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CUMNOR PARISH 2016

Parish Profile

CONTENTS FOREWORD BY THE BISHOP OF DORCHESTER I have known the Parish of Cumnor Introduction 3 for many years and it has always struck me as being one which is full Our vision and our new vicar 4 of life and energy. The parish itself is of a broadly evangelical tradition, putting a high value on Who we are 5 preaching and intelligent dialogue with the Scriptures, but, as you will Church ministry 9 see from the profile, the three churches it includes are very much local churches catering for and Finance and giving 12 welcoming people from different traditions and spiritualities. Inevitably a number of the About our parish 13 parishioners choose to worship in one of the central Oxford churches Conclusion 17 but there is a strong commitment by the Cumnor congregations to supporting and building up their Appendices mission and outreach locally. The churches, and the 1 Financial activities 18 communities to which they belong, relate to each other in a very 2 Budget for 2016 19 vibrant way and I think that the new incumbent will be arriving at 3 Giving to charities 20 an exciting time in their lives. Part of the challenge within this will be 4 More about our parish 21 to continue to develop the Ministry Team, building on some very 5 Diocese, deanery, parish 23 strong foundations, and to find 6 On the web 23 ways to reach out in new ways. Alongside personnel lies the development of church buildings both at St Michael’s and at St Andrew’s to serve still better both church and community.

It is an exciting job to come to and I warmly commend it.

INTRODUCTION

Less than five miles from the centre of Oxford, the parish of Cumnor combines rural life with an expanding urban population. The parish is home to three Anglican churches, each with its own diversity of services and styles of worship. We are conscious that new areas of housing development bring new challenges, and to meet these we are embarking on a renewal of our commitment to mission in the community. We already have flourishing ministries to older people. At a recent meeting the PCC agreed that the top three priorities for the next five years would be to communicate the relevance of the good news of Jesus Christ to our growing community, to encourage greater participation by young people, and to engage with the under-forties to transition the church into the next generation. We are grateful for many years of dedicated service from previous incumbents who have led us to this point. We are now looking for someone who will build on the ministries that have been established, but who will also innovate and lead us forward by God’s Holy Spirit to achieve his purposes in our community.

OUR VISION AND OUR NEW VICAR

We aim to be We are thankful for the main current aspects of our church life, including

 active participation by lay people in church services A growing and other forms of ministry and community outreach church that  diversity of worship services across the three churches  opportunity for further fellowship and study through demonstrates thriving home groups and proclaims  employment of a part-time Parish Administrator commitment to  established church groups, activities and sports facilities Jesus Christ for young people  close links with Cumnor C of E Primary School  a range of events and groups attended by the wider A dynamic and community. transforming We would value a new vicar who loving presence in our local  models a living relationship with Christ underpinned by personal Bible study and prayer community  is ready to inspire and deepen our spiritual lives through the guidance of the Holy Spirit  is a good communicator, committed to Bible-based A church preaching and teaching committed to  is committed to sensitive evangelism and is keen to reach out to the wider community encouraging  has good interpersonal skills and sensitivity to the personal pastoral needs of the parish spiritual growth  will be comfortable with different forms of churchmanship  is a team builder, able to unite and strengthen the links between us in our ministry and worship  will encourage and motivate us in the exploration of vocation, ministry and gifts  can help us think and act strategically, leading us forward into mission and God’s exciting new plans for us.

WHO WE ARE

Each of the three churches in the parish is set within, and much involved with, its own distinct community. The congregations mostly live within the parish and include people from various Christian traditions.

There are 154 on the electoral roll. In 2015 there were eighteen baptisms, ten marriages, and twenty funeral services of which eight were followed by a burial in St Michael’s churchyard. Confirmations are usually held annually; in April 2015 the parish hosted a service in which Bishop Colin confirmed fourteen young people, including ten from our parish who had received instruction from our Youth Worker. The churches have their own websites and Facebook pages (see Appendix 5) which complement the Information given in this profile; together we hope they will give the flavour of our friendly churches and communities.

St Andrew’s, Dean Court St Michael’s, Cumnor St Mary’s, Farmoor

The church started meeting in the The parish church is a Grade I The church began with outdoor community centre as outreach to listed building dating from the services in July 1935. The simple the 1950s council estate; the eleventh century. Across the wooden building that served as a present wooden building was put road from the church, part of the church for over 60 years was up by local people in 1961. Next to old vicarage and old vicarage replaced by a permanent the church is a smaller brick stables have been converted into structure in 1997 which was building known as the St Andrew’s a parish centre, with parish rededicated in 1998. Centre (STAC), used for children’s offices, meeting rooms, toilets and youth work, as well as for and a small kitchen, near the smaller meetings and events. present vicarage.

5 Looking to the future: planned development St Michael’s and St Andrew’s are planning to improve the church facilities to make them more suitable for the needs of the twenty-first century

St Michael's: Initial exploratory Open door of opportunity: St Michael's work identified key opportunities at St Michael’s for enhancing the welcome offered to everyone in the parish. This included improving access to the church, providing a toilet and facilities for simple refreshments, and ‘de-cluttering’ the church through better storage.

A small working group was established to take this forward. After consultation with the parish, architects’ plans were drawn up ambitious re-ordering of the canvassed opinions from church and a faculty received in 2016. A church. This second phase would users, congregation and fund-raising group is working with have great benefits not only for immediate neighbours, and have the advice of a professional fund church services but also for the engaged an architect who is raiser; we are confident that funds wider use of the church by the working with them on ideas for a will be forthcoming. Our aim is community. building designed to enable more that the building should be debt effective mission in the free by the completion of the St Andrew’s: A structural community. It is not possible to project. The cost is likely to be in engineer’s report on in 2014 estimate the cost at this early the region of £300,000, of which confirmed a series of serious stage. £40,000 has already been failures in the wooden church received. building. A small working party is It is thought that some of the considering the options for funding for St Andrew’s is likely The current project is envisaged as rebuilding it. They have to come from community the first phase of a more sources, as the building is widely used by the local community during the week.

We would value having a new vicar who is champion of these projects, but we do not expect him/her to be a project manager or a fund-raiser. There will be scope for more involvement in the second phase of the St Michael's project.

6 Our services

Morning services are held at all three churches every Sunday. These range from Holy Communion to less formal Family Services. A typical 11.00 am service at St Michael’s, followed by coffee in church, attracts about 80 people. Services vary between Family Christingle, St Michael's Services, Morning Worship and Holy Communion (CW). There are songs are usually taken from St Mary’s services are also at 9.30 children’s groups and a crèche in Songs of Fellowship and am, varying between Morning term-time. Hymns are generally PowerPoint is used. The service is Worship, Holy Communion (CW) selected from Hymns Old & New. amplified and there is a loop and a monthly discussion service, Most services have a robed choir, system for the hearing impaired. with an occasional Family Service. affiliated to the Royal School of In term-time there is a children’s This small but very committed Church Music. Sung liturgy is used group. Most people stay on for church community numbers only occasionally. coffee after the service; once a around eight to ten adults on a There is an 8.00 am service of Holy month there is ‘Sunday Special’, typical Sunday. The church uses Communion (shortened BCP) an extended coffee time. Hymns Old & New and there is a every Sunday, regular school St Andrew's hosts The JOY Place’s rota of volunteer organists/ services, and occasional monthly afternoon service for pianists. Evensongs and Taizé services. adults with learning disabilities. Special services always draw in There is a loop system for the This has recently become an more people; the St Michael’s hearing impaired. official part of the church, under Christingle service, for example, St Michael’s has one of the finest the auspices of the PCC but with has been attracting over 400 rings of eight bells in the country. its own leadership. children and adults. An enthusiastic team, members of the Oxford Diocesan Guild of Church Bell Ringers, rings for Sunday services, weddings, funerals and some primary school services. They participate in bell- ringing events with others from outside the area, and the hand bell band performs at local community gatherings. Services at St Andrew’s are at 9.30 am and follow a cycle of Family Services, Morning Worship and Holy Communion (CW). Normal attendance is about 40. Hymns/ Communion service, St Andrew’s 7 St Michael’s in spring

Prayer and St Andrew’s, with occasional Mary’s. The theme is the same as discipleship days or half days of prayer for that of the services in the other specific topics, such as the two churches. A Taizé morning St Michael’s has several home building project, and Syrian was recently held, and more of groups which meet once a refugees. St Andrew’s also these are planned. fortnight. Some of them follow the organises a regular fellowship same theme as that of the Sunday day away. A united parish prayer sermon series. Members of the breakfast began during the The vicarage choir at St Michael’s also meet interregnum. The vicarage (pictures on page 23) together for worship, prayer and is a purpose-built brick house set Once a month, St Michael’s holds fellowship every week throughout in a large well-maintained walled thought-provoking Sunday the year, nurturing and supporting garden. It was built in 1993 in the morning breakfast discussions, each other in their faith and daily grounds of the old vicarage organised by a steering group, lives. opposite St Michael’s Church, in which are open to everyone and the same courtyard as the parish After discussing ways of are advertised in the community. centre, and includes a triple- encouraging more people, and a There have also been enquirers’ aspect sitting room, a dining room, wider range of people, to get courses, Alpha and other kitchen/breakfast room, utility involved in regular group Bible discipleship courses. Faith Group, room, study, downstairs study, St Andrew’s is starting new an offshoot of the St Andrew’s cloakroom and an integral garage. evening groups with a fresh Coffee Club, meets once a month The study and cloakroom are off impetus. A monthly special event, in the daytime to explore the the entrance hall, allowing the with a speaker and/or discussion, Christian faith. begins in the autumn and is being study to be accessed without St Mary’s holds a discussion advertised in the community. entering the rest of the building. group during the 9.30 am service There are four good-sized There is a weekly prayer meeting one Sunday a month, which is bedrooms with a separate at St Michael’s and a monthly taken by the congregation and is bathroom and shower room. Sunday evening prayer meeting at open to anyone outside St 8

CHURCH MINISTRY

Ministry team Pastoral Care and Connecting with We have three non-stipendiary Home Communion young people Associate Ministers (Revd Jean There is a small team of The churches in the parish have Pryce-Williams, Revd Helen Azer volunteers, led by Revd Jean well-established groups for and Revd David Wenham), three Pryce-Williams, our Pastoral children and young people Licensed Lay Ministers (Eve Care Co-ordinator, supporting meeting during the morning Lockett, Neil Grady and David those who are unwell, bereaved services. At St Michael’s, a Henderson-Slater), and two lay or lonely within the parish, crèche and children’s groups people with authority to preach regardless of whether or not meet during the 11.00 am (Chris Scruby and Jane Vlitos). they attend church. Those who service led by a team of Most of them are willing to take are authorised to do so visit volunteers. The children’s groups one or two services a month, residential homes and are not large but there is a core according to their availability. individuals in their own homes group of children and young There are two other senior clergy to give Holy Communion by people who attend regularly. who live in the parish who assist extension to around 50 people. with services when they can. These all bring a wealth of different gifts and experience to our worship and community.

Celebrating St Mary's 80th birthday

9 The choir at St Michael's has been generally receptive community. a constant place where children The challenge is to find ways to and young people are welcomed, help these families to explore “I appreciate the and where they have been faith more deeply and hopefully biblical teaching, encouraged to explore their to become more actively musical gifts. St Andrew’s also involved in the life of the church. and the provides a children’s group and a Whole-school church assemblies encouragement crèche during the 9.30 am service are taken by parish staff on a for the small number of children and prayer rota basis one morning a week who attend. at Cumnor Primary. A weekly support of the The monthly family services at St after-school group attended by fellowship Michael’s and St Andrew’s draw in about twenty children has until groups” other families who do not attend recently been led by the Youth church on a weekly basis. About Worker and Children and Young five Messy Church services are Families Worker. Increasing links held at St Michael’s each year on are being forged with the pre- “I was made to Saturdays as a way of reaching out school, which, unlike the school, feel welcome, to those on the fringe of the has no official connection with and at ease in church. Between 30 and 60 the church. children have been coming along every way” Recognising the need for the with an adult. St Michael’s has informal presence of a Christian also run a holiday club in Cumnor adult in Matthew Arnold School, C of E Primary School for three a Youth Work Project was set up “Once I enter years. in 1997 with an ecumenical church, a peace The emphasis of the children's management team. Its aim was work across the parish over the to offer unconditional friendship envelops me” past years has been on building and support to young people in links in what is a friendly and the local area, and to create

Youth camp in the parish

10 opportunities for them to explore and to grow in the Christian faith. The project has evolved over the years, becoming more directly involved with the life of the church. This ministry has been supported by a full-time Youth Worker and a part-time Children and Young Families Worker. Both these positions have recently become vacant. Youth work in the parish has been focused on three areas:

 Church: Sunday morning groups, Community skill share group: computing the weekly 'JAM' group for older teenagers, confirmation preparation classes, and one-to- Officer to implement the Parish through links with work being one meetings with youngsters. Safeguarding Policy, which is done by church members with  Schools: a small CU and sports based on the diocesan model organisations such as Hospices of club in Matthew Arnold School, and is reviewed annually by the Hope in Romania (where some of along with mentoring students; PCC. A copy is given to each the young people have been assemblies and after-school club worker and is displayed in each helping regularly), Heartcry for in the primary school. of the three churches. A training Change (with which one of our session for the parish was held in Associate Ministers, Revd Helen  Community: after-school youth February 2016. Azer, works), and the Community club, half-term soccer-skills clubs, Emergency Foodbank in Oxford Friday night social events Paid staff and volunteers must (for which church members (bowling, ice-skating, etc.), and a satisfy the Parish Recruitment donate food regularly). summer youth camp held in the process and sign a Volunteer parish. Agreement. Paid staff and those We give away ten per cent of our volunteers who lead groups must congregational giving; this is Currently the Youth Project is also obtain a Disclosure and allocated to different charities under review, and it is hoped that Barring Service (DBS) certificate. each year by a Mission Giving it will be re-established in order Verifiers are appointed by the Group. (See Appendix 3 for a list to continue this valuable work. PCC to check the identity of of charities supported in 2015.) applicants before requesting a There is scope for further raising DBS certificate. Safeguarding the awareness of these projects in the churches, leading to increased In order to ensure that children interest and involvement. and vulnerable adults are kept Looking wider: safe when taking part in activities mission links organised by the church, we aim All three churches try to to provide safe-guarding training encourage an interest in mission to all who work with them. The and charity work, especially PCC appoints a Safeguarding 11

FINANCE AND GIVING

The finances of the church are in a healthy state, which can best be judged through the movements in our unrestricted funds. At the end of 2015 these funds stood at £30,180. Since 2012, our unrestricted income has increased from £131,000 in 2012 to £163,000 in 2015. The most satisfying aspect of this increase has been a significant and regular annual increase in congregational giving which has risen from Easter service, St Michael's £102,000 in 2012 to £133,000 in 2015. Unrestricted expenditure has In view of the potential been well controlled through this uncertainty surrounding an Over the past ten years, total period. In 2015 our annual interregnum, the PCC has funds (excluding fixed assets) expense totalled £156,892, just approved a conservative budget have progressively increased from £494 over the budget set by the of £159,000 for our ongoing a January 2006 figure of £53,573 PCC in January 2015. Our parish expenses in 2016. This represents to the end 2015 figure of share at £70,000 was the most a very small increase compared to £147,411. A summary statement significant cost item in this 2015 and can be met with of financial activities is included as budget. With the additional congregational giving remaining Appendix 1. income from higher at 2015 levels. The total held in our restricted congregational giving, and with See Appendix 2 for details. funds has increased in the past expenditure held close to budget, ten years from £44,000 to the the church generated a surplus of end-2015 figure of £117,000. £6,682 in its unrestricted funds in Restricted funds were boosted in 2015. 2015 by a £42,000 legacy, which is As a parish we have committed being put towards the finances of ourselves to set aside about ten the St Michael’s Church per cent of pledged giving to Improvement Project. Our support mission and charitable restricted funds have also projects locally, nationally and benefited from regular grants internationally. So in 2015, nearly from a local trust which is most £11,000 was given to local, generous in helping us maintain national and overseas charities; the fabric of the historic building of St Michael’s Church. 12

ABOUT OUR PARISH

Opening the Dean Court Community Centre butcher and two pubs. There are several working farms in the area, many having good links with the church. There is an active cricket club, a young people’s football club, and a range of other groups, which are well supported. Cumnor village hall is widely used by the community. Cumnor Old School is a charitable trust run by twelve trustees including the incumbent and churchwardens ex officio. It is a popular venue for many events. It operates as a self-financing trust The civil parish of Cumnor is the London, running at frequent and ensures the survival of the second largest by area in the Vale intervals throughout the day and village shop and post office, as of the White Horse District of night. well as providing free car parking Oxfordshire, and the largest in Many local people support the for services at St Michael's. population after the towns of proposal to build a safe cycle/ Abingdon, Wantage/Grove and Cumnor village is linked to Dean pedestrian path along the narrow Faringdon. Cumnor is bounded to Court and Botley by Cumnor Hill, a B4044 linking Eynsham to Botley. the west by the River Thames, to sought-after residential area with the north-east by Wytham Hill Cumnor village contains a substantial new building along its and Woods and to the south-east combined post office and small whole length. by Youlbury Wood and Boars Hill. food store, a newsagent, organic There is a map of the area and an analysis of the population in Appendix 3.

Public transport into Oxford and nearby towns and villages is provided by a good network of buses. There is a Park and Ride scheme operating from the ring road to the city centre. A good rail service links Oxford to London and other regions, and there are buses to Heathrow, Gatwick and Post office and general stores, Cumnor 13 Messy Church at St Michael’s

Dean Court consists of recent supermarkets, a range of small pre-nursery school. A private private housing developments and shops, restaurants, a medical nursery school is located between a former 1950s council estate with centre, a dentist, a bank, public Cumnor and Farmoor, and a general store, Indian take-away, library and two opticians. Plans another nursery school is attached playing fields and a new have recently been approved to to Botley Primary School, which community centre. A major recent give the centre a much-needed lies outside the parish boundary. addition has been the partly- makeover and to expand it, Matthew Arnold School is a completed Tilbury Fields estate, which will have a major impact coeducational state secondary which will add 73 new houses to on the characteristics of this school and sixth form. It has the parish in the Dean Court area. area. around 1,100 pupils from years Farmoor has a village hall and a 7 to 13. general store specialising in South Schools Young people in the parish attend African food. Nearby are several Cumnor C of E Primary School other schools beyond the centres for outdoor pursuits: a has around 200 children aged 4- boundaries, including Abingdon reservoir used for sailing, trout 11 years split into seven single- School (senior boys) and The fishing and bird watching, a class year groups, from School of St Helen and St boatyard with boats for hire, and Foundation through to Year 6. As Katharine (senior girls). Oxford is part of the University of Oxford’s a voluntary controlled Church of well provided with schools at Wytham Woods, used for England school, it has a very primary and secondary levels. environmental research. Between close link with St Michael’s Farmoor and Dean Court is Hill Church and has a Christian ethos End, an outdoor education centre that underpins its values and run by Oxfordshire County much of the teaching. Council. Attached to Cumnor Primary There is a local shopping centre at School there is a small nearby Botley, containing three 14 Relating to our Cumnor under the Creative Skill A number of fund-raising events community Share initiative: Vivace (Cumnor in Cumnor village are regularly Community Choir) and the organised and are well supported The churches organise many Cumnor Ukulele Band. by the whole community; they groups and events aimed at include the annual parish fete A Coffee Club sponsored by Age providing social activities and held in the vicarage garden, a UK meets twice a month at St support for local people. craft fair, a barn dance and Andrew’s Church. It is not a harvest supper, a Cumnor village Creative Skill Share groups, specifically Christian outreach, progressive supper, and organised by Jean Pryce-Williams but it is run by St Andrew’s occasional concerts held in the and held in Cumnor and Farmoor, members and holds a carol church. These events typically encourage people across the service each year. In Farmoor, generate around £5,000 to parish to acknowledge and Cuppa Corner is a monthly support the ministries of the develop their creative God-given drop-in café at St Mary’s. The church across the parish. gifts and build important Memories Café is a fortnightly relationship links in the event in Cumnor, listed on Age A multi-use games area behind St community. The initiative is now UK’s website and open to anyone Andrew’s Church, renovated to a into its fourth year; there are with or without memory high standard thanks to grants currently over 200 people difficulties. from a number of organisations, is involved in a wide range of open all the time for community Playgroups for pre-school workshops including drawing, use, and is also available for hire children and their parents/carers painting, singing, textiles, batik, along with its floodlights. It is meet in St Michael’s Parish card-making, sugar-craft, French used each week by the parish Centre in term time. Some of the conversation, jewellery-making, youth group and in the school families are getting involved in glass-painting, photography, holidays for football skills Messy Church at St Michael’s. cookery, and computing. Two workshops. St Andrew’s has music groups have started in

Board games at the Coffee Club in St Andrew’s

15 hosted a number of community events (such as the opening of the St Andrew’s Centre and the inauguration of the floodlights). A children’s craft afternoon has been held at Easter for several years. The St Andrew’s building is in frequent use during the week by many local groups, including upholstery groups, an art group and the local choral society. A new Dean Court Community Football on St Andrew’s multi-use games area Association (DCCA) aims to build up the Dean Court community with activities in the Community not a church publication, it lists St Andrew's joined an ecumenical Centre, which opened in 2014. church services, includes a small group to visit the new The DCCA and St Andrew’s Church monthly ‘faith’ contribution from houses in Dean Court, giving them work well together, producing local ministers, and provides an details of all local church services. excellent vehicle for advertising joint flyers and posters advertising During the Week of Prayer for the many community events both church and community Christian Unity, all local churches organised by the three churches. events. St Andrew’s members are participate in a joint service. They The magazine also gives details regularly involved as trustees or also join for a service on the of local clubs and societies such volunteers. Women’s World Day of Prayer. as Brownies, Cubs, the St Mary’s organises an annual Gardening Club, and U3A. bazaar and Christmas carol singing, drawing people from the wider community. A party to Relationships with celebrate the church’s eightieth “Our children feel birthday in 2015 was attended by other churches over 100 people. We have close links and good at home in church; relationships with the United Cumnor Parish News (CPN) is a they are equal Reformed Church in Cumnor and monthly magazine representing with the other churches in the members of the the whole civil parish. Although area. congregation”

Youth camp in the parish “I love coming to church on Sundays; it sets me up for the week”

CONCLUSION

Our three churches are united in looking forward to welcoming a new vicar among us, supporting him/her and working together in the years ahead as we explore the next phase of our church life. We are praying for all aspects of the selection process, and that the outcome will bring blessing and enabling to us as a parish, and also to the person who is appointed. Our new vicar will undoubtedly face many challenges, but we believe that these can be turned into tremendous opportunities for spiritual growth through a shared vision and shared action, plenty of warm fellowship and not a little fun.

APPENDIX 1 Financial activities

APPENDIX 2 Budget for 2016

APPENDIX 3 Giving to charities

As a parish we have committed ourselves to set aside about ten per cent of pledged giving to support mission and charitable projects locally, nationally and internationally. Thanks to the generosity of the congregations we helped the following people and organisations in 2015:

£2,000 Hospices of Hope — orphanages in Romania where some of our young people help £775 Support for Dr Joseph Park (St Andrew’s) — theological teaching in India £750 Christian Aid — Syrian refugees £750 Tear Fund — Syrian refugees

£500 Heartcry for Change — with which Revd Helen Azer works £500 Tandem — mental health befriending for Oxford £500 Parents and Children Together (PACT) — independent adoption agency supported by diocese £500 Matched funding grants for Cumnor youth engaging in charity work £400 Church Army £400 Citizens Advice Bureau

£400 South & Vale Carers £355 Bethesda Project, India — education project in rural south India £331 Bibles for Cumnor School leavers £300 Church Urban Fund £300 Church Housing Trust £300 Archway Foundation — helping the lonely in Oxford

£200 Oxford Historic Churches Trust £200 Flexicare (Oxford and Abingdon) — respite for families with seriously disabled children £200 Sobell House Hospice Charity £200 Helen and Douglas House £200 Oxford Community Emergency Food Bank

APPENDIX 4 More about our parish

The civil parish (which is almost the same as the ecclesiastical parish) has four wards: Cumnor Village, Cumnor Hill, Farmoor and Dean Court. It also includes the areas of Chawley, Henwood, Rockley, Filchampstead and Swinford.

For a map of the area see right, or go to http://maps.google.co.uk/ and type in OX2 9PE (vicarage postcode). St Michael’s Church and the vicarage are in the centre of Cumnor village, close to the south-west parish boundary, and are about four miles west of Oxford and five miles north of Abingdon.

The people and population of the parish The population of Cumnor parish at the time of the 2011 census was 5,755, a growth of 5% in the ten years since the 2001 census. There are almost equal numbers of males (49%) and females (51%), distributed by age as follows:

0-9 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70-79 80-89 90+

514 678 535 588 871 882 781 497 329 80

Analysis shows that 25% of the population are under 22, 50% are under 45 and 75% are under 60.

The average age in Cumnor is three years higher than that of the rest of the Vale.

Age distribution of Cumnor parish in five-year age bands (2011 census data) 21 There has been much recent development throughout the parish. Thus from council tax data the number of dwellings rose by over 7% from 2,427 in November 2011 to 2,605 in November 2015. It is estimated from civil electoral roll data that the population has grown by a similar amount since 2011 to approximately 6,200.

The parish has a predominantly (85%) white population, which is lower than for the Vale as a whole (90%), reflecting its closeness to the multi-cultural city of Oxford. Compared with the national average (27%) Cumnor has a high proportion (46%) of people who are educated to degree level or above. Many of the adult working population hold middle and senior management positions. A number are also employed within Oxford and Oxford Brookes Universities and at scientific centres (including Harwell and Culham) and are engaged in academia, research, medicine and related fields. Some parishioners commute long distances by rail or road. There is relatively little unemployment (2%) in the area.

Some 81% of the households are owner-occupied and 60% of the housing is detached, much higher than the average for Oxfordshire.

Within the parish there are three residential homes, Oxenford House, Shrublands, and Cumnor Hill House, and one dual-registered residential/nursing home for the elderly, Oaken Holt.

The following table from the 2011 data summarises the professed faiths across the parish:

Christian Buddhist Hindu Jewish Muslim Sikh Other None Unstated

3608 42 49 17 105 19 19 1423 479

In the ten years since the last census, the proportion of people professing to be Christian has fallen from 75% to 63%. This is exactly the same as the average across the Vale of the White Horse and is 4% higher than the average for England. In the same period the proportion of those professing other religions in Cumnor has risen from 3% to 4%, and those who state they have no religion has risen from 15% to 25%.

For additional demographic data please see www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. All 2011 census data are ONS Crown Copyright.

APPENDIX 5 Diocese, deanery, parish

Diocese of Oxford www.oxford.anglican.org Vicar’s responsibilities Bishop: Right Revd Dr Stephen Croft The vicar is an ex-officio trustee of: (from 30 September 2016)  Cumnor C of E Primary School (the full governing body Archdeaconry of Dorchester meets every two months) www.oxford.anglican.org/who-we-are/dorchester/ Area Bishop of Dorchester: Right Revd Colin Fletcher  Cumnor Old School (meets three times a year) OBE  Cumnor Church House Trust (meets very two months) Archdeacon: Venerable Judy French In addition, there is the opportunity to take on the role of Deanery of Abingdon www.abingdondeanery.org.uk Governor of Cumnor C of E Primary School (which also Rural Dean: Revd Canon Richard Zair involves joining a subcommittee). Chair of the Deanery Synod: Dr Shirley Northover

Cumnor Parish Churchwardens: Chris Evans and Malcolm Taylor PCC Secretary: Clare Wenham

See Appendix 5 for more websites

The vicarage

APPENDIX 6 On the web

Brief histories: Cumnor: www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/external/cumnor/history.htm Botley and Hinksey: http://botleyhinksey.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/A-history-of-Botley-and-the-surrounding-area.pdf

Local amenities: Public transport: www.dailyinfo.co.uk/oxford/guide/bus-and-train-timetable/ Dean Court Community Association: www.deancourtcc.org.uk Cricket in Cumnor: www.cumnorcricketclub.co.uk Football in Cumnor: www.cumnorminorsfc.org Farmoor Reservoir: www.farmoor.iofm.net Pubs: www.thebearandraggedstaff.co.uk www.vineinncumnor.com

Schools: Oxfordshire state schools: www.ngfl-oxon.org.uk/oxscindx.html Independent schools: www.indschools.co.uk/index.htm Cumnor C of E Primary School: www.cumnorprimaryschool.co.uk Matthew Arnold Comprehensive School: www.maschool.org.uk

Care and nursing homes: Oxenford House: www.careinoxfordshire.co.uk/homes/oxenfordhouse/oxenfordhouse.htm Oaken Holt: www.oakenholt.co.uk Shrublands Care Home: www.carehome.co.uk/carehome.cfm/searchazref/10001055SHRA Cumnor Hill House: www.cumnorhillhouse.uk

Local churches and church groups: St Michael’s Church: www.cumnor.org 360o view of inside of St Michael's: http://in360degrees.co.uk/oxfordshirechurches/data/0101StMichaelCumnor/ St Andrew’s Church: www.standrewsdeancourt.org JOY Place: www.joyplace.org.uk St Michael’s Church Bell Ringers: www.oxquarry.co.uk/cumnorbells.htm Cumnor United Reformed Church: www.cumnorurc.org.uk

Churches’ Facebook pages: St Michael’s: www.facebook.com/St-Michaels-Cumnor-510558209037650/?fref=ts St Andrew’s: www.facebook.com/St-Andrews-Church-Dean-Court-526799517429500/ St Mary’s: www.facebook.com/stmaryschurchfarmoor/?fref=ts