Department Directory
Area Teams, Area Deans, Archdeacons and Bishops
The contact details for our Area Teams, including Bishops, Archdeacons or Area Deans please visit our Area pages:
Children and Youth
Contact details for our Mustard Seed team can be found here.
Church Planting
For enquires about Church Planting and the Diocese's mission to plant 101 new Christian communities please email:
Head of SDF Programme Management, Dawn Weddell
Communications and Media
For communications and media queries please email communicationsdept@chelmsford.anglican.org
For further information about the communications and media team and for communications guidance for parishes and worshipping communities please click here.
DAC and church buildings
For enquiries about maintaining your church building and churchyard, faculty petitions, headstones, guidance and grants please email DAC@chelmsford.anglican.org. DAC guidance and forms can be found here.
Database
For enquires relating to updating details held on our database please email Database@chelmsford.anglican.org
Further information about data and parish returns can be found on our website here.
Data protection
For enquiries about data protection and GDPR please email dataprotection@chelmsford.anglican.org.
Further information about data protection and GDPR can also be found on our website here.
Diocesan Secretary and Chief Executive Officer
Our Diocesan Secretary and Chief Executive Officer, Michaela Southworth oversees the work of the diocesan staff teams. If you have a query or information you would like to send to a particular team, please send it directly to that team. If you are unsure which team to contact, please email web@chelmsford.anglican.org. To contact the Diocesan Secretary and Chief Executive Officer directly, please email CEO@chelmsford.anglican.org
Environment
Contact details for those who support parishes with environmental and carbon net zero work can be found here.
Education
For enquires relating to our Church Schools please email Education@chelmsford.anglican.org.
More information about our Church Schools and our children’s ministry can be found at www.cdbe.org.uk.
Finance
Information about diocesan and parish finance can be found here.
For enquiries relating to finances please email Finance@chelmsford.anglican.org.
HR
For advice around HR matters please email HR@chelmsford.anglican.org
Mission and Ministry
The purpose of the Mission and Ministry Team is to enliven Disciples to make Disciples - through ongoing provision of ministerial training and wellbeing support, vocational and discipleship exploration and pathways - including children, families and youth ministry, pioneer mission and growth and new Christian communities.
For further information and contact details click here.
Print Unit
For enquiries relating to our print and design service please email printunit@chelmsford.anglican.org. More information can be found here.
Programme management
Head of Missional Programme Management, Dawn Weddell - dweddell@chelmsford.anglican.org
Property
For enquires relating to our vicarages please email Property@chelmsford.anglican.org. If you need a repair that is not under the responsibility of your PCC please call the Property Department Helpdesk on 01245 294471.
Further information about the Property Services team can be found here.
Safeguarding
For enquires relating to Safeguarding please email Safeguarding@chelmsford.anglican.org. The Diocese of Chelmsford is committed, as part of the Christian Church living in the spirit of the Gospel, to protect and care for everyone and we aim to be a beacon of best practice in safeguarding. Looking the other way is not an option. More information can be found here .
Tracing of marriage, burial, Baptism and Confirmation records
Unfortunately, we are unable to help in tracing historic marriage, burial, baptism and confirmation certificates and records. These records are not held by the Diocesan Office.
If the relevant parish church doesn’t hold a copy of the records, it is likely it will be archived at the Essex Records Office.