Ralph Godsall
User Profile
UK
Priest Vicar of Westminster Abbey
Interests/Expertise:
- Third sector
- Loneliness and the provision of care among the elderly and vulnerable
- Religion and belief in public life in the United Kingdom
- New religious movements (especially within Islam)
- Displacement of minority religious groups in the Near and Middle East.
Recent research/consultancy:
Service delivery
- Facilitating connections and learning experiences among and between school educators from all five continents
- Resourcing retirement housing schemes for people over 55 years of age
- Providing accommodation for key workers like nurses, hospital staff and teachers
- Helping to build communities where people want to live
- Working with the homeless, the indebted, and asylum seekers
Policy
- School provision and continuing adult education – strategic local authority planning
- Care of the elderly, marginalized, and homeless
- Housing – provision of affordable, low-cost housing
- Sustainable living and affordable public transport
Partnerships
- More than 20 years experience of building partnerships at local, regional and global levels between educators, charities and statutory bodies in education, housing provision and community care
Governance
- School governance and oversight in both the maintained and private schools in the UK in inner-city, rural and multi-ethnic settings, including funding procurement, curriculum appraisal and performance, and staff recruitment
Recognitions, positions, memberships:
My vocational path has enabled me to gain valuable practical experience in the areas of education and training, housing and the care of the young, elderly and marginalized, and to analyse organizational behaviour at local and regional levels in both the statutory and voluntary sectors. I have gained experience of different regions and areas within the United Kingdom and have good links overseas, especially in the United States. I have developed skills at grass root level that liberate potential and have worked alongside those in leadership positions (especially in education and community provision) searching for new ways of meeting the challenges they face.
I have recently taken early retirement and would like to make my practical experience available to the Observatory for the enhancement of understanding and good practice in and between community life and public policy.
Employment
- Rochester Cathedral
- Westminster Abbey
- St Margaret’s, Westminster Abbey
- The Speaker’s Office, Houses of Parliament
Industry/community roles
- King’s School Rochester
- Greycoat Hospital
- Calderdale Council
- The Passage
- mhs homes group
- United Westminster Almshouses
- Global Connections
Professional associations, executive positions
- The Grubb Institute
- The Alban Institute
- House of Bishops’ Inspectorate
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History
- Member for
- 14 years 29 weeks
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