Get ready for Anti-Slavery Day on Saturday 18th October 2025. Anti-Slavery Day takes place every year on October 18, and is an opportunity to raise awareness of the fact that more than 122,000 men, women and children in the UK, are trapped in conditions of modern slavery.
On Saturday 4 October, we welcomed 7 newly licensed lay ministers, re-licensed all lay ministers for the triennium, and collectively celebrated 280 years of licensed lay ministry in the Diocese of Ely, with long service awards ranging from 3 to 45 years. A selection of photographs from the service.
Single Friendly Church Network are a charity that encourages churches to welcome and value single people at every stage of life.
We are pleased to hear the announcement of the next Archbishop of Canterbury, the Rt Revd and Right Honourable Dame Sarah Mullally DBE.
These symbols have been developed for use across the Church of England and comprise an icon-based, accessibility self-assessment tool for church use in online and printed signage.
Congregation members from St Andrew's Soham and St Andrew's Chesterton will be marking Black History Month by celebrating their connection to one of the 18th century’s most famous figures in the campaign to abolish the transatlantic slave trade - Olaudah Equiano.
This video, made in collaboration with Cambridge Churches Homeless Project (CCHP) for Homelessness Sunday, features people sharing their lived experiences of Homelessness.
All Saints’ Church in the Huntingdonshire village of Hamerton recently had a special visit from the Dean of Westminster, the Very Revd Dr David Hoyle KCVO MBE.
Some of our new LLMs tell us a little bit about themselves and their journey through discernment, selection and training to licensing, in their own words.
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Chris Stanford-Beale as our next Chair of Ely Diocesan Board of Finance (EDBF).
A Garden Party to celebrate the 400 years since the Ferrars arrived.
The Church of England has published a prayer on the death of HRH The Duchess of Kent.
Creationtide or the Season of Creation is the period in the annual church calendar, from 1st September to 4th October, dedicated to God as Creator and Sustainer of all life.
We have been notified of a data breach that has occurred involving personal data processed by Access Personal Checking Services Ltd (APCS), acting as the data processor for those using APCS for DBS applications. In addition to many parishes across the Church of England, the breach has also affected a number of separate Dioceses and also the NCIs, all of whom also use APCS.
At the end of a hot and humid day in Melbourn, we held a service to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Victory in Japan. The weather set the scene as we focussed on those who had fought in and been taken prisoner or died in the Far East.
Memories from 80 years ago were shared by some of our Elderberries during the afternoon tea festivities.
The Cambridgeshire Historic Churches Trust and the Diocese of Ely present – Steeplechase: Cambridgeshire’s Civil War Churches.
The SSOM monthly Zoom call is a safe place where people will be able to share and discuss in confidence of being valued, respected and heard.
Come along to find out more about the range of lay ministry roles available across the diocese, as well as the discernment process, training and support available.
We are pleased to announce that, subject to the usual checks, George Thomas Woods has been appointed as the new Diocesan Secretary and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ely Diocesan Board of Finance (EDBF), commencing on 1 November 2025.