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The project team
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 Rosemary Nixon, Project Director |
 Rosemary started working with ROOTS in August 2005. She has a background in educational publishing and worked at OUP for 13 years in the English Language Teaching Division. As a freelancer, she has project managed, written and edited a range of educational materials including literacy programmes. She is an active member of her local church in north Oxfordshire, leading the choir, involved in collaborative worship planning and contributing to lay-led services. |
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 Maureen took over as editor of
CYP in March 2005. With a B.Ed. in theology and M.Ed. in religious education she has worked with children and young people of every age in formal and informal education settings, both in the UK and abroad. Maureen first worked with ROOTS as a writer, serving on the Editorial Group before her appointment as Editor. She lives in Weeton near Blackpool and worships with a church in Kirkham where she works with the young people. Maureen has been named one of three
Catholic Women of the Year for 2009 in recognition of her work for and with young people. |
 Gill Ambrose, Editor, ROOTS Adult & All Age |
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 After
15 years in teaching, Peter worked on a national IT in
education project before becoming Norfolk LEA's IT Adviser. In 1996
he left to freelance and to take a three-year lay / ordained
ecumenical ministerial training course, on which he has subsequently
tutored. He managed the Churchschools.co.uk website and
was involved in ROOTS as a member of the Editorial Group
before taking over as web editor early in 2005. Peter runs www.allbelievers.org.uk
to encourage lay ministry, and an associated eLearning organisation
that offers on-line courses for Christian adults. He currently
chairs the governing body of the local infant school and enjoys
reflective writing, garden,
countryside and family. Peter helps lead in a rural
Anglican benefice near Norwich. He has a particular interest in
'walking the talk' in all areas of life and in developing 'church' for those who are not normally
interested. |
 Allison
Ward, Marketing |
 Allison Ward started working for ROOTS in July 2007. She was previously the marketing manager for the
Church Times, publicity officer for Darton, Longman and Todd publishers, and manager of Mowbray's Bookshop. She was a leader of a Methodist youth group and head server of her college chapel, and is currently a member of the PCC at her local Anglican church in Kent, which she attends with her two small children. |
| ROOTS for Churches Ltd, the publisher |
| The ROOTS magazines and website are published by ROOTS for
Churches Ltd. |
| Credits and acknowledgements |
| The ROOTS magazines are designed by Oxford Designers &
Illustrators. The ROOTS website is hosted by So Internet (UK) Ltd. |
Maureen Baldwin, Editor, ROOTS
Children & Young People
Gill Ambrose became Editor of ROOTS Worship
(Adult & All Age from September 2008) early in 2007 after being the Children's Work Adviser for Ely
diocese for over twenty years. She originally trained as a primary
school teacher and worked in schools in Sheffield and Cambridge
before becoming a full-time mum, when she did all sorts of things!
She has written and contributed to a number of books about worship
and education and is currently a member of the Church of England
Liturgical Commission and of the General Synod. She is married to an Anglican
priest and they have a Godly Play classroom in
their garden.
Peter Nicholls, Web Editor