Diocese of Oxford

Marking Neurodiversity Celebration Week

A message from The Bishop of Buckingham, the Rt Revd Dave Bull

Our new Neurodiversity Forum will serve people across the diocese. The forum is for lay and ordained people in leadership who identify as neurodivergent, whether they have been diagnosed or not. It will be a space to make connections, support and encourage each other. We all have strategies for ways to help ourselves and some things we find really easy so great to share.

“Every person we ever meet is precious to God, and they have the potential to make a one-of-a-kind contribution to the life of the church.

“Our prejudice stops us from seeing this potential and our EDI work is about helping us learn to see all people as Jesus sees them.” 

Our new Neurodiversity Forum is for lay and ordained people in leadership who identify as neurodivergent, whether they have been diagnosed or not. It will be a space to make connections, support and encourage each other.

More details of a forum launch event on 13 May will be made available in the coming weeks. 

You can watch Bishop Dave talk about our Neurodiversity Forum by clicking the image above or this link.

If you want to get involved, email jane.hemmings@oxford.anglican.org. 

You can find more Neurodiversity Celebration Week content, including videos and stories from around the parishes, on the news section of our website.