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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.
>> Spotlights on parishes in Peak Deanery
Our benefices:
1. Bakewell, Ashford in the Water with Sheldon and Rowsley (to include Over Haddon)
2. Hathersage with Bamford and Derwent, and Grindleford
3. Baslow and Eyam (including Foolow)
4. Beeley and Edensor
5. Youlgreave, Middleton, Stanton-in-Peak and Birchover
6. Hope, Castleton and Bradwell
7. Longstone, Curbar and Stoney Middleton (including Wardlow)
8. Edale
9. Tideswell (to include Wormhill, Cressbrook, Litton and Millers Dale)
10. The White Peak Group (including Taddington, Chelmorton, Monyash, Hartington, Biggin and Earl Sterndale)
11. Buxton with Burbage and King Sterndale (including Harpur Hill, Buxton, St Mary the Virgin and Buxton St Anne)
12. Buxton, Trinity Church (private Trinitarian Chapel)
13. Chapel-en-le-Frith
14. Fairfield
15. Peak Forest and Dove Holes
16. Hadfield - held in plurality
17. Charlesworth and Gamesley
18. Hayfield and Chinley with Buxworth
19. Glossop - held in plurality
20. Holy Trinity, Dinting Vale
21. New Mills
22. Whitfield (including Whitfield St James and Whitfield St Luke)
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Welcome to the Derby City Deanery!
We are part of the Derby City and South Derbyshire Archdeaconry.
Archdeacon: The Ven. Matthew Trick - matthew.trick@derby.anglican.org
Area Dean: Revd Sarah Watson - sarah.watson@derby.anglican.org
Assistant Area Dean: Revd Mina Munns - mina@stalkmunds.org.uk
Assistant Area Dean: Revd Susie Curtis - susie.curtis@derby.anglican.org
Deanery Lay Chair: Madelaine Goddard
Secretary: Kelly Martin - kelly.martin@derby.anglican.org | 01332 388677
Treasurer: Hugh Craig
Derby City Deanery is made up of all the parishes in the city of Derby including Derby Cathedral, BMOs and chaplaincies. With over 250,000 inhabitants, it has about a quarter of the population of the diocese. The population is culturally diverse with many faiths represented. The Deanery has many characteristics in common with other inner cities such as having more than half the areas of deprivation within the diocese.
Derby City Benefices
- Derby; The Cathedral Church of All Saints (The Parish of Derby Cathedral Church of All Saints)
- Allestree St. Edmund and Darley Abbey (Parishes of Allestree; Darley Abbey)
- Allestree St. Nicholas (Parish of St. Nicholas Allestree)
- Alvaston (Parish of Alvaston)
- Boulton (Parish of Boulton)
- Breadsall (Parish of Breadsall)
- Chaddesden St. Mary (Parish of Chaddesden)
- Chaddesden St. Philip with Derby St. Mark (Parishes of Chaddesden, St. Philip; Derby, St. Mark)
- Chellaston (Parish of Chellaston)
- Derby St. Alkmund and St. Werburgh (Parish of St. Alkmund and St. Werburgh Derby) (This excludes St. Werburgh’s Bishop’s Mission Order)
- Anne Derby (Parish of St Anne, Derby)
- Derby St. Barnabas (Parish of St. Barnabas, Derby)
- Derby St. Bartholomew and St. Luke (Parish of Derby St. Bartholomew and St. Luke)
- John the Evangelist, Derby (Parish of St. John the Evangelist, Derby)
- Derby St. Paul (Parish of St. Paul, Derby)
- Derby St. Peter and Christ Church with Holy Trinity (Parish of St. Peter and Christ Church with Holy Trinity, Derby)
- Findern (Parish of Findern) (held in plurality with 29)
- Littleover and Blagreaves (Parish of Littleover and Blagreaves) (including the Haven Chrisian Centre LEP)
- Mackworth St. Francis (Parish of Mackworth St. Francis) (currently being managed by the St Werburgh Bishops Mission Order Group)
- Mickleover and Radbourne (Parishes of All Saints, Mickleover; St. John the Evangelist Mickleover; Radbourne)
- Normanton (Parish of Normanton-by-Derby)
- Oakwood (Parish of Oakwood)
- Pride Park, Wilmorton, Allenton & Shelton Lock (Parishes of Allenton and Shelton Lock; St. Andrew with St. Osmund, Derby)
- Quarndon (Parish of Quarndon)
- Sinfin (Parish of Sinfin)
- Sinfin Moor (Parish of Sinfin Moor)
- Spondon (Parish of Spondon)
- Walbrook Epiphany (Parish of Walbrook Epiphany) (including St. Augustine Derby and St. Thomas Derby)
- Willington (Parish of Willington) (held in plurality with 17)
Bishop’s Mission Order
Derby: St. Werburgh’s Bishop’s Mission Order
>> Spotlights on parishes in Derby City Deanery
Derby City Deanery Synod
The Deanery Synod is a gathering place for clergy and lay representatives in the deanery, where we can pray and take counsel together, supporting one another in mission, and co-ordinating our service and sharing of the Gospel.
Derby City Deanery Synod comprises approximately 50 deanery clergy and 125 lay representatives from all parishes (allocated according to the number of people on each parish church’s electoral roll). Most business is conducted in a combined meeting, but occasionally there are separate meetings for the House of Clergy and the House of Laity. Lay Representatives are elected within their parish to serve for three years.
The Deanery Synod provides a vital structural bridge between parochial church councils (PCCs) and Diocesan Synods, bringing together clergy and lay people from neighbouring parishes to discuss issues relating to mission and ministry in the local area. Sometimes it will make a formal decision, sometimes by means of a vote and a local concern raised in your Deanery Synod could find its way onto an agenda for debate by your Diocesan Synod and even by the General Synod.
The Deanery Synod is an important part of the CofE structure and culture. Members are elected by parishes, and the Deanery Synod in turn elects representatives to the Diocesan Synod. Deanery synod meetings are concerned with seeking God’s will for the mission of the church locally, so it needs to be Christ-centred, prayerful and open to the spirit speaking through all.
It can take strategic decisions to advance local mission and ministry, but it also serves the witness and mission of the wider church.
Potentially the work that deanery synods do at local level can help shape the church at national level for years to come.
Derby City Deanery Leadership Team
This team consists of the:
Area Dean and Assistant Area Dean(s)
Lay Chair, Secretary and Treasurer of Synod
Elected Lay and Clergy Representatives of Synod
Deanery Administrator and co-opted members.
The Deanery Synod is required to have a standing committee. The first Derby City Deanery Synod (held in September 2016) approved the proposal that our Deanery Leadership Team be the standing committee.
One of its functions is to prepare the agenda for Deanery Synod and conduct any business between meetings that is required.
It also has two other functions. First, as the Mission and Pastoral Committee of the Deanery, supporting parishes in vacancy and taking an overview of the needs for mission and ministry in the Deanery. It is also in a good position to deal with the legal issues as the new Deanery comes into being.
Second, it has the role of co-ordinating the mission of the church in the Deanery, supporting and developing the missional role of the Deanery. In this capacity, the Deanery Leadership Team will take a leading role in writing any Deanery Mission Action Plan.
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Welcome to the Carsington Deanery!
We are part of the Derbyshire Peak and Dales Archdeaconry.
Archdeacon: The Ven. Nicky Fenton - nicky.fenton@derby.anglican.org
Area Dean: Vacant
Assistant Area Dean: Revd Phil Michell - phil.michell@live.co.uk
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Carsington Benefices
- Ashbourne with Mapleton with Ashbourne St John (Parishes of Ashbourne with Mapleton; Ashbourne St John) (Ashbourne St John is a private chapel)
- Brailsford with Shirley, Osmaston with Edlaston and Yeaveley (Parishes of Brailsford; Shirley; Osmaston; Edlaston; Yeaveley)
- Clifton in Plurality with Norbury with Snelston (Parishes of Clifton; Norbury; Snelston)
- Darley, South Darley and Winster (Parishes of Darley; South Daley; Winster)
- Fenny Bentley, Thorpe, Tissington, Parwich and Alsop-En-Le-Dale (Parishes of Alsop-En-Le-Dale; Fenny Bentley; Parwich; Thorpe; Tissington)
- Hulland, Atlow, Kniveton, Bradley and Hognaston (Parishes of Atlow; Bradley; Hognaston; Hulland; Kniveton)
- Matlock Bank and Tansley (Parishes of All Saints, Matlock Bank; Tansley)
- Matlock Bath and Cromford (Parishes of St Mary Cromford; Matlock Bath)
- Matlock, Dethick, Lea and Holloway (Parishes of Dethick, Lea and Holloway; Matlock (St Giles)
- Wirksworth (Parishes of Bonsall; Bradbourne; Brassington; Carsington; All Saints, Elton; St James, Idridgehay; Kirk Ireton; Middleton; Wirksworth with Alderwasley)
>> Parish Spotlights for Carsington Deanery
Carsington Deanery Synod - 2025
Details will be added when confirmed.
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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
Lay Chair of Deanery Synod: Mr Brian Parker
Deanery Treasurer: Mr Andrew Whysall
Deanery Synod Meetings 2025
Tuesday, 11 February 2025 at 7.30pm – Holy Trinity Church, Ilkeston
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
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Welcome to the North East Derbyshire Deanery.
We are part of the East Derbyshire Archdeaconry.
Archdeacon: The Ven. Karen Hamblin - karen.hamblin@derby.anglican.org
Area Dean: Revd Daniel Cooke - daniel.cooke@derby.anglican.org
Assistant Area Dean: Revd Sarah Colver - vicar@oldbramptonchurch.org.uk
Lay Chair of Deanery Synod: Canon Christine Holmes-Elener
Deanery Secretary: Nigel Swann
Deanery Treasurer: Mr John Taylor
Assistant Warden of Readers: Anne Knyhynyckyj
North East Derbyshire Deanery Synod Meetings 2025
Tuesday, 4 February 2025 at 7.30pm - Venue TBC
Wednesday, 18 June at 7.30pm – Venue TBC
Tuesday, 4 November at 7.30pm - Venue TBC
North East Derbyshire Benefices
- Barlborough and Clowne (Parishes of Barlborough; Clowne)
- Brampton St. Thomas and St. Mark (Parish of St Thomas and St. Mark)
- Brimington (Parish of Brimington)
- Calow and Sutton Cum Duckmanton (Parishes of St. Peter Calow; Sutton Cum Duckmanton
- Chesterfield Holy Trinity and Christ Church (Parish of Chesterfield Holy Trinity and Christ Church)
- Chesterfield SS Augustine (Parish of Saint Augustine, Chesterfield)
- Chesterfield Saint Mary and All Saints (Parish of Chesterfield (St. Mary and All Saints))
- Dronfield with Holmesfield (Parish of Dronfield with Holmesfield) (including Gosforth Valley, Holmesdale and Unstone)
- Eckington and Ridgeway (Parish of Eckington and Ridgeway) (including Upper Eckington)
- Elmton with Creswell and Whitwell with Steetley (Parishes of Elmton with Creswell; Whitwell with Steetley)
- Hasland (Parish of Hasland) held in plurality with 16.
- Killamarsh and Renishaw (Parishes of Killamarsh; Renishaw)
- Loundsley Green (Parish of Loundsley Green)
- Old Brampton and Great Barlow (Parishes of Old Brampton; Great Barlow)
- Saint John, Newbold with Dunston (Parish of St John Newbold with Dunston)
- Temple Normanton (Parish of Temple Normanton) held in plurality with 11.
- Staveley and Barrow Hill (Parish of Staveley and Barrow Hill)
- Walton St John (Parish of Walton St John (including Holymoorside))
- Whittington (Parishes of St Bartholomew, Whittington; St Barnabas, New Whittington)
- Wingerworth (Parish of Wingerworth)
>> Spotlights on parishes in North East Derbyshire Deanery
For our Diocese, Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) scores for each parish/team range from 3.5320 (least deprived) to 61.4208 (most deprived). Individual Parish Deprivation Scores are calculated inversely to individual parish/team IMD scores. These range from 12.43 (least deprived) to 5.80 (most deprived) *. A lower amount means a parish/team will be requested to pay less Common Fund. *The figure of 12.43 is the amount that would be required to finance the full cost of ministry in the Diocese per person per week. The lower figure of 5.80 represents 5% of a 2015 Basic State Pension.
The attached spreadsheet lists all parish/team IMD scores and Parish Deprivation Scores download here
What does Common Fund pay for?
The common fund contributes towards ministerial costs: clergy stipend, housing, council tax and water rates, remuneration costs, national insurance, pension, training (curates and ongoing CME); safeguarding and wider church responsibilities, including parish support, statutory contributions to the national church and education.
If the Diocese makes any savings could these passed on to parishes in the form of lower Common Fund contributions?
The diocese is not a profit-making organisation and any investments from savings gets put back to subsidise ministry in our parishes. What is received via Common Fund payments does not equate to the amount it costs to keep the level of clergy and ministerial support that is needed for the ongoing sustainability of the diocese. So, it is not possible to return any contributions. Each parishes calculation is based on their estimated ability to contribute and all that is received goes straight back to support ministry.
If we cannot pay the suggested amount of CF can we adjust our payments accordingly?
Your payments can be adjusted to reflect what is affordable to you, however, the common fund request will remain the same and we ask that you contribute as much as you can. For assistance in fundraising and stewardship or new ways of giving contact the Finance Team, telephone 01332 388650, finance@derby.anglican.org.
Will we lose our vicar if we cannot afford our Common Fund payments?
Not necessarily as, within the spirit of the Common Fund, it is through generosity of an affluent parish that allows stipendiary clergy to be placed in less affluent areas. We all share the costs of ministry so there can be a Christian presence in every community.
There is a problem with the formula
We agree that every formula will have its own problems, that no formula will be ‘perfect’ because the complexity of any Diocese cannot be neatly captured in a formula. But the question remains for us as a Diocese: how do we fund our Common Life and live out the Gospel imperative to ‘love our neighbour’?
We should not have to pay for ministry we’re not getting?
Within the Diocese we understand ministry more widely than the Vicar or the Parish Priest in a parish. As we reflected on this question other questions emerged. For example, if we only pay for the ministry we receive how will this affect the life of other ministry that is currently offered in the Diocese eg. Reader Ministry, Self-Supporting Ministry, Safeguarding, DAC?
Our congregations can’t afford it / won’t be persuaded to pay
As we continue to reflect on the new Common Fund, we recognise that for some parishes there will be a difficulty in paying what is asked. But we really do want to live up to the name of ‘Parish Support Office’: we want to support parishes that might find it difficult to contribute to the Common Fund. We have prioritised the work of a number of staff in the ‘Parish Support Office’ to support parishes as the new Common Fund is introduced. They will work with parishes and with deaneries through open conversations and drawing on a variety of resources.
We have abnormal costs
We recognise that the formula cannot capture the complexity of the different parishes in the Diocese. As we journey together as a Diocese in our Common Life we will become more aware of these costs. In listening to parishes and walking with them we hope that we can be imaginative in finding ways to take account of ‘abnormal costs.’
The money is going to churches that are not pulling their weight
This is an important point for clarification. This statement raises all sorts of other questions: Do we want to go down the line of ‘enforcement’ and ‘sanctions?’ How do we encourage people to build God’s Kingdom, to be healthy, outward facing, growing and learning? How do we help parts of our church family find a new life and a new way of ‘being and doing church’? How do we avoid being judgemental about what another church is doing or not doing, particularly if we are not familiar with the particular context of that church?
There needs to be a conversation about the viability of some churches
This is another important point. We are aware that some ‘small’ churches feel they are struggling. And we are aware of the historic, cultural and social importance to the wider community of churches. How do we discern viability? How do we do closures well? How do we celebrate the past, but also mourn the loss of one part of the Diocesan family in the present?
The diocese needs to spend less money and cut staff costs
We recognise that in any financial planning – for business or personally – it is important to balance the budget. Income and expenditure need to be the same; if there is over expenditure in one area then cuts are need to happen in another area. The Diocesan budget reflects the Diocesan priorities for mission and ministry, for our Common Life together as a Diocese. How we spend less money and still achieve the Diocesan priorities for mission and ministry is an important – and challenging – question. How do we decide what we need to keep and what we can do without so that together we can work to achieve the Diocesan vision ‘Christ’s Presence in every community?
>> Our Finances
Thank you once again for your important contributions to our thinking about the Common Fund. As together we continue our journey into the next phase of the Common Fund we pray that together we may hear and listen to one another and that together we pray the Common Fund Prayer:
God our Father,
make us to think more of what we can give to life and less of what we can get out of it.
May we be mindful that we hold our gifts, our talents, our possessions, our life itself,
in trust for you and the service of all people.
Save us from thinking only of our own needs and desires;
and help us to remember that it is more blessed to give than receive,
according to the teaching of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Amen
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