Articles by: Diocese of Winchester - Communications Team
Creationtide 2025 – Week 1: Goodness of Creation
This Creationtide, we’re looking at different aspects of creation, reflecting on questions each week and thinking about what we can do to care for God’s creation. This week, we’re...
Future Bishop of Basingstoke Gets to Know the Diocese
The soon-to-be Bishop of Basingstoke, Kelly Betteridge, spent all day on Thursday 28th August travelling round the north of the diocese meeting people from different communities. Following the official...
Take Part in Zero Waste Week: 1-5 September
Zero Waste Week, this year taking place between 1 September and 5 September, is an annual campaign aimed at reducing landfill waste – a time to stop and think how we manage and create our...
PRESS RELEASE: New Bishop of Basingstoke Announced by Downing Street
It has been announced by Downing Street that the Venerable Kelly Anne Betteridge, currently Archdeacon of Bodmin, will be the next Bishop of Basingstoke As Bishop of Basingstoke, Kelly...
Data Breach – Data Associated With Online DBS Checks (APCS)
We have been informed of a data breach that has occurred involving data processed by Access Personal Checking Services (APCS) Ltd – the provider that our diocese, along with...
Bishop Philip and Bishop Rhiannon Give ‘Blessings to Go’ to People in Bournemouth
The Bishop of Winchester and Bishop of Southampton recently visited Bournemouth, together with local clergy, to offer blessings and prayers in the town centre. It was the first time...
Christ Church, Freemantle with Millbrook Celebrates Growing Diverse Congregation
Five years ago, Christ Church Freemantle with Millbrook were without a vicar and the congregation was dwindling. Now numbers are growing, and from two children in Sunday School, there...
God at Work in the Diocese of Winchester: Signs of ‘The Quiet Revival’
Recent evidence suggests that Church decline in England and Wales has not only stopped, but that the Church is growing, with young people leading the exciting turnaround in church...
Churches Across the Diocese Give Thanks for Jane Austen!
With this year marking the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth, churches across the Diocese of Winchester have held special services and events to celebrate and give thanks to...