• The new Bishop of Sherwood is consecrated at York Minster

  • Confirmation service at the Minster

  • Bishops and teams at oneLIFE launch

  • Ordination of Priests at Southwell Minster 2019

  • Racial Justice Sunday 2019

  • Young Leaders receive certificates

  • Celebrating 25 years of women priests

  • Bishop at Gunthorpe C of E Primary

  • Pledge to end modern day slavery

Welcome

We are the Church of England across Nottinghamshire and parts of South Yorkshire.The Diocese of Southwell & Nottingham is a network of over 300 churches in communities right across Nottinghamshire and some parts of South Yorkshire. More

News

  • Eleven new Licenced Lay Ministers,

    On Sunday at Southwell Minster we celebrated the licensing of eleven new Licenced Lay Ministers, also known as LLM’s or lay ministers. To celebrate this occasion, we are delighted to share some of the photos… More

  • Diocesan Synod

    This year’s Diocesan Synod took place online on Saturday 10 October where Paul Williams, the Bishop of Southwell & Nottingham made his address.    He began by expressing gratitude for the extraordinary way that the… More

  • Generosity Week

    Generosity Week – Harvest services continue around the parishes of Southwell & Nottingham this week who have been celebrating with eight days of services and worship materials for churches to… More

Coronavirus update

Safeguarding

We are committed to the safeguarding, care and nurture of everyone within our parishes and communities across the diocese.

All safeguarding concerns should continue be directed to the Diocesan Safeguarding team on telephone 01636 817200 during working hours. For non-urgent advice and queries including DBS advice, please email the safeguarding team at Safeguarding@southwell.anglican.org

If you have an immediate or emergency safeguarding concern, contact the Police on 999 or statutory agencies for:-
A child or vulnerable adult in Nottinghamshire – MASH (Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub) 0300 500 8080
A child in Nottingham City – Child & Families Direct 0115 876 4800
A vulnerable adult in Nottingham City – 0300 131 0300 (Out of hours Duty team 0300 456 4546)

Exploring Faith

Christians believe that faith is a gift and our experience shows that we all come to it in unique ways. Sometimes it feels like we have been searching for God, for others it is as if God has searched us out and found us. There is no one way to explore and find faith.   More>

Bishop Paul