Central Church offices relocate in Belfast

Thursday August 17th 2023

The new office for the Church of Ireland’s central staff is based at 18-22 Hill Street.

The Church of Ireland’s central staff in Belfast, working for departments of the Representative Church Body and for the General Synod, have moved to 18-22 Hill Street, in the city’s Cathedral Quarter, following the vacation of Church of Ireland House on Donegall Street.

Members of staff working in the following areas are currently located at this new address:

Board of Education (NI) & Transferor Representatives’ Council
Church of Ireland Press Office
Church of Ireland Youth Department
Safeguarding Office (NI) & Access NI vetting

Parishes are asked to note that all Access NI forms must now be sent to:

Claire Geoghegan,
Access NI Administrator,
Floor 2, 18-22 Hill Street,
Belfast,
BT1 2LA

Correspondence addressed to former Church of Ireland offices on Donegall Street will no longer be received. The offices may be contacted as follows:

Board of Education (NI) & Transferor Representatives’ Council

Secretary: Peter Hamill
Administrator: Claire Geoghegan
Tel: +44 (0)28 9082 8860
Email: edunorth@rcbcoi.org / peter.hamill@rcbcoi.org

Transferors’ website: www.trc-churcheducation.org

Church of Ireland Press Office

Press Officer: Peter Cheney
Tel: +44 (0)28 9082 8880
Mob: +44(0)7774 295 369
Email: pressoffice@rcbcoi.org / peter.cheney@rcbcoi.org

Website: www.ireland.anglican.org/news

Church of Ireland Youth Department

National Youth Officer: Simon Henry
Administrator: Barbara Swann
Tel: +44 (0)28 9082 8890
Emails: admin@ciyd.org / simon@ciyd.org / barbara@ciyd.org

Website: www.ciyd.org

Safeguarding Office (NI)

Safeguarding Officer: Gillian Taylor
Access NI Administrator: Claire Geoghegan
Tel: +44 (0)28 9082 8860
Email: sgoni@rcbcoi.org

Website: https://safeguarding.ireland.anglican.org

The Transferor Representatives’ Council represents the Church of Ireland, Presbyterian Church in Ireland, and Methodist Church in Ireland in all matters of education in Northern Ireland.

Full contact information for the Dioceses of Connor and Down and Dromore, at their new offices at Old Channel Road in East Belfast, is available at the following links:

Connor – https://connor.anglican.org/about-us/contact-us
Down and Dromore – downanddromore.org/about-us/contact-us

Clergy, staff, and volunteers are recommended to keep this information for reference and to amend the relevant contact details held on file as needed.