I started as the new Diocesan Youth Officer in April 2008 and my husband Michael and I have received a warm welcome from churches in Kidderminster where we are living. Since moving to Kidderminster, Michael and I have also added a member to our household in the form of an eight year old Staffordshire Bull Terrier called Eddie.

For the last five years I’ve been a parish youth minister in High Wycombe, part of the Oxford Diocese. I worked for a church which was proud to have been consecrated in the eleventh century by one Bishop Wulfstan of Worcester and coming to the diocese has felt a lot like coming home.

In my time as a youth minister I ran youth clubs and youth discussion groups at the church and prepared young people for confirmation as well as taking full part in the life and worship of the parish. As well as parish work, I helped co-ordinate ecumenical events for young people around the whole district of High Wycombe where I was particularly responsible for creative worship and publicity. As part of the Oxford diocesan network of youth workers, I helped with training volunteers and running the diocesan youth weekend residential and also led the annual Taizé pilgrimage. In High Wycombe I got involved as a governor at our local Church of England primary school and was part of the ecumenical chaplaincy team at Bucks New University. I hope to bring all of this experience to my work here in Worcester and look forward to hearing about all that is going on with young people in the diocese.

Before I was a youth worker I taught Latin and Medieval History at Reading University and I am still surprised at how often Latin seems useful in a youthwork setting!

When I’m not working with young people, I spend my time painting in oil and acrylics, watching films, experimenting in the kitchen or sitting by the fire with my husband listening to Radio 4.

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