Synod children’s & youth work contacts
Every synod has a staff member responsible for children’s and youth work in their area. You can find their contact details below:
Northern Synod
This Synod covers Durham, Northumberland and Tyne & Wear.
Hannah Middleton, Children's Work Adviser
John Stephenson, Youth Work Adviser
North Western Synod
This Synod covers Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, parts of Cheshire and Derbyshire.
Leo Roberts, Children's & Youth Development Officer
Mersey Synod
This Synod covers Liverpool, Merseyside, Wirral, Cheshire, Staffordshire, Crewe, and the Isle of Man.
Steven Mitchell, Children's & Youth Development Officer
Yorkshire Synod
This Synod covers the whole of Yorkshire.
Megan Tillbrook, Children and Young People's Development Practitioner
Dan Morrell, (contact during maternity leave)
East Midlands Synod
This Synod covers Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Northants, Milton Keynes and parts of Cambridgeshire and Staffordshire.
Richard Knott Children's & Youth Development Officer
West Midlands Synod
This Synod covers Birmingham, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Coventry, Warwickshire, Staffordshire, the Black Country and Shropshire.
Synod 06 - West Midlands (Clerk), Temporary contact until new Children's and Youth Development Officer is appointed
Eastern Synod
This Synod covers Cambridge, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk.
Nicola Grieves, Children's & Youth Development Officer
South Western Synod
This Synod covers Bristol, Cornwall, Devon, Somerset and Wiltshire.
The Revd Aiyana Gardner-Houghton, acting as CYDO Contact
Wessex Synod
This Synod covers Berkshire, Dorset, Hampshire, Oxfordshire, the Isle of Wight and the Channel Islands, half of Surrey and small parts of Buckinghamshire and Wiltshire.
Phil Ray, Children's & Youth Development Officer (Wessex North)
Ruth White, Children's & Youth Development Officer (Wessex South)
Thames North Synod
This Synod covers Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Essex, Greater London and Hertfordshire.
Lorraine Downer, Children's & Youth Development Officer
Southern Synod
This Synod covers Kent, south London and parts of East Sussex, West Sussex and Surrey.
Thomas Hackett, Children's & Youth Development Officer
National Synod of Wales
Judy Harris, Children's & Youth Development Officer
National Synod of Scotland
Jess Poole, Children's Ministry Development Officer
Matt Baines, Youth Ministry Development Officer