>> National safeguarding policies and resources can now be found on the Church of England safeguarding website

The Revd Malcolm Ainscough, Rector of Hasland and Vicar of Temple Normanton, Diocese of Derby, will retire with effect from 5th June 2017. Mr Ainscough will continue to live in the Diocese after retirement.  

The Revd David Ashton, Chaplaincy Services Manager at Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Diocese of Derby, retired with effect from 18th December 2016. 

The Revd Canon Alan Harper, Priest-in-Charge of Kirk Langley and Mackworth All Saints and of Mugginton and Kedleston and Bishop's Officer for Prayer and Worship, Diocese of Derby, will retire with effect from 17 February. He will be appointed Canon Emeritus of Derby Cathedral in retirement. 

To download a copy of the Clergy Housing Guide please click here

For enquiries regarding clergy housing please contact the Property Team

email: propertyteam@derby.anglican.org

Tel: 01332 388650

Property Repairs and Maintenance

Please contact the property team during normal working hours on 01332 388650 or email propertyteam@derby.anglican.org

Any out of hours emergency please refer to the Emergency Contractors list from the links below.

Clergy Housing Emergency Repairs out of hours (including public holidays).

If an emergency occurs out of hours inlcuding public and seasonal holidays (Easter, Christmas etc), do not delay, instruct a Diocesan approved contractor immediately and inform the Property team of the problems when the office is open.  An approved contractors list has been issued to all parishes and can also be found below.

Please be aware that not all contractors will cover Christmas day, Boxing day or New Year day so in the event of emergency please use a reliable local contractor. 
Emergency work should be done immediately and the bill sent to the Property team for payment or reimbursement.
In case of a plumbing leak, please ensure you know the location of the stopcock for the water main.

Resources 

To ensure the best use of our resources, we have compiled a list of suitably approved contractors for your reference.

Whenever possible, please try to ensure that only emergencies are dealt with out of hours.

As you will appreciate an emergency out of hours repair costs the Diocese substantially more than a repair carried out during normal office hours. 

Please ensure all emergency repairs are to be reported to the Church House Property Team as soon as possible.

• You should contact us on 01332 388650 Monday to Friday between the hours of 9am and 5pm.
• You will need to provide a brief description of the repair, the contractor who attended, and most importantly your contact details. This way the repair can be monitored, audited and managed. 

Emergency contact information:

>> All Derby Deaneries and Carsington Emergency Contacts [PDF] updated November 2023

>> Hardwick and North East Deaneries Emergency Contacts [PDF] updated November 2023

>> High Peak Deanery Emergency Contacts [PDF] updated November 2023

What is an emergency?

An emergency repair is any fault which threatens harm to persons or property. Examples include; 

1 Heating and hot water 
Where you or your home is at risk due to a major water leak from any part of the heating system, and where the heating system fails. 
Please note: Not having hot water is not considered an emergency if you have an electric immersion heater and/or an electric shower.
An exception to this would be for household members who are frail, elderly or registered disabled.

2 Gas leaks 
If you smell gas, please telephone (British Gas) on 0800 111 999 who will attend to isolate the meter and make safe where necessary. 

3 Total lack of water supply 
Before contacting a plumber, please check with the water utility company to ensure that works are not being carried out in the area. 

4 Total lack of electricity supply 
Before contacting an electrician, please check with the electricity utility company to ensure that works are not being carried out in the area. 
Please check the electrical distribution box – has one or more fuses tripped? 

5 Plumbing leaks 
If the leak is causing damage, then it will be considered an emergency - especially if penetrating into an electrical fitting. In the interim you should turn off your water supply at your stopcock or gate valve, and your electricity supply. 

6 Blockages 
If you have access to more than one WC, and only one is blocked, then please arrange for a plumber to attend during normal working hours.

7 Roof leaks or other damage 
Where the damage to the roof is likely to worsen or when it is hazardous (eg roof tiles may fall onto a path, drive or highway), ring a roofing or general building contractor identified within the guides above.
Please be aware that in the event of adverse weather conditions, the contractor will only make the roof safe. The Church House Property Team, will then liaise with the contractor to arrange a permanent repair for a later date when good weather permits. 

8 Downpipes and gutters 
Please only contact an emergency building contractor if water is entering the building causing major damage or the loose part is dangerous. 

9 Broken windows & Doors 
Where the damage is caused as a result of a crime. In this case, please notify the local police force who will supply you with a crime reference number, which we will need for our records and report the matter to the Church House Property Team. 
For other breakages, if they pose a security risk or are letting rainwater in, then please arrange for a contractor to attend.

10 Door locks 
Please arrange to contact the locksmith: 
1. If you cannot open or secure a door. 
2. In the unfortunate event that you have been the target of criminals who may have stolen your keys, then please report this matter to the police and obtain a crime reference number, and report the matter to the Church House Property Team. 

11 Dangerous trees 
Trees are particularly vulnerable to the effects of high winds during a storm and sustain various types of damage as a result. If a tree is unsafe and unstable and there is imminent danger to persons and property, where possible please take supportive photographic evidence and contact the emergency tree work specialist outlined within this booklet. 

We are committed to offering a first class repair service. If you have to arrange for a contractor to attend to an emergency, then please ensure the Church House Property Team are informed as soon as possible.

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

>> Spotlights on parishes in Dove and Derwent Deanery

The benefices of: 

1. Ambergate and Heage 

2. Belper, St Peter (to include Belper, St Swithun and Openwoodgate, St Mark) 

3. Belper Christ Church with Turnditch 

4. Duffield and Little Eaton 

5. Hazelwood, Holbrook and Milford 

6. Kirk Langley and Mackworth All Saints 

7. Mugginton and Kedleston (including Halter Devil Chapel) 

8. The South Dales (comprising the parishes of Doveridge, Scropton, Sudbury, Somersal Herbert, Alkmonton, Cubley and Marston Montgomery) 

9. Boylestone, Church Broughton, Dalbury, Longford, Long Lane, Radbourne, Sutton on the Hill and Trusley 

10. Etwall and Egginton 

11. Hilton with Marston on Dove 

12. Hatton

Dove and Derwent Deanery Newsletter

>> April 2023

Dove and Derwent Deanery Synod - 2024

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)

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.

>> Spotlights on parishes in Derby City Deanery

The parishes of:  
Allenton and Shelton Lock: St Edmund
Allestree: St. Edmund
Allestree: St. Nicholas
Alvaston: St Michael and All Angels
Blagreaves: St Andrew
Boulton: St Mary
Breadsall: All Saints
Chaddesden: St. Mary
Chaddesden: St. Philip
Chellaston: St Peter
Darley Abbey: St Matthew
Derby: St. Alkmund
Derby: St. Andrew with St. Osmund
Derby: St. Anne
Derby: St. Barnabas
Derby: St. Bartholomew and St. Luke 
Derby: St. John the Evangelist
Derby: St. Mark
Derby: St. Paul
Derby: St. Peter and Christ Church with Holy Trinity
Derby: The Cathedral Church of All Saints
Findern: All Saints
Littleover: St Peter
Littleover: The Haven Christian Centre
Mackworth: St Francis
Mickleover: All Saints
Mickleover: St. John the Evangelist
Normanton-by-Derby: St Giles
Oakwood
Quarndon: St Paul
Sinfin Moor: Local Ecumenical Partnership
Sinfin: St Stephen
Spondon: St Werburgh
Walbrook Epiphany Team Ministry (incl St Augustine and St Thomas)
Willington: St Michael

Bishop’s Mission Order (BMO) churches:
Derby: St Werburgh, Friar Gate
Derwent Oak 

Keeping in touch via the Deanery Newsletter

We produce a regular newsletter that is emailed to parishes to be printed out and/or displayed on noticeboards, etc.

If you need a number of ready-printed newsletters, perhaps for people at home, local residential homes, etc, please contact the Deanery Administrator  kelly.martin@derby.anglican.org.

2023

Winter 2023 (PDF)

Summer 2023 (PDF)

Derby City Deanery Synod

2024 Deanery Synod Dates:

8 February 2024 – Alvaston Parish Church
22 May 2024 – St Alkmunds, Kedleston Road
1 October 2024 – Venue TBC

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.