Jo Beacroft-Mitchell
Team Leader, Generous Giving and Stewardship
Jo is responsible for the definition, implementation and delivery of our Sustainable Giving strategy, and for the management and deployment of our team of Advisers.
People List
Heather Black
Team Leader, 'Mustard Seed', and elected Lay Member of the Church of England's General Synod representing the Diocese of York
- Email:
- heather.black@yorkdiocese.orgSend Email
- Tel:
- 07852 151740
Heather is the first Team Leader for 'Mustard Seed', the Diocese of York's programme to grow disciples in places where life is tough.
Jamie Rotherham
Property Operational Surveyor
Jamie is a Building Surveyor. He is responsible for the day to day management of our operational properties, including maintenance, condition surveying, specification of works and contract management.
Andrew Smith
Diocesan Director of Education
Andrew is the Diocesan Director of Education and is responsible for managing the work of the Education Department and the lead officer in the development of the Board of Education strategy and policies for working with children and young people in schools, colleges and universities. He works closely with the Department for Education and local authority colleagues on school organisational matters and offers advice and support to schools on academy and collaboration frameworks. He also represents the Board in appropriate contexts at local and national level.
Wanda Paterson
Reception
- Email:
- office@yorkdiocese.orgSend Email
- Tel:
- 01904 699500
Wanda Paterson is one of the first points of contact for enquiries at the Diocesan Office from Monday to Wednesday most weeks, as well as offering administrative support.
Sammi Tooze
Adviser, Generous Giving and Stewardship
- Email:
- sammi.tooze@yorkdiocese.orgSend Email
- Tel:
- 01904 699500
Working with the Team Leader, Sammi is part of delivering our Sustainable Giving strategy, helping to develop resources centrally, and equipping and encouraging at parish and deanery level.
Rosie Bailey
Vocations Team Administrator
- Email:
- rosie.bailey@yorkdiocese.orgSend Email
- Tel:
- 07511 548635
Rosie provides administrative support to the Vocations Team on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays (9.30am-2.30pm).
Kathryn Rose
Director of Finance
- Email:
- kathryn.rose@yorkdiocese.orgSend Email
- Tel:
- 01904 699537
Kathryn is the Director of Finance and provides a full range of financial services to the Diocese including responsibility for the day to day financial management, leading and developing the Finance Team, overseeing the Property Team and taking a key a role in developing financial strategies. She is also Company Secretary to The York Diocesan Board of Finance Ltd.
Becci Leckenby
DBS Administrator for the Office of the Archbishop of York
Becci is the DBS Administrator for the Diocese of York, and is based at Bishopthorpe Palace in the Archbishop’s office (where she is also Assistant to the Provincial Safeguarding Adviser). She should be contacted with any queries regarding safer recruitment and the DBS process, and can also be contacted for basic safeguarding queries.
Martin Sheppard
Director of Communications and Parish Resourcing
Martin heads up internal communication, external media relations and has oversight of the Generous Giving & Stewardship Team.
Martin, who worships at St Luke's in York, held a similar role from 1999 to 2008 and returned to York in 2017 after five years as head of communications in the Diocese of Newcastle.
Julie O'Hara
Diocesan Safeguarding Adviser
- Email:
- safeguarding@yorkdiocese.orgSend Email
- Tel:
- 01904 699524
Based at the diocesan office at Clifton Moor, York, Julie brings a wealth of experience to a role that involves training, support, advice and managing issues relating to the protection of children, young people and vulnerable adults across the diocese.
Safeguarding concerns should be raised with Julie on 07551 124951 or email safeguarding@yorkdiocese.org.
Keith Halliday
Church Buildings Adviser
- Email:
- keith.halliday@yorkdiocese.orgSend Email
- Tel:
- 01904 699523
Keith joined the Diocese of York in 2018 after working as a Heritage Consultant over the previous couple of years, and has held a number of roles over nine years with the Diocese of Lincoln.
Charles Anelay
Property Portfolio Manager
- Email:
- charles.anelay@yorkdiocese.orgSend Email
- Tel:
- 01904 699521
Charles is a Chartered Builder. He is responsible for strategic planning and for overseeing the management of the housing portfolio and the Glebe estate.
Lorna Heatley
Communications Officer
- Email:
- lorna.heatley@yorkdiocese.orgSend Email
- Tel:
- 01904 699531
Lorna joined the Diocesan Communications team in 2019; she is a church member at Bolton Priory, between Harrogate and Skipton.
Lorna is responsible for most of the growing video output from the Diocese, and shares responsibility for the Diocesan website and social media, the fortnightly emails 'The Briefing' and 'The Journal' and more.
Rob Marshall
Assistant Safeguarding Adviser
- Email:
- rob.marshall@yorkdiocese.orgSend Email
- Tel:
- 01904 699524
Rob works closely with Diocesan Safeguarding Adviser Julie O’Hara. Rob worked in a safeguarding role within a school following 14 years with South Yorkshire Police.
Celia Wilson
School Development Adviser
- Email:
- celia.wilson@yorkdiocese.orgSend Email
- Tel:
- 01904 699500
Celia supports schools in the development, monitoring and evaluation of their Christian distinctiveness, Religious Education and collective worship in their preparation for SIAMS. She delivers support to schools through our Service Level Agreement and is the link adviser for a number of schools.
The Revd Jackie Doyle-Brett
Diocesan Adviser on Young Vocations
- Email:
- vicar@stlukesyork.orgSend Email
- Tel:
- 01904 628337
Jackie Doyle-Brett is Vicar of St Luke's, York, and additionally works as part of a diocese-wide Vocations network which promotes and discerns vocations, both lay and ordained, and provides appropriate training ‘to equip the saints for ministry'.
The Revd John Lee
Team Leader, 20s-40s
John is responsible for day-to-day oversight of the work of building New Worshipping Communities focused on 20s-40s, and leads a team of 14 full-time 20s – 40s Ministers, placed strategically across the Diocese of York. He was Rector of St Paul's, Holgate Rd, York from 2002 to the end of 2018, and in the last year took on additional oversight of St Barnabas, Leeman Road, and became Area Dean of York - in effect the convenor of all the Church of England clergy in the City of York.
Carolyn Edwards
Diocesan Children's and Young People's Adviser
Carolyn was appointed to the new role of Children and Young People’s Adviser for the Diocese late in 2018.
She has many years experience in ministry with children and young people and previously the Programme Lead for the Mission and Ministry degree courses at Cliff College near Sheffield, having previously worked with Oxford CYM training students in youth and children’s ministry.
Philippa Boulding
School Development Adviser (part time)
Philippa supports schools in the development, monitoring and evaluation of their Christian distinctiveness, Religious Education and collective worship and in their preparation for SIAMS. She delivers support to schools through our Service Level Agreement and is the link adviser for a number of schools.