As per the Church Representation Rules Part 9, the annual parochial church meeting must be held in every parish in the period which begins with 1 January and ends with 31 May. The Diocesan Secretary requires each parish to submit their APCM results to Church House, Derby no later than 31 May.
About Us
The Growing Younger Communications Officer will play a pivotal role in supporting our diocesan vision by focusing on communication and resource development for children, young people, and families (CYF).
This part-time role is based at Church House, Derby. Hybrid working is available.
This role will ensure that our mission to grow a younger church is effectively communicated and supported across the diocese.
The role will work alongside the Growing Younger Strategic Lead in supporting and encouraging children’s, youth and families’ ministries across the diocese.
The post holder will need to have:
- Previous experience in communications, particularly within a church or non-profit setting
- A commitment to the vision and values of the Diocese of Derby and the Church of England
- Creativity, enthusiasm, and a proactive approach to problem-solving
- Proven ability to develop engaging content and manage digital resources.
Salary: £25,048 pro rata (£10,735 for 15 hours)
Working hours: 15 hours per week
Contract type: Permanent
Annual leave: Full time holiday entitlement - 38 days including statutory bank and public holidays. This includes 5 discretionary days paid leave as determined by the DBF. For part-time staff the total holiday entitlement will be calculated based on the number of hours worked.
>> Download the information pack
>> Download the application form
Closing date for applications: 12 January 2025
Interview date: 23 January 2025
The Growing Younger Resourcing Officer will play a crucial role in supporting our diocesan vision by focusing on fundraising and resource development for children, young people, and families (CYF) ministries.
The Diocese is seeking investment from the national church to support CYF ministry and mission.
However, it is crucial that these ministries become financially sustainable beyond national funding.
This role, as part of the Parish Support Office, aims to connect parishes with the available grant funding sources available for work with you people, and help them develop strategies to ensure the financial sustainability of their ministries.
Salary: £33,368 Pro rata (£14,301 for 15 hours)
Working hours: 15 hours per week
Contract type: Permanent
Annual leave: Full time holiday entitlement - 38 days including statutory bank and public holidays. This includes 5 discretionary days paid leave as determined by the DBF. For part-time staff the total holiday entitlement will be calculated based on the number of hours worked.
>> Download the information pack
>> Download the application form
Closing date for applications: 12 January 2025
Interview date: Interview date: 23 January 2025 (pm)
New Electoral Roll required for every parish in 2025
In 2025, an entirely new church electoral roll must be prepared in advance of the Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM) in every parish in the Church of England, under the Church Representation Rules (CRR).
So, even if someone has had their name entered on the existing electoral roll, they must complete a fresh application form to be included on the new one.
The PCC must take reasonable steps to inform all those whose names are entered on the existing roll that a new roll is being prepared, and that they must make a fresh application if they wish their name to appear on the new roll.
In brief:
- Preparation of a new roll must be done every six years (last completed 2019)
- Notice displayed near the main door of every church in every parish, at least two months before the APCM
- Notice must stay up for at least 14 days
- Announcements made in church during the 14 days that the notice is up to say that the roll is being prepared
- PCC must ensure that reasonable efforts are made to let everyone on the old roll know that a new Roll is being prepared
- Exception is anyone no longer qualified to be on the roll (e.g. someone who no longer worships regularly in the parish and lives outside the parish)
- Members of the previous roll need to fill in applications (no one is automatically included)
- New people may also apply by filling in an application for enrolment
- New roll must be complete on a fixed date between 15 and 28 days before the APCM
- Completed new roll is posted near the main church door at least 14 days before the APCM. During this time corrections may be made (e.g. correcting a misspelling) but no new names added or removed.
The full guidance on preparing the new Electoral Roll can be downloaded here: PDF | Word
Downloads
Forms, notices and guidance notes
- Preparation of Electoral Roll Notice PDF | Word
- Application to be added to the Electoral Roll PDF | Word
- Electoral Roll GDPR: Parish Guidance PDF | Word
- Electoral Roll Privacy Notice PDF | Word
- Notice of APCM PDF | Word
- Nomination form for PCC PDF | Word
- APCM results (To return to Derby Church House) PDF | Word
- Electoral Roll Certificate (To return to Derby Church House) PDF | Word
St Peter’s Church, Littleover and Blagreaves
Job Role: To manage one-off bookings for St Peter’s Hub (Littleover) and St Andrew’s Hub (Blagreaves), providing excellent customer service and ensuring that all booking conditions are met by the hiring party.
Hours: 4 hours per week (averaged across weeks)
Salary: £11.44 per hour (amended each April)
Closing Date: Monday 20 January 2025
Download the job description here (Word)
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We look forward to welcoming you!
Derbyshire has some of the most beautiful landscape, not just in England, but anywhere in the UK.
With a range of contexts from the agricultural villages in the west to the ex-mining communities of the east; the beautiful peak district and the urban multi-cultural centre; we minister in a number of contrasting environments.
With mission at our heart we are investing in our future to ensure we continue to grow God’s kingdom in Derbyshire.
Is God calling you to join us?
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Diversity Statement
As an equal opportunities’ employer, we particularly welcome applications from UK Minority Ethnic/Global Majority Heritage (UKME/GMH) candidates who are currently underrepresented in our organisation. All appointments will be made on merit of skill and experience relative to the role. We are a Disability Confident Employer. If you have a disability or neurodivergent condition that otherwise prevents you from meeting any of the essential criteria, please contact us to discuss reasonable adjustments. We are also able to provide additional support during the application process.
Clergy vacancies
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External vacancies
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Hubs Manager for 'one-off' Bookings
St Peter’s Church, Littleover and Blagreaves Job Role: To manage one-off bookings for St Peter’s Hub (Littleover) and St Andrew’s… See More
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The Venerable Karen Hamblin
Archdeacon of East Derbyshire
Archdeacon Karen has responsibility for parishes in the eastern region of the diocese, from Dronfield and Eckington in the north to Sawley and Long Eaton in the south, including Chesterfield.
Karen champions mission and ministry in emerging and transitional communities across the whole diocese.
karen.hamblin@derby.anglican.org
01332 388699
Archdeacon Karen writes:
I am excited about working with people, churches and communities across the new archdeaconry wherever they are: in workplaces, in schools, at home and in churches to see God’s Kingdom come more and more.
I relish the challenge and I know that God will highlight priorities and will go ahead of me as together we try to work more effectively, growing what we already have and developing new ways of being church to reach new, emerging and transitioning communities.
I was born in London and grew up with the Salvation Army as a backdrop to my life as both sets of grandparents were officers and we were involved as a family.
We moved to Dorset when I was 15, which is where I met my future husband, Andy (and also where I became an Anglican). Andy and I have three adult children and are blessed with a six-year-old granddaughter.
After going to the University of Durham, I moved to Derby in 1983 to start a career in teaching, but I also started working in local churches, including St Alkmund’s, where I became Children’s and Youth Worker and then a lay member of the leadership team.
It was there that I had my lightbulb moment as I believe I heard God ask me to be ordained.
It took a while to persuade me, but it was time to move.
So off I went to study at St John’s Nottingham; I was ordained in 2007 and served my curacy in Long Eaton.
And so began my priestly journey – both spiritually and also literally up the M1 as in 2011 I became Team Vicar of Pilsley in the North Wingfield team and, in 2016, Priest-in-charge at Brampton St Mark’s in Chesterfield and Area Dean of North East Derbyshire.
I had started at Junction 25 and ended up at Junction 29!
Maybe then there is a sense of fulfilment that I will now serve as Archdeacon of East Derbyshire, an area defined to an extent by the M1 corridor, with a rich mining and industrial heritage, but with areas of deprivation, emergence and transition alongside rural ones - a real mixture full of life, challenge and possibility.
For me, faith is about knowing that I am totally loved and accepted and that, despite all my imperfections, God chooses to set his hope in me as I serve and work with Him and for Him alongside others.
Our lives, our churches and communities need the hope that He alone can bring.
I am passionate about the environment, and I love growing vegetables.
I enjoy a good walk and live in one of the best counties for doing that (but I do love the coast as well, so sometimes walk there!) I love spending time with family, who live reasonably close, and any spare time gets used reading modern fiction, sewing, cooking, seeing friends or just chilled in front of the TV.
What lights me up more than anything else as a follower of Jesus, and as a leader, is prayerfully helping to connect things: people, places, situations, stories and then stepping back to see God's Spirit at work, bringing fresh life – new possibilities, new & renewed relationships growing and flourishing under His care and direction.
Let’s do that together and see God's Kingdom come more and more amongst us.
Welcome to the Hardwick Deanery!
We are part of the Archdeaconry of East Derbyshire
Archdeacon - The Ven. Karen Hamblin - karen.hamblin@derby.anglican.org
Area Dean – Revd Karen Bradley - rev.karen@yahoo.co.uk
Synod Lay Chair – John Atkin
Synod Treasurer – Mrs Di Fretwell
Synod Secretary – Miss Ailsa Cooling
Assistant Warden of Readers – Mrs Di Fretwell
Hardwick Benefices
- Alfreton (Parish of Alfreton)
- Ashover and Handley, and Brackenfield with Wessington (Parishes of Ashover and Handley; Brackenfield; Wessington)
- Ault Hucknall and Scarcliffe (Parishes of Ault Hucknall; Scarcliffe)
- Blackwell with Tibshelf (Parishes of Blackwell; Tibshelf)
- Bolsover (Parish of Bolsover)
- Crich and South Wingfield (Parishes of Crich; South Wingfield)
- East Scarsdale (Parishes of Pleasley, Shirebrook, Upper Langwith with Langwith Bassett; Whaley Thorns)
- Heath (Parish of Heath) (including Holmewood)
- Morton and Stonebroom with Shirland (Parishes of Morton; Shirland; St. Peter Stonebroom)
- North Wingfield, Clay Cross and Pilsley (Parish of North Wingfield) (includes 3 Parish Churches Clay Cross, North Wingfield and Pilsley, and two additional churches at Tupton and Danesmoor)
- Pinxton (Parish of Pinxton)
- Riddings and Ironville (Parishes of Riddings; Ironville)
- Somercotes (Parish of St. Thomas, Somercotes)
- South Normanton (Parish of South Normanton)
>> Spotlights on parishes in Hardwick Deanery
Harwick Deanery Synod 2025
Dates will be posted when they are available
Welcome to the Diocese of Derby and thanks for considering serving your curacy with us!
If you are completing ordination training in 2025 and have been officially released by your sponsoring diocese to look elsewhere, then please consider coming to the Diocese of Derby to serve your curacy.
If you are interested:
- Check out our curacy training programme
- Explore the parish profiles below
If you would be interested in discussing these posts further, please contact:
The Revd Ben Griffiths, Diocesan Director of Ordinands & Vocations: ben.griffiths@derby.anglican.org - 01332 278169
The Revd Dwayne Engh, Ordained Ministries Development Officer: dwayne.engh@derby.anglican.org - 07425 606421
Parish profiles
>> St Peter's in the City (Derby)
>> The United Benefice of Barlborough and Clowne
Welcome to the Peak Deanery.
We are part of the Derbyshire Peak and Dales Archdeaconry.
Archdeacon: The Ven. Nicky Fenton - nicky.fenton@derby.anglican.org
Acting Area Dean: Revd Dr David Mundy - dhmundy@btinternet.com
Assistant Area Dean: Revd Louise Petheram
Assistant Area Dean: Revd Mark Griffin
Lay Chair: Nikki Goodhew
Assistant Warden of Readers: Mrs Christine McMullen and Mrs Nikki Goodhew
Peak Deanery Benefices
- Bakewell, Ashford in the Water with Sheldon and Rowsley (Parishes of Bakewell; Ashford in the Water; Sheldon; St. Catherine, Rowsley) (to include Over Haddon)
- Baslow and Eyam ((Parishes of St. Ann, Baslow; Eyam) (including Foolow)
- Beeley and Edensor (Parishes of Beeley; Edensor)
- Buxton with Burbage and King Sterndale (Parish of Buxton with Burbage and King Sterndale) (This parish includes Harpur Hill St James, Buxton St Mary the Virgin and St Anne, Burbage and King Sterndale Christ Churches)
- Chapel-en-le-Frith (Parish of Chapel en le Frith)
- Charlesworth and Gamesley (Parish of Charlesworth and Gamesley) held in plurality with 7.
- Holy Trinity Dinting Vale (Parish of Holy Trinity, Dinting Vale) held in plurality with 6.
- Edale (Holy Trinity, Edale)
- Fairfield, Peak Forest and Dove Holes (Parishes of Fairfield; Peak Forest and Dove Holes)
- Glossop (Parish of Glossop)
- Hadfield (Parish of St. Andrew, Hadfield)
- Hathersage with Bamford and Derwent, and Grindleford (Parishes of Bamford and Derwent; Grindleford Saint Helen; Hathersage)
- Hayfield and Chinley with Buxworth (Parishes of Hayfield; Chinley with Buxworth)
- Hope, Castleton and Bradwell (Parishes of St. Barnabas Bradwell; Castleton; Hope)
- Longstone, Curbar and Stoney Middleton (Parishes of All Saints, Curbar; Longstone, St. Giles; Stoney Middleton) (including Wardlow)
- New Mills (Parish of New Mills)
- The White Peak Group (Parishes of Taddington; Monyash; Hartington; Chelmorton; Biggin; Earl Sterndale)
- Tideswell (Parish of Tideswell) (to include Wormhill, Cressbrook and Litton and Millers Dale)
- Whitfield (Parish of Whitfield) (This parish includes the Churches of St James and St Luke)
- Youlgreave and Middleton, Stanton-in-Peak and Birchover (Parishes of Birchover; The Holy Trinity Stanton-in-Peak; Youlgreave and Middleton)
- Buxton, Trinity Church (private Trinitarian Chapel) which is not a Benefice or Parish but is within the Peak Deanery and whose Clergy are Licensed by the Bishop of Derby)
Welcome to the Mercia Deanery.
We are part of the Archdeaconry of Derby City and South Derbyshire.
The deanery stretches down as far as Croxall and up to Elvaston. The parishes are a mix of rural and market town and developing industrial communities. There are 33 churches and 30 parishes in the deanery. Within the borders, there are the historic churches of Melbourne and Repton. There have been archeological digs at Repton’s vicarage that have uncovered Viking activity... very exciting!
Archdeacon: The Ven. Matthew Trick - matthew.trick@derby.anglican.org
Area Dean: Revd Mike Firbank - mjfirbank@hotmail.com
Assistant Area Dean with responsibility for Chapter: Revd Steve Short - stephen.short71@btinternet.com
Deanery Synod Leadership Team
Lay Chair: Maggie Fenby-Taylor, from St George, Ticknall
Treasurer: Liz Ballinger, of St Mark, Winshill
Lay member:
Secretary: Debbie Patrick, member of St Peter, Hartshorne
Mercia Benefices
- Aston-on-Trent, Elvaston, Weston-on-Trent and Shardlow, Barrow-upon-Trent with Twyford and Swarkestone (Parishes of Aston on Trent; Elvaston; Weston upon Trent; Shardlow; Barrow-on-Trent with Twyford; Swarkestone)
- Foremark and Repton with Newton Solney (Parishes of Foremark; Newton Solney; Repton)
- Gresley (Parish of Gresley)
- Melbourne, Ticknall, Smisby and Stanton-by-Bridge (Parishes of Melbourne; Smisby; Stanton-by-Bridge; Ticknall)
- Newhall (Parish of Newhall)
- Stapenhill with Caudwell (Parish of Stapenhill)
- Stapenhill Immanuel (Parish of Immanuel, Stapenhill)
- Swadlincote and Hartshorne (Parishes of Hartshorne; Swadlincote)
- Winshill and Bretby (Parishes of Bretby; Winshill)
- Seale and Lullington with Coton-in-the-Elms (Parishes of Coton in the Elms; Lullington; Netherseal St. Peter; Overseal St. Matthew)
- Walton-on-Trent with Croxall, Rosliston with Linton and Castle Gresley (Parishes of Croxall; Linton and Castle Gresley; Rosliston, Walton-on-Trent) (including Catton)
>>Spotlights on parishes in Mercia Deanery
Visit our Website at https://merciadeanery.wordpress.com
Mercia Deanery Synod
Dates will be added when available
Here are some FAQs regarding APCMs which we hope you will find useful.
Information correct on 31 October 2024
Holding of APCMs:
The Bishop of Repton is the Rt Revd Malcolm Macnaughton
Bishop Malcolm was installed as the Suffragan Bishop of Repton in a special Evensong at Derby Cathedral on Sunday, 18 April 2021. The installation followed his consecration as bishop at Lambeth Palace on Wednesday, 14 April 2021.
Malcolm was formerly Chief of Staff to the Archbishop of York and was educated at Queens’ College Cambridge.
He trained for ministry at Ridley Hall and served his title at St Andrew’s Haughton-le-Skerne, in the diocese of Durham, and was ordained Priest in 1982.
Malcolm is married to Pam, an ordained pioneer minister and a leadership specialist with the Church Pastoral Aid Society.
He was introduced to the Diocese of Derby in November 2020 and said: “I am much looking forward to working with Bishop Libby and colleagues in the Diocese of Derby, and am excited by the task ahead.
"The COVID crisis is tough for everyone, and we need to be focussed on bringing real hope to those most at risk, those living in poverty, and young people who have so much to offer, but whose opportunities for education, development, and employment, are so limited just now.
"It is great to see the Church in Derby and Derbyshire finding new ways, alongside the old, of being church and seeking the common good.
"What a privilege to be called by God to join you and to share the next stage of this journey!”
If you wish to contact the Bishop of Repton's office, the details are:
The Rt Revd Malcolm Macnaughton, Bishop of Repton
39 Hickton Road,
Swanwick,
Alfreton,
DE55 1AF
07933 344746 | malcolm.macnaughton@derby.anglican.org
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What is a suffragan bishop and why do we have a Bishop of Repton?
The role of the Suffragan Bishop is to support and share in the episcopal ministry of the Bishop of Derby, who is the bishop of the diocese. Episcopal (or “bishop’s”) ministry is about being “shepherds of Christ’s flock and guardians of the faith of the apostles” in the words of the ordination service, which means caring for all God’s people and leading in the task of presenting the faith in the world.
Bishops are to be a focus for the unity of the Church locally, teaching and proclaiming the faith and engaging with the world that the Church is called to serve – being “leaders in mission”, in other words – and encouraging and supporting the ministry of all the baptised, especially ordained and other authorised ministers.
All ministry stems from Christ the Good Shepherd, who invites us to share with him in his work and so the best models of all Christian ministry are shared ones. This is why episcopal ministry is shared by the diocesan bishop with the suffragan bishop who works with him.
Traditionally in the Church of England and other parts of the Christian Church, ministry is rooted in human communities and so all bishops are ordained to be bishop of a specific place. The diocesan bishop is the Bishop of Derby as the largest community in Derbyshire.
In former times, however, bishops often established their base (or “See”) in quite small and out-of-the-way places and until the time of St Chad (who died in 672 AD) the bishop for the whole of the Midlands (then the See of Mercia) was based in Repton.
When – in 1965 – it was decided to appoint a suffragan bishop for the diocese of Derby, he was designated Bishop of Repton, reviving the episcopal connection with this particular community within Derbyshire.
The fact that the suffragan bishop has Repton as his designation, however, does not mean that he has a closer connection with Repton than other places in Derbyshire (and in fact he lives near Ripley!) but it is a reminder that as well as the aspect of bishop’s ministry which is about cathedrals and big communities, bishops are also about attending to the life of the Church and sharing in the building up of the Kingdom of God in smaller human communities, indeed wherever the people of God gather to worship and to witness.
APCM - Forms and Notices:
>> Notice of APCM - PDF or Word
>> Nomination for PCC - PDF or Word
>> APCM results to return to Derby Church House - PDF or Word
>> Diocese of Derby Data Form - Webpage
Electoral Roll - Forms and Notices:
>> Preparation of Electoral Roll - PDF or Word
>> Application for enrolment on Electoral Roll - PDF or Word
>> Electoral Roll privacy notice - PDF
>> Parish Guidance: The Electoral Roll and GDPR - PDF
>> Electoral Roll certificate for return to Derby Church House -PDF or Word
Church Warden documents are under review for 2025 - further information is to follow
>> Notice of meeting for the election of churchwardens - PDF or Word
>> Nomination for churchwarden - PDF or Word
>> Forms that need to be completed following the election of a churchwarden can be found here.
>> Church Warden visitation information can be found here.
You can see more about the Representation Rules (March 2022 edition) here.
Church Warden visitation information can be found here.
Welcome to the South East Derbyshire Deanery.
We are part of the East Derbyshire Archdeaconry.
Archdeacon: The Ven. Karen Hamblin - karen.hamblin@derby.anglican.org.
Acting Area Dean: The Ven. Andie Brown - andie.brown@derby.anglican.org
South East Derbyshire Benefices
- Cotmanhay (Parish of Cotmanhay)
- Heanor (Parish of Heanor)
- Ilkeston Holy Trinity (Parish of Holy Trinty, Ilkeston)
- Ilkeston St John the Evangelist (Parish of St John the Evangelist, Ilkeston)
- Ilkeston St Mary the Virgin (Parish of Ilkeston)
- Kirk Hallam (Parish of Kirk Hallam)
- Langley Mill and Aldercar (Parishes of St John, Aldercar; St. Andrew, Langley Mill)
- Long Eaton St John (Parish of St John, Long Eaton)
- Long Eaton St Laurence (Parish of Long Eaton)
- Marlpool (Parish of Marlpool)
- Morley and Smalley (Parishes of Morley; Smalley)
- Ockbrook (Parish of Ockbrook) (including Borrowash)
- Ripley (Parish of Ripley)
- Sandiacre (Parish of Sandiacre)
- Sawley (Parish of Sawley)
- Stanton-by-Dale with Dale Abbey and Risley (Parishes of Risley; Stanton-by-Dale with Dale Abbey)
- Swanwick and Pentrich (Parishes of Pentrich; Swanwick)
- The Denby Group (Parishes of Codnor; Denby; Horsley Woodhouse; Horsley; St Luke, Loscoe)
- West Hallam and Mapperley with Stanley (Parishes of Holy Trinity, Mapperley; Stanley, West Hallam) (including All Saints Stanley Common)
- Wilne and Draycott with Breaston (Parishes of Breaston; Wilne)
>> Spotlights on parishes in South East Derbyshire Deanery
Welcome to the Dove and Derwent Deanery!
We are part of the Derbyshire Peak and Dales Archdeaconry.
Archdeacon: The Ven. Nicky Fenton - nicky.fenton@derby.anglican.org
Area Dean: Revd Dr James Hughes - james.t.hughes@btopenworld.com
Assistant Area Dean: - Revd Stella Greenwood
Dove and Derwent Benefices
- Ambergate and Heage (Parishes of St. Anne, Ambergate; Heage)
- Belper Christ Church with Turnditch (Parishes of Christ Church Belper; Turnditch)
- Belper (Parish of Belper) (Three churches - Belper St Peter Parish Church; St Mark Openwoodgate; St. Swithin)
- Duffield and Little Eaton (Parishes of Duffield; St. Paul, Little Eaton)
- Etwall, Egginton, Dalbury, Sutton-on-the-Hill and Trusley (Parishes of Etwall; Egginton; Dalbury; Sutton on the Hill; Trusley)
- Hazelwood, Holbrook and Milford (Parishes of Hazelwood and Milford; Holbrook)
- Hilton with Marston on Dove, Hatton, Boylestone and Church Broughton (Parishes of Hilton with Marston on Dove; Hatton; Boylestone; Church Broughton)
- Kirk Langley and Mackworth; Mugginton and Kedleston; Longford; and Long Lane (Parishes of Kirk Langley; Mackworth (All Saints); Mugginton and Kedleston; Longford; Long Lane)
- The South Dales (Parishes of Alkmonton; Cubley; Doveridge; Marston Montgomery; Somersal Herbert; Sudbury; Scropton)
>> Spotlights on parishes in Dove and Derwent Deanery
Dove and Derwent Deanery Synod - 2025
Dates to be added shortly.
