Operational Report Diocese of Exeter

April – June 2019

Contents

Overall Summary ………………………………………….………………………………… Page 3 Governance ……………………………………………….…………………...... Page 4 Mission and Pastoral Office and Mapping ……………………………….……… Page 6 Finance …………………………………………………………………………………….……. Page 8 Mission Resources News ……………………………………………………………….. Page 10 Communications …………………………………………………………….……………… Page 12 People ……………………………………………………………………………………………. Page 15

Safeguarding ………………………………………………………………...……………….. Page 16 Clergy Housing ……………………………………………………………………………….. Page 19 School Building Projects. …………………………………………..……………………. Page 20 Church Buildings ………………………………………………………………...... Page 21 New Housing Areas …………………………………………………………..……………. Page 23 Growing the Rural Church …………………………………………………..…………. Page 24 Education ………………………………………………………………………………………. Page 26 Mission and Ministry …………………………………………...…….….………………. Page 29 Ordinands……………………………………………...………………….……...... Page 30 Mission Community Development Team …….…………………………………. Page 32 Diocesan Mission Enabler …………………………….…………………….,…...... Page 34 Children’s Ministry Adviser …………………………………………………………….. Page 36 Lay Discipleship………………………………………………………………………………. Page 37 Church and Society …………………………………………………….………………….. Page 38

News from Plymouth Archdeaconry ………………………………………………. Page 39 Transforming Plymouth Together...………………………………………………. Page 39 Strategic Programmes …………………………………………………………...... Page 40

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Overall Summary

Welcome to our second Operational Report of 2019

The last quarter has been an extremely busy, but positive and productive one. In our last report I talked about the work being done with Diocesan Synod and the Bishops Diocesan Council to refine our strategy for the next five years, and to conclude the Common Fund review. I am delighted to report approval of the Diocesan Vision and Strategy (2019 – 2024), approval of a revised Common Fund scheme of assessment and approval of a phase one application to the Strategic Development Fund (SDF) for initiatives to support mission and ministry in Torbay at our June Diocesan Synod.

The refined Diocesan Vision & Strategy is focused on helping to grow new disciples, with a particular focus on the following:

 Children, Young People and Families  17-25 year olds  People over the age of 55  Those on the Fringe of Church

You will hear more about this as we take these plans forward over the months and years ahead. There are also new opportunities to explore following recent changes to national spending plans and I am delighted that Canon Dr John Spence CBE, Chair of Archbishop's Council Finance Committee, will join us at our Diocesan Synod on 19th October.

As usual this report summarises the work we have done in the Central Service Teams to support our Mission Communities as they grow in prayer, make new disciples and serve the people of Devon with joy. We are always happy to receive your feedback and would love to hear from you. Please contact Annemarie Kendell ([email protected]) if you have suggestions on how we can further improve our reporting.

Stephen Hancock Diocesan Secretary

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Governance

Meetings taking place during the period:

Diocesan Synod (15th June 2019) Summary of core business transacted: Approval of the Diocesan Vision and Strategy (2019 – 2024), approval of a revised Common Fund scheme of assessment, consideration of the diocesan budget strategy for 2020 and approval of a phase one application to the Strategic Development Fund (SDF) for initiatives to support mission and ministry in Torbay. Bishop’s Diocesan Council (8th May 2019) Summary of core business transacted: Induction into the work of the Diocesan Mission and Pastoral Committee, final consideration of the Diocesan Vision and Strategy (2019 – 2024), final consideration of proposals concerning the Common Fund scheme of assessment, consideration of the diocesan budget strategy for 2020, consideration of a phase one application to the SDF for initiatives to support mission and ministry in Torbay, receipt of a report on women in ordained ministry in the Diocese of Exeter, approval of the Diocesan Giving Strategy, agreement of the terms of reference of the Standing Committee of the DBF and agreement of business for the next Diocesan Synod. Work related to elections carried out during the period: No elections took place during the period. Other statutory processes carried out during the period: Advice to parishes concerning APCMs and the formation of new parochial electoral rolls.

Vacancies and Attendance Rates

Vacancies on Diocesan Synod

4 out of a possible 58 elected lay members and 10 out of 60 elected clergy members

Lay Vacancies Clergy Vacancies 7% 14%

Lay Members

93%

Clergy Members

86%

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Vacancies on Bishop’s Diocesan Council

1 out of a possible 5 nominated members

20%

80%

% Attendance rate at Meetings in Q2 2019 100% 90% 80%

70% % Attendance % Attendance rate 60% rate at at Bishop’s 50% Diocesan Synod Diocesan Council June 2019 May 2019 40%

30% 20% 10%

0%

% Attendance rate Comparison – Q1 and Q2

100% 90%

80% 70% % Attendance % Attendance rate at rate at Bishop’s 60% Diocesan Synod Diocesan Council 50% 40% 30% 20%

10% 0% February June March May 2019 2019 2019 2019

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Mission and Pastoral Office and Mapping

Pastoral Schemes and Orders

Between 1st April and 30th June, work was completed on Pastoral Schemes and Orders to: (i) Dissolve the benefice of Stoke Damerel and Devonport Saint Aubyn and the benefice of Devonport Saint Michael and Saint Barnabas and form two new benefices. (ii) change the name of the parish of Dawlish and the benefice of Dawlish, Cofton and Starcross.

Work in hand includes Pastoral Schemes and Orders which if effected would: (i) unite the benefices of Newton Ferrers with Revelstoke; Brixton and Yealmpton; and Wembury and establish a Team Ministry. Following a great deal of work and various conversations, an Amended Draft Pastoral Scheme has been prepared which should be published during the first week of July. This follows six representations against the original Draft Pastoral Scheme. (ii) unite the benefices of Ivybridge with Harford; Sparkwell; and Cornwood. There is a single representation against the Draft Pastoral Scheme. This means that a significant amount of time will need to be devoted in preparing papers for the Church Commissioners’ Mission, Pastoral and Church Property Committee. (iii) Unite the parishes of Newton Tracey and Alverdiscott (iv) Establish a Group Ministry for the whole of Holsworthy Deanery

There is one Draft Scheme on hold part-way through the process and five others are in the pre-consultation stage.

Suspensions The patrons’ right of presentation was suspended or resuspended in four benefices during the quarter. Three consultations are currently in progress.

Bishop’s Mission Orders Work has been undertaken on the revision of the BMO for Unlimited Church and support provided in preparation for its transition from a Charitable Company to a Charitable Incorporated Organisation.

Mission and Pastoral Committees None of the Archidiaconal Mission and Pastoral Committees (AMPCs) met during the course of Q2. A Working Group has been set up by the Plymouth AMPC and Bishop of Plymouth to look at Mission and Ministry in the eastern part of the City of Plymouth.

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Church Buildings Strategy Committee The committee reports here as its work falls under the Diocesan Mission and Pastoral Committee. At the April meeting there were eight Church Buildings on the case-list.

Growing the Rural Church The Mission and Pastoral Secretary has continued to provide advice to the Growing the Rural Church (GtRC) Team, including work on Festival Churches and has attended several meetings. One current and two pending Pastoral Schemes have resulted from GtRC.

Diocesan Board of Patronage At the request of the Bishop of Exeter, the Mission and Pastoral Secretary acts as Secretary to the Diocesan Board of Patronage. During this quarter some fourteen hours were devoted to this work.

Clergy Appointment Processes The Designated Officer under the Patronage (Benefices) Measure 1986, on instruction from Bishop’s Staff, has worked on the administration of seven separate appointment processes during the quarter.

Mapping

Under the terms and conditions of the relevant licences and in accordance with agreed and designated purposes, the Diocesan Mapping Officer has produced the following maps over the last three months in order to support the central and local work of the diocese: April to June 2019

Area of work Number 4% of maps produced 14%

In support of the work of 24 departments in the Old Deanery 4%

In support of local priests, Mission 16 47% Communities and Deanery Plans

In support of Bishops’ and 2 Archdeacons’ offices

In support of clergy appointment 7 31% processes under the P(B)M

In support of neighbouring 2 dioceses

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Finance

The year end is now complete with the accounts due to be approved at BDC on Saturday 20 July 2019. A summary can be found below.

The second table provides a summary of the management accounts for the first quarter of 2019

The 2019 Common Fund position as at 31 May 2019 is summarised in table no 3 below.

Over the past 6 months the finance team has:  Successfully completed the audit for the 2018 financial statements  Worked with Deanery Treasurers to collect and review the 2018 parish accounts and to verify the online finance returns  Worked with Rural Deans to collect the participant numbers for the 2020 Common Fund assessment  The Common Fund consultation has been completed. Correspondence will be circulated to PCC treasurers in due course

Over the next few months the team will be concentrating on:  Ensuring that all parish accounts have been filed and are compliant with Charity Commission requirements  Collecting outstanding participant numbers to enable the calculation of the 2020 Common Fund assessment  Providing support for the establishment of the new Strategic Development Fund project in Exeter  Training parish treasurers at our annual treasurers training days which will be held on: . Saturday 3 August @ The Old Deanery in Exeter . Thursday 8 August @ Holy Trinity Church in Barnstaple . Wednesday 14 August @ St Luke’s Church in Buckfastleigh

Management Accounts

For Year ending Actual Budget Variance st 31 December 2018 £000 £000 £000

Income 13,583 12,971 612

Expenditure 13,039 13,076 37

Surplus in the year 544 (105) 649

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For Quarter ending Actual Budget Variance st 31 March 2019 £000 £000 £000 Income 2,546 2,500 46

Expenditure 3,408 3,565 157

Deficit in the Quarter (862) (1,065) 203

2019Common Fund Collection figure for the period ending 30th June 2019 was:

Comparison to Common Fund Request Contributions Target Actual £000 £000 % % Previous Year %

For 2019 4,673 3,739 94.50% 80.01% 79.74%

Common Fund Collection Rate % against targets 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 As at 30 June 2019

Target Actual Jun-18

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Mission Resources News

Philemon 6: I pray that your partnership with us in the faith may be effective in deepening your understanding of every good thing we share for the sake of Christ. ”

Not too long ago I shared a few words and thoughts from the book of Philemon at a stewardship evening in Ilfracombe. Paul, the writer of this letter, requests Philemon to take Onesimus, the slave who had run away, back into his house and welcome him as a brother. Under Roman law, it would have been standard practise to punish Onesimus. To accept him as a social equal was an incredible act of generosity.

Generosity comes in so many different faces, shapes and forms. Let us be generous like Philemon and surprise those around us, because of God’s love for us.

Please join me as I - pray for fruitful engagements with clergy, PCCs and church members - pray to be an encouragement to men and women across the diocese as they explore generosity & giving - give thanks for new resources that are being made (Common Fund video, legacy video)

Parish Engagement per Archdeaconry

Totnes Barnstaple 6 31% Barnstaple 37% Exeter 3

Plymouth 2 Plymouth Totnes 5 13% Exeter 19%

Contact Brigit Kiyaga if you would like more information about how we can support you in your parish:

01392 294964 [email protected]

@StewardDevon

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Parish Giving Scheme as at 30th June 2019

Number of registered churches receiving fund 208 Total number of donors 2616 Total contributions, including Gift Aid April: £196,652 (April, May, June) May: £204,806 June: £206,086 Total: £607,544

£200,000.00

£150,000.00 Total contributions, including Gift Aid £100,000.00

£50,000.00

£0.00 April May June

Parish Giving Scheme – Q1 and Q2 2019

£200,000.00

Total £150,000.00 contributions, including Gift Aid

£100,000.00

£50,000.00

£0.00 January February March April May June

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Communications

Achievements It has been a busy three months for the Communications and Engagement Department; big stories we have covered and had coverage of since Easter include: St Boniface being made Patron Saint of Devon and a joint Anglican/Roman Catholic pilgrimage in his honour, Thy Kingdom Come global wave of prayer and Beacon celebration in the Cathedral, a special service and procession to mark the 25th anniversary of the ordination of women, plans for a new student church in Exeter following a successful Strategic Development Fund (SDF) bid for £1.3m and the Family Fest camping weekend. You can see many of these stories on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/CofEDevon/

Our recent stories have been covered by BBC

Spotlight, Radio Devon, Premier Radio, Radio Exe,

the Church Times and some local papers. I am

keen to spend the next few months building-up our relationships with local magazines like Grow

Exeter and the Plymouth Chronicle. I would also like to get more local newspaper coverage.

We have also covered every story on our website

25th Anniversary of the and social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram). Our video of priests doing the Ordination of Women

The St Boniface Medal, conga at Family Fest has had 87,022 views so far, people who have more than 64,000 impressions and over 16,000 contributed to the life of engagements.

the church in Devon.

We have also generated some lovely feature

stories on BBC Radio Devon’s Faith Programme –

including one on Champing at St Mary’s, Walkhampton, and Moor Church (outdoor

worship) on Dartmoor.

Bishop Robert Serving with Joy

Fun at

Family Fest

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Engagement through Social Media

Website Facebook Twitter

After a rigorous selection Most Followed Family Fest South West process, two talented Story video: If this doesn’t Family Fest South West priests have been make you smile nothing video: If this doesn’t appointed to key roles in will. Here are some of make you smile nothing the Church of England in Devon’s amazing Anglo- will. Priests doing the Devon - Archdeacons of Catholic priests doing the conga in the rain… Exeter and Plymouth conga announcement Number of People saw this tweet on Followers 925 page views 6,700 people reached Twitter 69,698 times

Total engagements 2,500 New Followers 510 entrances people Total engagements including 510 comments coming directly to this 16,540 including 606 likes page and shares

Most popular Facebook post

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Engagement on Facebook by month

April May June

Most Followed Family Fest South West Story Watch this great Sky The 30 May is a national video: If this doesn’t News Easter report about day of prayer for the make you smile nothing how the Church of police. Here Devon and will: here are some of England in Devon is going Cornwall Police chaplain Devon’s amazing Anglo- digital. talks about his faith. Catholic priests doing the conga Number of Followers 2,600 people reached 3,000 people reached 6,700 people reached

New Followers Total engagements 394 Total engagements 150 Total engagements including 96 comments including 35 comments 2,500 including 510 and shares and shares comments and shares

Number of followers for most popular Facebook posts:

7,000

6,000 April 2,600 people reached 5,000 May 3,000 people reached 4,000 June 6,700 people reached 3,000

2,000 1,000 0 April May June

Chloe Axford, Director of Communications and Engagement

01392 294905 / 07889 523776

[email protected]

@chloeaxford @cofedevon

www.facebook.com/CofEDevon

cofedevon

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People

During Q2 the People Team focused primarily on the preparation of a new handbook and reviewing People policies, procedures, contracts and role descriptions for all EDBF employees to ensure that there is clarity, transparency and fairness across all teams. Q3 will see approved updated materials published on the website and adapted for PCC usage, where appropriate, to ensure consistency across the diocese.

We established a new employee body, ‘the Employee Forum’, to provide a platform for useful dialogue between employees and those in more senior roles. We agreed Terms of Reference for the group and are pleased that those involved are now able to have their Voice shared and listened to more effectively. The Forum is becoming firmly established and its first significant contribution has been to review the new handbook, and People policies as employee feedback on the proposed changes was channelled through the group and the Senior Management Team to check fairness and to ensure that we are legally compliant.

Recruitment continues at a pace as we seek to realign resources in order to offer effective support throughout the diocese. We have appointed a new People Assistant, Nadine Marriott, who is supporting me on all People matters and is main point of contact for day to day routine People related queries.

April saw the introduction of a new Performance Review System and all 2019 annual performance review conversations between employees and managers have now been completed. The outputs from the reviews will be analysed and will help us to develop a new EDBF Training Plan based on need from Q3 onwards.

The People Team has continued to provide advice and support to both members of the clergy and PCCs on a wide range of People related issues.

% of time spent

25% 35% Supporting PCCs

Advice to Clergy 15% Recruitment 25% Legal Compliance

Support given per Archdeaconry as a % of the total

Anthea Carter-Savigear Barnstaple 30% Director of People Exeter and Safeguarding 55% 01392 294947 Plymouth 5%

Totnes 10%

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Safeguarding

Achievements  There are strict guidelines requiring clergy and those with Bishops License to complete and keep themselves updated with safeguarding training and current DBS certification. The safeguarding team have worked hard to support our Diocese in ensuring compliance with this:

 Training – the number of clergy/readers/PtO overdue the requisite training has halved over the past 6 months due to proactive work by the safeguarding team.

 We have now completed the back record conversion of DBS data, inputting relevant dates of DBS certification into the Diocesan database. This will enable the proactive approach to identifying those nearing due by/overdue dates for their DBS certificates. We hope this will enable more efficient management of and prevent risk of clergy/church officers, practicing without requisite current DBS.

 Included in the Archdeacons’ Articles this year has been a question about Safer Recruitment. Whilst this is a limited enquiry, following from last year’s more comprehensive questions, it provides what is considered a good indication that Parishes are ‘alive’ to the requirement. The question included is: Does your parish have a named person responsible for ensuring that volunteers and employees working with children and vulnerable adults are chosen in accordance with the principles of Safer Recruitment? To date of circa 324 returns, only 13 have responded ‘No’ to the above question. We have contacted all of these Parishes to see how we can support them in progressing this, the majority of which have this element covered or have addressed it since the contact. Challenges

 The team continues to see an increase in contacts from Parishes for advice about concerns they have for vulnerable people, which is shown in the numbers of referrals and enquiries received. This is a really positive endorsement of the benefit of the training and awareness raising, however, if this trend continues, it will see an increase of circa 50% on 2018 – 2019 figures.

Disclosure and Barring Service Checks

Total monthly processed DBS checks - Year on Year 250

200

150

100

50

0

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

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Safeguarding Training – numbers trained Q2 2019

Training C0/C1 C2 Average Satisfaction Rating commissioned by combined module PCCs *

April 2019 24 0 90%

May 2019 33 13 96%

June 2019 10 28 88%

Total for Q2 2019 67 41 91%

Courses Average Satisfaction C2 C3 C5 delivered Rating in-house

January 2019 0 27 0 84%

February 2019 0 25 0 86%

March 2019 34 10 21 91%

Total for Q1 34 62 21 87% 2019

Training Commissioned by PCCs in Q2 2019 *

100

90

80

70

60 C0/C1

C2 62% 50

38% 40

30 Satisfaction % Rating 20 10

0 April May June * Delivered by volunteer trainers

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Courses delivered in-house Q2 2019

100 90 C5 80 18% C2 70 29% 60 50 40 30 C3 Satisfaction % Rating 53% 20 10

0 April May June

Comparison of Average Satisfaction Rating – Q1 and Q2 2019

100 90 80 Training 70 commissioned 60 by PCCs * 50 40 30 % Satisfaction Satisfaction Rating% 20 10 0 January February March April May June

100 90 80 Courses 70 delivered 60 in-house 50 40 30 % Satisfaction % Rating 20 10 0 January February March April May June

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Clergy Housing

Quinquennial Projects – year to date

Pre-2019 Total 2019 2019 2019 Schemes Schemes Quinquennial Quinquennial Completed Completed Schemes Inspections Completed 5 51 42 9

Ingoing Projects – year to date

Schemes In hand Schemes Completed

5 13

Current Use of Clergy Housing – as at the end of the Quarter

Number of Clergy Houses in portfolio 325 Vacant 3% Occupied by Clergy 205

Rented 109 Rented 34% Vacant 11

Occupied by Clergy 63% Sales/Purchases – Year to date

1 Houses on market for sale Houses sold 0 Houses purchased 0

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School Building Projects

Q2 Figures – April to June 2019 VA Schools Academies

Total number of School Building Projects 64 16

Number of completed School Building Projects 17 0

Number of Schools Converted to Academy 1

Fees earned through EDPS Ltd Q1 £4,592.97

Fees earned through EDPS Ltd Q2 £24,727.37

Fees earned to Q4 £235,768.05

VA Schools Total number of School Building Projects

Completed/withdrawn School Building Projects Academies Q1 Q2 Total number of School Building Projects

Completed/withdrawn School Building Projects

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70

General Description No. of Projects General condition 31 security 8 ICT 9 Boiler\Heating 12 Roofing 8 toilets 4 Kitchen works 4 New classroom 4

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Church Buildings

TASK Total no. of New No. of new Resubmissions Number of cases Applications applications resubmissions considered (Inc.informal progressed progressed by DAC (inc. and formal at first sub- advice) review committee, IA and FA)

Faculty 59 82 40 27 22 Applications

Applications – Q2, 2019

New Applications

Resubmissions

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 Number of Applications Progressed Applications not yet Progressed

Comparison of Applications – Q1 and Q2, 2019

Q1

New Applications Q2

Q1 Resubmissions

Q2

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90

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TASK Received Approved Undetermined at the end of Q3

List B 42 31 11

Number of Site Visits Completed - Q2, 2019 45 40 35 By Officers 23 30 By DAC members or consultants 40 25 20 15 10 5 0 Visits by Visits by DAC Officers members or consultants Number of Site Visits Completed – Q1 and Q2, 2019

45 40 Q1 35 Q2 30 25 20

15

10

5 0 Visits by Officers Visits by DAC members or consultants

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New Housing Areas

Formal planning consultation responses submitted / processes engaged with: Submission of consultation response re: Cranbrook Development Plan Document

Headline description of developments in New Housing Areas during the period: Work continuing on transfer to EDBF of the Cranbrook site for the place of worship and to secure future planning use.

Meeting of the Diocesan New Housing Areas working group (by e-mail w/c 25th June 2019)

Summary of core business transacted: Further consideration of the NHAs Fund applications from Sticklepath and Landkey, and Tavistock. Receipt of an interim report from Sherford.

Diocesan New Housing Areas Growth Fund projects in preparation and delivery

Concluded

St Jude’s

In Delivery

Sherford Derriford Trinity East Okehampton

In Preparation

Sticklepath and Landkey Alphington Tavistock

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Growing the Rural Church

Project Status Rural Church Buildings Supported 2017- 2023 Target: 100 Cumulative Number of Rural Church Projects Live and Completed: 37

Rolling Quarterly Status Update:

January April July Status 2019 2019 2019

Complete 6 7 8

Live 19 18 29

Prioritised 5 4 8

Awaiting Prioritisation 2 6 2

On Hold 9 7 5

Informal Advice 4 1 2

Project Status January 2019 – July 2019 30

25 January 2019

20 April 2019 July 2019 15

10

5

0 Complete Live Prioritised Awaiting On Hold Informal Advice Prioritisation

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Achievements

 During Q2 we circulated our 2018 annual report to those within the diocese, to partners, Diocesan Synod members and other networks. The report is on available on our website at https://exeter.anglican.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/GtRC-Annual-Report-2018- FINAL.pdf.  Our three new strategic programmes for 2019 – Festival Churches, Pilgrimage and Welcome are progressing well. o Festival Churches – two pilot churches are exploring what Festival Church means for their context, feeding back to the steering group their ideas for worship resources, service patterns and community engagement activities. o Pilgrimage – ‘Devon Pilgrim’ branding for the host website has been agreed by all partners and signed off. Development of the Archangels Way across north Dartmoor is progressing well and initial discussions with churches on the second proposed route between Crediton and Exeter are taking palce. o Welcome – photoshoots for the toolkit for churches have now taken place, with the design work to be completed over the summer. Rural Deans are being invited to archdeaconry based training sessions in the autumn. The first digital donations units are now in operation in two rural churches. Challenges

 The GtRC Project Manager is moving on in July, so there will be a period of transition for the team over the summer.  GtRC is very popular! Whilst it is wonderful to be receiving many requests for our support, our challenge is to balance the workload so that we can continue to provide a consistently high service to rural churches across our Diocese.

https://exeter.anglican.org Revd Huw Ryden, who /resources/growing-rural- kindly gave his time to help

church us shoot photos for the @GtRCDevon upcoming Welcome toolkit.

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Education

Achievements  Continuing positive SIAMS inspection results have increased the number of good or better CofE schools;  Stronger cross diocesan partnerships are adding value to our collective efforts e.g. new academy articles;  All Saints Academy Plymouth received a ‘good’ SIAMS inspection judgement and continues to make significant improvements right across the school showing the impact of the Management Partnership;  St James Okehampton opened with a very positive celebration event that was well attended; Challenges  Some partnership working with LAs has caused tensions around school organisation issues – traditional communication channels and protocols have ‘frayed’ a little;  School funding continues to restrict the potential for greater collaborative activity.

Cumulative figures for the Academic Year (RAG in relation to previous year)

Percentage of schools buying our Service Level Agreement (SLA) 62%

Number of school engagements with diocesan training events 192

Income raised through SLA subscription £29,438

Number of schools directly engaged through a diocesan training event or face to face 133 meeting Commentary: There has been a 90% increase in the number of schools needing to engage with Devon’s Financial Intervention Panel in the last year meaning that they need access to funds beyond their budget. Our high quality SIAMS related training and network events continue to have a positive impact on inspection outcomes with fewer schools in the less than good categories.

Quarterly figures compared to previous quarter

Number of schools supported to achieve academy status 1 NA

Good or better evaluations of training by delegates 94%

Commentary: The pace of ‘academisation’ has steadily slowed but looks to be building again for the next academic year.

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Overview of current school connectivity

Number of schools in formal multi-school groupings (federations, Multi-Academy Trusts (MATS) and Management Partnerships) 101

Number of MATS with church articles 14

Commentary: There is growing evidence of the positive impact that multi-school groupings are having on pupil outcomes as well as school finances. Further schools are considering more formal partnerships. Several this term have consulted on joining federations from September 2019.

Inspection Overview

Outstanding / Good Requires Inadequate Excellent Improvement

OFSTED 12% 76% 10% 2%

SIAMS* 42% 51% 6% 1%

Commentary: Longstanding Ofsted ‘outstanding’ schools remain vulnerable to receiving a challenging re-inspection as these are triggered due to qualifying complaints or data concerns. However the eight SIAMS reports for this quarter have further increased the number achieving the highest grading. Over the last two years all schools have been graded as at least good.

RAG Worse than previous result In-line with previous result Better than previous result

OfSTED SIAMS Outstanding/Excellent 2% 1% Good 6% 10% 12% Requires Improvement

Inadequate 42%

51%

76%

*Statutory Inspection of Anglican and Methodist

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EDBE Strategic Plan 2019 – 22 Monitoring and Evaluation

Theme Focus 1 Achievement Key Outcome(s) Pupil progress and attainment results (aggregated) show a year on year upward trajectory

KEY PRIORITIES COMMENTARY

RAG

EDBE

Impact

Monitor 1.1 Add capacity to the Education Opportunities through appraisal have been taken to Team to be able to support schools’ ensure that our strategic plan outcomes are now EXEC improvement work increasingly woven into the team’s work. effectively. Agreed an annual diocesan individual MAT discussion 1.2 Develop more efficient and with a number booked for the autumn – this will help accurate intelligence about church to target our support next year. SEG school performance and Management Partnership monitoring shows these are vulnerability. effective in accelerating school improvement. 1.3 Ensure that schools causing SIAMS reports show improved engagement with concern receive timely and SEG diocese and improving outcomes as a result. appropriate additional support. Strong partnership working with LAs continues. 1.4 Provide, commission and Bespoke training is providing better ways to maximize facilitate high quality training, and staff time and expertise. SEG collaborative projects, that have a positive impact in schools. Theme Focus 2 Mission Key Outcome(s) To ensure education settings are integrated well within the diocesan mission 2.1 Integrate the work of the EDBE EXEC Regular meetings with colleagues in other diocesan more fully into the diocesan vision. teams ensures that we can add value to our shared 2.2 Build capacity and expertise to SOGG priorities e.g. school and college chaplaincy support schools and multi-school consultancy and SWMTC expectations. groupings so that the quality of RE Resource schools are being recruited with volunteers teaching and collective worship having already put themselves forward. flourishes. A very successful launch of the Agreed Syllabus for RE in Devon and Torbay. Theme Focus 3 Leadership Key Outcome(s) Effective leadership and management of the EDBE is ensuring the teams’ work has a positive impact on pupils. 3.1 Continue to develop the Synod approved our contribution to the children, effectiveness of the EDBE so that the young people, families and youth growth priorities. EXEC mission of the diocese is realised, Evidence from SIAMS inspections shows that the work and outcomes for pupils improve. of the education team is making a difference. 3.2 Ensure the work of the EDBE is Oversight of the quarterly reports demonstrate transparent and effective at driving EXEC positive engagement with the EDBE. forward the strategic plan. CYP – Children and Young People SEG – Standards & Ethos Group SOGG – Schools’ Organisation Governance Group

RAG ‘Slippage’/Poor Trend On track/no trend Positive impact and trend

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Mission and Ministry

A great deal has happened in Q2 this year, with the Mission and Ministry team working hard to fulfil the diocesan priorities of Growing in Prayer, Making New Disciples and Serving the People of Devon with Joy in so many ways. The Mission Shed and Thy Kingdom Come events have been enormously successful, and we were able to reach so many diverse people across the diocese through providing a range Revd Preb of worshipping opportunities aimed at different audiences. Philip Sourbut The presence of team members at events such as the Director of Devon County Show and Family Fest have added to the Mission and profile of the team, and it is great to see just what impact Ministry there has been. The Mission Community Development Advisers have been supporting parishes on the ground and their work is starting to bear fruit in terms of helping to deliver action plans for future growth. Jon Curtis, our Lay Discipleship project manager, has been working hard to put together his plans for GRASS ROOTS discipleship, which will be rolled out later this year. Meanwhile the regular work of providing high quality CMD continues alongside the recruitment of a new cohort for the Foundations in Christian Ministry Course. We have doubled the capacity to 50 and we are still oversubscribed!

In April we welcomed John Fisher as our new Diocesan Director of Ordinands and in June Clare Cooke joined our team as Mission Adviser for Early Years. Both have considerable experience; John was ordained in 1994 and served his title in Chelmsford diocese. He subsequently was an incumbent in Nottingham for 10 years. During this time he was also Rural Dean and Chaplain to the East Midlands Ministerial Training course. Clare has a teaching background in primary education, as a deputy head teacher and acting head teacher. She currently leads a number of early years and family based mission initiatives in her local church in rural mid Devon. Clare will be working with Mission communities to help them start and develop parent and toddler groups, make the most of baptism opportunities and growing faith at home.

It is with a mixture of sadness and pride that we say goodbye to Barry Dugmore, who has been offered an exciting new role as Archdeacon Missioner in the Diocese of Coventry. It was great to welcome back Katherine Lyddon, who has returned from her time in Uganda full of her usual energy! Katherine will be also moving to a new post in the Diocese of Bath and Wells in September. Both Barry and Katherine have made an exceptional contribution to the life of the Diocese and we will miss them both enormously. Revd Hannah Alderson our vocations advisor (0.5) has been appointed Lazenby Chaplain at the University of Exeter. We are sad to lose Hannah from her diocesan role through which she has supported the vocational discernment of a significant number of people.

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Ordinands

John Fisher began in post as the new Diocesan Director of Ordinands (DDO) in early April. This means that the quarter has felt different with the orientation process beginning for a new member of the team. Much thanks goes to Andrew Godsall for his patient, wise and efficient management of the considerable workload during the vacancy.

Candidates for Bishop’s Advisory Panel

April to June is Bishop’s Advisory Panel (BAP) season. These are the selection panels that Male Candidates for BAP Female candidates attend to discern whether or not Candidates under 30 they should enter training for the ordained ministries. Exeter diocese sent 7 candidates to 3 30 - 39 BAP this quarter. 6 were recommended for training and they will begin this at some point 40 - 49 2 in the future. It is also the time of year when the DDO begins work on planning curacies for 50 and Over 2 those being ordained in 2020. This is a complex process, which runs throughout the summer and into the autumn.

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Giles King Smith is retiring as an Assistant DDO with our thanks for all that he has done. Stephen Cook plans to remain an ADDO but will see fewer candidates. A new member of the team is being appointed by Bishop Robert to assist with the discernment work. Our thanks go to all the ADDO team for their time, effort and care in helping candidates with formation and discernment work. It is a significant task.

The House of Bishops has endorsed proposals for the revision of the nine selection criteria used to discern vocations to the ordained ministries. This means that the team will need to be trained in using the new criteria. This change will also inevitably mean some revision of process. The team will find out more in the autumn when 6 A/DDOs attend training at Swanwick in November.

New Candidates Seen by the DDO

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Mission Community Development Team

Highlights of the Quarter

 Sam Upham has transferred her

Reader’s Licence to the Diocese and spoke at all of the Totnes Archdeacon’s Visitations.  Answers on a Postcard is being used in several deaneries and Mission Communities; Presenting responses and themes back to Tavistock Deanery Synod, the first Deanery to have completed the Answers on a Postcard exercise.  Joint working and sharing of skills with the GtRC Team on a number of key projects; North Taw Mission Community, Coast and Country Mission Community, Start Bay Mission Community and Kingsbridge Mission Community.  Strong social media engagement, promoting the work of our team and

good practice from around the diocese.

 Launch of the Market Towns Learning Community launch took place in June,

with Bishop Robert in attendance.

Market Towns will play an important role as hubs across the diocese, so our

strategy aims to promote a thriving church community in each one.

 Supporting deanery planning in

Torbay and Plymouth City, where Strategic Development Funding (SDF)

projects need to be integrated into

local planning.

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Active Projects in each Archdeaconry

Barnstaple Exeter Plymouth Totnes

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Totnes Barnstaple 34% 26%

Exeter 22%

Plymouth  Offering strong support during the 18% vacancy process in Sidmouth

Moretonhampstead, Two Rivers,

Ashwater and Black Torrington.  Both the Plymstock and Hooe Mission Community and Forder Valley Mission Community have made significant steps towards uniting their suburban churches around new Mission Action Plans.  Supporting Sacramental Mission; attending Family Fest South West, working with Parishes under the oversight of the Bishop of Ebbsfleet and promoting the Leading your Church into Growth (LYCIG) course led by the Bishop of Burnley. 

Revd Jon Marlow, Team Leader 01392 294942 07517 999935 [email protected] @jjmarlow

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Diocesan Mission Enabler

Achievements this Quarter

Mission Shed – Mission Shed Central Our third ‘Central’ event saw the Mission Shed local resource hub network embedding across the diocese with approx. 100 lay and ordained participants, from a breadth of church traditions, attending our day-long event themed around being and growing as an every-day follower of Jesus #TGIM (Thank God it’s Monday). +Jackie opened the day with reflections on the theme of following Jesus and was a member of our special ‘question time’ panel – our seminar themes included Christians in the work place, Grass Roots discipleship, What is a Fresh expression of church and why might I want to start one?, Sharing the story of ‘House of Bread’ and other fresh expressions of church in Torbay, Talking Jesus and Stories on the Street – creative engagement for local mission  Mission Shed local hubs – North Devon gathering was hosted by Lee Abbey in June with Lee Abbey Missioner Nick Haigh helping us to think about serving and loving communities and growing churches that are ‘community facing’ – The mission initiative shared between the Abbey and Lynn Mission Community ‘Love Lynn Valley’ created great ideas for local mission and serving the people of Devon with joy!  Plymouth, Torbay, West Devon and East Devon Hubs all meet in July  Preparing team for the Exeter hub launch on July 15th  Hosted a Vision and planning meeting with the whole Mission Shed coordinator team in May including new team members

Revd Barry Dugmore,

Mission Enabler

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Thy Kingdom Come – Launch event with Lee Abbey and Shirwell Mission Community in North Devon this year. TKC 2019 saw wide levels of engagement across the diocese with a variety of creative prayer events in churches and communities. Film produced for our Beacon event and diocesan website Beacon event – Exeter Cathedral, Pentecost Sunday Evening – This was an amazing celebration to conclude our focus of prayer. Over 600 people from across the diocese attended. The event included prayer spaces hosted by different church traditions, denominations and a church school, a nationally renowned worship band and a powerful symbolic representation of the Holy Spirit flowing over people’s heads and through the west doors of the cathedral ‘sending us out in the power of the Spirit’ – Film produced and available on website. South West Youth Ministries – Following successful discussions regarding a proposed partnership with South West Youth Ministries (SWYM) to resource youth mission engagement, discipleship and young vocations a contract will be shortly be in place for the next three years. 17-25’s – Development of Strategy paper for BSG and Diocesan synod: working with a small strategy group to develop a focused strategy for great engagement with young adults. Bishops in Mission 2020 – Initial Planning Sessions – meeting with archdeaconry planning teams to develop initial plans for 2020 Bishops in Mission. St Mellitus South West – Delivered second teaching day on ‘The place of evangelism in Christian Ministry and Mission’.

Thy Kingdom Come

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Children’s Ministry Adviser

Achievements this Quarter  County Show Devon Churches Children’s Tent 800 children visited our tent at Westpoint.  Toddle-On Day Conference - 51 parish volunteers and workers equipped and commissioned.  SPREE weekend - 1461 young people (459 primary and 563 secondary age) for a weekend of faith and fun at WestPoint.  Lee Abbey weekend - 42 Volunteer and paid children’s leaders being Refreshed, Renewed then Commissioned by Bishop Jackie.

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Lay Discipleship

The Lay Discipleship project is picking up speed – this quarter there has been a lot of work done on and around the new learning opportunity – GRASS ROOTS. It’s constructed around four parts based upon our own view of our discipleship, and the perspectives we have. The basic aim is to help each of us to take another step in our discipleship journey, and to be encouraged in the place we find ourselves now.

Si Smith, illustrator of Raised In Leeds and 40 (see picture) is creating a new number of specifically Devon-centric images as part of this project which will be available and usable as either something you can read individually or consider as a group. It will be available in printed format, PDF and audiobook.

Dr Jon Curtis, Lay Discipleship Project Manager 07889 542633 [email protected] @joncurtis82

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Church and Society

Our new Church and Society Officer, Chris Keppie, has continued to meet local and regional partners to enable mutual awareness and engagement around social & environmental issues facing the church and wider society. These contacts have been typically diverse including, for example, Age UK, Devon Churches Rural Forum, Devon Earth and Faith Action Network, Devon Faiths Crisis Response Team, Exeter Homeless Partnership, Rural Deans & Lay Chairs, St Olave’s Trust (for women & children in need), and Torch Trust (Christian charity for people with sight loss).

One particular focus has been on environmental issues, with Chris working closely with David Curry, our voluntary Diocesan Environment Officer, who continues to give passionate talks, events, and tailored advice on ‘living churchyards’, as well as writing general guidance notes. As part of the Devon Churches Green Action group, we are keen to develop our network of local ‘Green Champions’ not least to help increase numbers of A Rocha ‘Eco Churches’ – accreditations which both celebrate and share positive actions, and encourage us all to keep doing more to address our age’s twin environmental crises of climate change and biodiversity loss. It has been pleasing that this agenda has chimed with CPRE’s parallel ‘Devon’s Best Churchyard’ competition, with record number of Chris has been working with +Jackie, entries this year (winner to be announced next time!) Revd Marissa Cockfield and the It has also been positive working with Canon Chris Palmer and worshippers from the cathedral to start Safeguarding team to develop plans planning for a climate event there in the winter. for the Mental Health Roundtable that

he will chair, again with a focus on

developing a network of trained

champions to promote best practice.

Plans are developing for training on

Reconciliation, one of Archbishop

Justin’s priorities, and particularly

pertinent in this time of ongoing Brexit

tension.

Please contact Chris by: 01392 294924 [email protected] @chriskeppie1

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News from Plymouth Archdeaconry

Acting Archdeacon of Plymouth, Nick Shutt, became a ‘proper’ Archdeacon, when he was collated at St Andrew’s Minster Church on 18th June. Nick says: “For me, it was a great occasion and I hope and pray that moving forward in the Plymouth Archdeaconry we will be able to continue on the front foot for mission. My family flew in from far and wide to support me too! (and it wasn’t even a wedding or funeral…)”

On 13th May Hannah Fleming-Hill joined Transforming Plymouth Together as Project Support Development Worker, working with Chris in encouraging and enabling churches and organisations to work against social issues of inequality, injustice, poverty and unfairness. Hannah’s main focus is on the Feast of Fun events (a series of events across the city working to elevate holiday hunger) and on communications to raise the awareness of TPT across the city. Chris is delighted with her appointment, and it is really encouraging that we have nearly 40 events already booked in many of our churches to support children and families in Plymouth.

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The Easter holidays saw the first event of the year for “ Feast of Fun” (the Holiday Hunger program) where churches work together to support local communities by providing activities and food during school holidays. The event took place at St Budeaux Methodist church, and was supported by the church of St Boniface, St Budeaux Parish Church and the Baptist Church. Over 120 Transforming Plymouth Together children and their families enjoyed a is led by Chris Forster morning of fun activities, crafts, and bouncy castle and a buffet lunch. 07710 096210 The Easter Story was shared with all chris@transformingplymouth that gathered, and all joined in with together.org.uk singing “Our God is a Great big God”. @Plymtogether www.facebook.com/ Transforming PlymouthTogether Strategic Programmes

The work of our Strategic Programme Manager, Rafael Krasnodębski, continues at a pace, as we deliver significant new investment focused on helping to make new disciples across the Diocese: The outer estates project in Plymouth is progressing well, with the core group at St Aiden’s in Ernesettle already becoming a thriving worshipping community. This bodes well for the successful launch of the project at St James the Less in North Prospect in January 2020. In May we received the fantastic news that our application for the funding of a project in Exeter was successful, with £1,300,000 awarded by the Church Commissioners to fund the development of a worshipping community aimed at Exeter’s 30,000 strong student population. The next task is to finalise plans for an application for Strategic Development Funding in the Torbay area, which Ed and Jess Hodges, former looks to build on existing good practice and create hubs to Exeter University students, support mission throughout the bay. Diocesan Synod gave who have moved back to approval for an initial application to be put forward in the city to lead the new October 2019. There has been a great deal of support for this church community based at project at Deanery level, whilst Archdeacon Douglas Dettmer St Matthew’s Church. and Bishop Nick McKinnel have been helping to shape what looks to be an exciting missional opportunity for Torbay.

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