Communicate - the 2025 DC Comms Conference
Join colleagues from across the country at this one-day event - where you'll learn, network, and have a great day away from your desk!
Date and time
Location
St George's Church
Great George Street Leeds LS1 3BR United KingdomLineup
Agenda
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Doors open, refreshments
10:00 AM - 10:20 AM
Welcome
10:20 AM - 10:50 AM
Facing challenging situations and building personal resilience
Amanda Coleman
10:50 AM - 11:10 AM
Breakout groups
11:10 AM - 11:40 AM
Q&A with Amanda Coleman and Chloe Axford
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM
Break, refreshments
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Our best campaign this year and how we did it
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Lunch
2:00 PM - 2:20 PM
Influencer marketing in cathedrals
Daniel Coole & Megan Plowman, Diocese of Liverpool
2:20 PM - 2:30 PM
Breakout groups
2:30 PM - 2:45 PM
Q&A and discussion
2:45 PM - 3:00 PM
Break, refreshments
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM
Workshop session 1
3:45 PM - 4:30 PM
Workshop session 2
4:30 PM - 4:45 PM
Close
Chloe Axford
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM
Finish, with optional evening dinner
Good to know
Highlights
- 8 hours
- In person
Refund Policy
About this event
Communicate - the 2025 DC Comms Conference
Welcome to this year's gathering of the Church of England's communicators! Join us at St George's Church in Leeds for a day filled with inspiring talks, interactive workshops, and networking opportunities.
Get ready to connect with like-minded individuals, learn from industry experts, and leave feeling motivated and empowered.
Lunch and refreshments included, kindly sponsored by Ecclesiatical Insurance.
There will be three workshops running in the afternoon - you will have a choice to attend two of these. Please choose your workshops when you book your ticket.
Workshops
- How to use AI tools in your everyday work with Ruvimbo Makumbe, Digital Labs.
- What do you do when going to church feels like going to work? With Alexandra Zhirnova, Everyday Faith editor and (by video) Andrew Caspari, Diocesan Secretary at the Diocese of Europe.
- How we grew our 25K plus following on TikTok with Rev David Sims (@tiktok vicar), Rev Pippa White (@not_a_priestess) and Arun Kataria, Dircetor of Comms, Diocese of Lichfield.
Frequently asked questions
All communications and marketing staff of Church of England Cathedrals, Dioceses and National Church Institutions.
We will have a mixture of talks, stories and workshops, see the line-up below. A Conference Guide will also be ready soon for you to find out more.
We're looking to open the venue from 9am for refreshments, with our first session starting at 10am and we aim to close at 4.30pm. There will be optional dinners both before and after the event. More details will be added to the DC Handbook.
The conference will be held at St George's Church in Leeds city centre - a 14 minute walk from the train station. We've created a handy guide with more info on public transport, parking nearby hotels and restaurants, you can view it here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WAp6XZMe9kGf4WxMolOtFhrEQr5F
Unfortunately no, this will be an in-person event only but we can provide slides. These will be made available on the DC Handbook.
There's a few budget hotels nearby - take a look at the suggestions in the handy guide: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WAp6XZMe9kGf4WxMolOtFhrEQr5FFsE7/view?usp=drive_link
Please email Helen Rimmer: helen.rimmer@churchofengland.org
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