of Property and Development | Colin Scorer | 01452 835592 | cscorer@glosdioc.org.uk |
Senior Surveyor | Tim Ibbetson | 01452 835596 | TIbbetson@glosdioc.org.uk |
Surveyor | Craig Smith | 01452 835577 | csmith@glosdioc.org.uk |
Property Administrator | Mary Coates | 01452 835530 | MCoates@glosdioc.org.uk |