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Town and City Centre Chaplaincies Offer Support, Friendship and a Listening Ear
11th Sep 2025 / 2 Minute Read

Town and City Centre Chaplaincies Offer Support, Friendship and a Listening Ear

Town and city centre chaplains are there for anyone who needs support, whether in a shop or business, bus station or court. Chaplains are trained to work alongside people...

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Special Service Marks the Start of Term for Mission and Ministry Training
11th Sep 2025 / 2 Minute Read

Special Service Marks the Start of Term for Mission and Ministry Training

The start of a new term has been celebrated for people embarking or continuing their mission and ministry training with the Diocese of Winchester. 45 people attended the day...

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Summer Holiday Clubs Enjoyed Across the Diocese for the Young (and Not So Young!)
4th Sep 2025 / 2 Minute Read

Summer Holiday Clubs Enjoyed Across the Diocese for the Young (and Not So Young!)

“Holiday @ St Mary’s”, Basingstoke More than 80 people attended ‘Holiday @ St Mary’s’ in Basingstoke which is a joyous three day event for people over the age of...

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Milford on Sea Church Gives Blessings on the Beach
4th Sep 2025 / 2 Minute Read

Milford on Sea Church Gives Blessings on the Beach

All Saints in Milford on Sea took church onto the beach on a sunny Sunday morning to live out their vision of ‘sharing the love and life of Jesus’....

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Future Bishop of Basingstoke Gets to Know the Diocese
28th Aug 2025 / 2 Minute Read

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...

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PRESS RELEASE: New Bishop of Basingstoke Announced by Downing Street
28th Aug 2025 / 2 Minute Read

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...

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Data Breach – Data Associated With Online DBS Checks (APCS)
28th Aug 2025 / 2 Minute Read

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...

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Bishop Philip and Bishop Rhiannon Give ‘Blessings to Go’ to People in Bournemouth
19th Aug 2025 / 2 Minute Read

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...

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Christ Church, Freemantle with Millbrook Celebrates Growing Diverse Congregation
19th Aug 2025 / 2 Minute Read

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...

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