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    • Indices of Deprivation
    • Parochial Fees
    • The Annual Meeting
    • Flying flags
    • Marriage Measure 2008
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  • CDBF Accounts
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• Consistory Court
• European Ecumenical Committee
• Family Support Work
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• Mothers Union
• Overseas
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• Sacred Sussex
• Safeguarding and CRB
• Schools
• Support for Parishes
• Sussex Historic Churches

Diocesan Secretary

The Diocesan Secretary is Francesca Del Mese, who has overall executive responsibility for diocesan administration and synod affairs. The department acts as the diocesan intermediary between parishes and national Church bodies, and administers clergy stipends, loans and grants. The Diocesan Secretary is assisted by Anne Steele, Pat Farmer and David Mason, who also oversees the main hub of the diocesan website and assists other departments and umbrella bodies with the current updating of their own sites.

The Diocesan Secretary’s office is usually able to provide advice on Church legislation.

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The Charities Act 1993 and the PCC , 2nd edition — the full text and the text broken down by chapters (from the Church of England website, in PDF format).

Indices of Deprivation 2004 (Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and the Church Commissioners)

Parochial Fees

Annual Meetings and the new Churchwardens Measure

Flying flags from churches

Diocesan Ecumemenical Strategy and Policy