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Vacancies and moves
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News and events
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Vision 2026
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Vision Refresh
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History, background and Vision Update 2021-24
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Vision 2026 Key themes
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Vision 2026 Parish Toolkit
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Strategic Development Funded Projects
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Diocesan Investment Programme
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What we do
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Giving
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Life Calling
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Growing Leaders
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Opportunities to Explore
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Lay Majority Ministry
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Whole life discipleship
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Ordination
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About us
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Women in Ministry
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Contact us
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Meet the Diocesan Office teams
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Our deaneries - Blackburn Archdeaconry
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Our deaneries - Lancaster Archdeaconry
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Our diocesan finances
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Our governance structures
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Resources
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Human Resources
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HR support for parishes
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HR Support for Clergy
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Energy saving and cost of living support, advice and resources
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Creation Care and Net Zero Roadmap
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For lay ministry
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Senior clergy talks, articles and sermons
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For clergy
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Discipleship, prayer and worship
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Parish Finance
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Parish administration and governance
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Community transformation
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Being witnesses (parish mission resources)
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Church buildings, land and legal matters
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Parish Vision Fund
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Safeguarding
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Vacancies and moves
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Vacancies and moves
Last updated 17th September 2024
Diocesan Offices
Diocesan staff structures reflect the themes of Vision 2026. Each of the teams, based at Clayton House on the edge of Walker Business Park in Blackburn, has a sponsor from the Bishop's Leadership Team as follows...
- Enablers - Canon Stephen Whittaker, Diocesan Secretary
- Making Disciples - Archdeacon Mark Ireland
- Being Witnesses - Bishop Joe Kennedy
- Growing Leaders - Bishop Jill Duff
- Inspiring Children and Young People - Mr Iain Parks, Director of Education
Sitting under these overarching department names are specific teams such as property, safeguarding, human resources and more - see below.
The Diocesan offices are home to the following Diocesan officers and teams (please click on the team name to go to their webpage for contact details):
- The Diocesan Secretary
- Finance
- Property (clergy housing and land)
- Safeguarding
- Parish Mission Support
- Making Disciples
- Growing Leaders
- Communications
- Secretary to the Diocesan Advisory Committee
- Central Services
- Human Resources (HR)
- Vision 2026
The following partner organisations and projects also have staff based in the Diocesan Offices:
- Diocesan Board of Education
- Cidari Multi-Academy Trust
- TPM4 - DBE Services (School maintenance)
- Associate Planner (Closed Churches) - Church Commissioners
Address and phone contact
Clayton House
Diocesan Offices
Walker Office Park
Blackburn BB1 2QE
Phone: 01254 503070
Map and directions
Clayton House (pictured above) is located close to Junction 5 of the M65 on Walker Business Park.
From the motorway roundabout travel towards Blackburn. At the first set of traffic lights, turn left towards Lower Darwen (Blackamoor Road).
Turn left at the traffic lights on to Walker Park. Take the first turning on the right. Clayton House is located on the far left with ample parking to the front and side of the building.
Bishop's Leadership Team
Visit this page for details for the Bishops, the Archdeacons; The Dean of Blackburn; Bishop's Chaplain; The Diocesan Secretary; Dean of Women's Ministry; Acting Director of Education; Communications Manager; Bishop's Adviser on UKME issues; Director of Vocations; Director of Vision Delivery and Being Witnesses Manager.
Ronnie Semley, last updated August 2023