Wellbeing Contacts for Clergy

Confidential Counselling

• Confidential counselling for clergy can be obtained by contacting Bruce.Kinsey@cantab.net.

Bishop's Adviser for wellbeing

• The Bishop’s Advisor for Wellbeing helps integrate work which focusses on the wellbeing of clergy and lay leaders, be a point of contact and signpost to resources supporting wellbeing in ministry, and encourage active theological and spiritual reflection on wellbeing.
• The Revd Philip Howson can be contacted on wellbeing.advisor@elydiocese.org.

Financial Concerns

• Clergy are encourage to visit the Clergy Trusts and Grants pages of the website by clicking here to see what financial support might be available for them.

Resources and Organisations for Care and Support

• There are several excellent local and national services offering care and support on a wide range of matters, many of these organisations are listed on the Safeguarding pages of the website.

Consider going on Retreat

• Information on Retreat centres, local and further afield, are listed on the Diocesan website here.

Look for a spiritual companion

• We all need companions on the pilgrimage of life and it can be helpful to have someone walking alongside us in our spiritual journey, such as a ‘spiritual director’ or ‘soul friend’. For further information, please email: spiritual.direction@elydiocese.org.

Reach out to the Bishops' Offices or the Archdeacons

• The Bishop of Ely and Bishop of Huntingdon are there to support clergy in every way they can. If you need support, do please contact the Bishops offices for help.
• The Archdeacons' are also there to help and support our clergy, please do reach out and ask for support from either Archdeacon here.