Overview The Susanna Wesley Foundation is delighted to offer the Susanna Wesley Visiting Fellowship, an opportunity for from outside the Methodist Church in Great Britain area to spend up to two months in residence during the academic year (a period between September and December or between January and June) for research and knowledge exchange. Offering […]
Project: Review of supervision policy
Supervision in ministry contexts has emerged as a vital component of practice, reducing isolation, strengthening support, and improving accountability and safety in ministry. Since its initial pilot and introduction in 2015, supervision in the Methodist Church has developed through interim and draft policies into the current Reflective Supervision Policy (2021–26), which aims to; support ministers […]
Project: Chaplaincy and Freedom of Speech in Higher Education Institutions
Description: The Susanna Wesley Foundation (SWF) acknowledges that there is a great need to support chaplains in the work they do. People involved in this form of ministry often work alone and face a wide range of (at times conflicting) tasks. This participatory theological action research project aims at learning from people involved in chaplaincy […]
Resource – Working with refugees
At SWF we were pleased to support work led by Dr Andrew Orton transforming their research into working with refugees into a practical resource entitled ‘A guide to developing a reflective learning programme on identity for Christians working with refugees and asylum seekers’. Here Andrew reflects on the project: Many Christians across the UK and […]
Women and Methodism
SWF’s Associate Director Emma Pavey was invited to join a panel on women’s ageing at Wesley’s Memorial Church in Oxford on 23rd May, 2026, part of a day on Women and Methodism organised and hosted by Prof Bev Clack for the Westminster College Oxford Research Network. She joined historian Ruth Slatter and Bev on the […]
Report – Edgy Faith and Learning
We’re pleased to release the project report into a project SWF supported in collaboration with the St Peter’s Saltley Trust entitled Edgy Faith and Edgy Learning, written by Dr James Butler, Prof Clare Watkins and Dr Ian Jones. Using theological action research methodology, the team worked with seven groups who identified themselves as ‘edgy’. Visual […]
Report – Holy Communion online
We’re pleased to report on a project looking at online communion in the Methodist Church. The team write: In this project, led by Dr James Butler and Dr Ash Cocksworth, we seek to surface and reflect on the theology embedded in the practice of online celebrations of Holy Communion in the Methodist Church in Britain. It contributes to a […]
Women and Methodism: event
Our friends at The Research Network of Westminster College Oxford are hosting a one-day event entitled Women and Methodism: Contested Identities, Past & Present on Saturday 23rd May 2026 at Wesley Memorial Methodist Church in Oxford. Register here. They write: Join us for an engaging day of discovery as we uncover the vital, sometimes overlooked […]