Training & Development
The role of the Learning Network is to equip and resource the Methodist Church through a wide range of contextually relevant learning and development opportunities.
As well as developing work from what comes out of the Conference and the Connexional Learning & Development Forum, the Learning Network also works alongside districts, circuits and churches to be places of lifelong learning and sharing.
Each officer of the Learning Network is aligned to a district to allow the team to listen, communicate and respond on a district and circuit level. Through their aligned officer, districts, circuits and churches also have access to the wider network of Learning & Development Officers, each of whom has a wide variety of specialist skills.
Stuart Watkin is the Learning & Development Officer aligned to the Bedfordshire, Essex & Hertfordshire District. He has worked in education for two decades, in prison education, the Sixth Form College sector and secondary schools, and was Vice Principal of an Academy in London. He lives in London with his wife and dogs. Stuart's main areas of work are Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Additional Needs and Chaplaincy.
Contact Stuart: watkins@methodistchurch.org.uk | 07825 669586
Please contact Stuart to discuss any aspect of the life of your church community where there are opportunities for further learning, development, conversation and sharing.
Alternatively, you can contact Tricia Mitchell, Learning & Development Manager for the South East area staff group:
mitchellt@methodistchurch.org.uk.
You can find full details of the work of the Learning Network and the latest learning and development opportunities at About the Learning Network (methodist.org.uk) or connect with us on Facebook at The Learning Network (Methodist Church) | Facebook.
Learning Network Training Events 2024-25
David Friswell, 20/07/2019