In a broken World, those who fight for social justice and transformation to help reveal God's Kingdom are very busy people indeed! In the Diocese of Derby, Stella Collishaw and Joy Bates are no exception.

Working within the Council for Social Responsibility, it's Stella's and Joy's job to 'turn up the volume of the Christian voice' to work against injustice on a huge range of social issues, from discrimination on race or disability to extreme poverty at home and abroad.

They see themselves as part of a broad team of people across the diocese, clergy and lay, who have specific community and/or social responsibilities. Stella and Joy offer practical help, advice and research funding opportunities to help others bring important social projects to fruition.

They can respond to Government or Church consultation documents, help parishes to implement legislation, for example the Disability Discrimination Act, and respond to individual requests for information.

Joy and Stella make it a priority to respond to requests of churches who are developing community projects, or who are partners in this work, managing available funds and giving grants towards those projects, and especially to needy lone parents.

The workload is split geographically where possible, Joy in the Derby Archdeaconry and Stella in the Chesterfield Archdeaconry.

The Council for Social Responsibility can be contacted on this e-mail address: socialresponsibility@derby.anglican.org, or on 01332 388684.

See CSR’s latest newsletter for details of resources, funding, useful schemes, conferences, training and events.

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