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New COO for the DoWMAT
Earlier this year, Russell Dalton became the new Chief
Operating Officer of the Diocese of Worcester Multi-Academy Trust (DoWMAT). Russell joined the DoWMAT
from Pershore High School where as Finance and
Business Director he helped the school become an
academy and form a small multi-academy trust.
Russell said: “I’m looking forward to using my leadership
experience to provide strategic input to a much larger
multi-academy trust. I moved into education to try to improve learning outcomes for
young people and I believe strongly in the ethos of the DoWMAT to ensure schools are
focussed on the child and their achievements.
The DoWMAT currently includes ten primary schools, with more lined up to join. “It has
grown rapidly in a short space of time,” continued Russell. “That’s great, but it means
there is a lot to do. My role will be to help achieve a level of standardisation across the
MAT, helping our schools to focus on teaching and learning and improve standards. I’ll
also be ensuring that every school is financially viable.”
Russell joined the army when he was 16 and rose to the rank of Regimental Sargeant
Major before moving into education. While at Pershore High School he was nominated
as School Business Manager of the Year and was an advocate for the National College
of School Leaders. He is married to Angelique and they have two grown up children. In
his spare time Russell enjoys outdoor activities, running, dancing, going to the gym and
baking exceedingly good cakes!
Please pray for Russell and all those involved in the Diocese of Worcester Multi
Academy Trust.
Bromsgrove Deanery – Rural Dean: Paul Lawlor, Lay Chair: David Hargreaves
The Anglican Church of Tanzania & Diocese of Mpwapwa (Tanzania): Bishop Jacob Chimeledya
Diocese of Sheffield: Bishop Pete Wilcox with Bishop Peter Burrows (Doncaster)
Diocese of Sodor and Man: Bishop Peter Eagles
Church of Greenland (Diocese of Greenland within the Evangelical Lutheran Church
in Denmark): Bishop Sofe Petersen
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Bromsgrove Team Ministry
Pray for St Godwalds and give thanks for all those who are maintaining our services
and church life during the vacancy, particularly our churchwardens. Pray that we may
continue our support to St Basil’s and New Starts (local charities) and Street Pastors in
Bromsgrove. Clergy: Vacant; Readers: Jan Hewer, Sally Burdet
Diocese of Ibadan South (Nigeria): Bishop Akintunde Popoola
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Bromsgrove Team Ministry
Pray for Christ Church, Catshill, the churchwardens and the ministry and pastoral
teams. Clergy: Bev Robertson, Pat Barford; Reader: Geoff Westwood Diocese of Ibadan North (Nigeria): Bishop Segun Okubadejo Continue Reading
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Bromsgrove Team Ministry
Pray for the communities of St John the Baptist w St Andrew, Charford as we continue
to explore and develop our outreach into the town and the estate of Charford. For Rae,
our part-time detached youth worker, for those in our Pilgrim Course, new member… Continue Reading
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Economy and Daily Life
At the beginning of the academic year pray for all who work in education, and all who
study, that they may face the challenges of the new term with fortitude and vision. Pray
especially for those leaving home for the first time, that they may make frie… Continue Reading
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Bromsgrove Team Ministry
Pray for All Saints during this time of vacancy, especially for our churchwardens. For
outreach amongst the elderly and housebound and for the Mothers’ Union. For all
involved in voluntary lay ministry and for Sue Humphries, retired minister. Clergy: vacant;
Reader: Rosemary Sumner
Diocese of Kootenay (Canada): Bishop John Privett
Diocese of Huron (Canada): Bishop Linda Nicholls with Suffragan Bishop Terrance Dance
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Bromsgrove Deanery
We pray that we can now look forward as we move from clergy being restricted by health
issues, and vacancies affecting the deanery, and give thanks for mission initiatives in
Bromsgrove and Redditch. Rural Dean: Paul Lawlor; Lay Chair: David Hargreaves… Continue Reading
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Safe Car Wash app
Modern slavery is hidden in plain sight on our high streets. The National Crime Agency
thinks there are tens of thousands of people being exploited in the UK, forced to work
long hours, for little or no pay, and under threat of violence.
Some of those people are being exploited in hand car washes, which in recent years have
sprung up across the country in their thousands. Many of those hand car washes are
legitimate businesses, but some of them are not. Police raids in hand car washes in towns
and cities up and down the country have unearthed victims living in horrendous conditions.
Although law enforcement and the government are clear
that this problem exists, there is no reliable data on just
how widespread it is. This lack of information means that
victims could be falling through the net, becoming more
enmeshed in the cycle of exploitation.
The Clewer Initiative has spoken to the police, the
National Crime Agency and the Gangmasters & Labour
Abuse Authority about how the Church can help them
solve this and bring these hidden victims into the light. As a result they have developed
the Safe Car Wash app. A new tool that will enable the largest community intelligence
gathering exercise ever attempted in the United Kingdom.
Download the free app onto your smartphone and then when you are using a hand car
wash, simply open the app and complete a short survey about the working conditions of
the car wash. The app will ask a series of questions related to the indicators of modern
slavery and if there is a high likelihood that modern slavery is occurring in the hand car
wash, you will be asked to report your concerns to the Modern Slavery Helpline.
Find out more at: www.theclewerinitiative.org/safecarwash
Please pray for all those working at hand car washes, that they are treated fairly. Grant
hope to those who are being controlled by others and cannot see a way out. Keep them
safe from abuse, and give them the courage to seek help.
Bromsgrove Deanery – Rural Dean: Paul Lawlor; Lay Chair: David Hargreaves
The Episcopal Church of Sudan: Archbishop Ezekiel Kondo
Diocese of Tuam, Killala and Achonry (Ireland): Bishop Patrick Rooke
Diocese of Bath & Wells: Bishop Peter Hancock with Bishop Ruth Worsley (Taunton)
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Retired Clergy in Upton Deanery
Our thanks are offered for the retired clergy who assist in the Upton Deanery. Most travel
from outside the district but are happy to help this deanery which has few retired clergy
living within. We thank God for the family of the Church which stretche… Continue Reading
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