Every chaplaincy has a page on the diocese website via the ‘Find a Church’ section. The information about each chaplaincy on our website is pulled directly from the chaplaincy's page on A Church Near You, the national Church of England’s church finder.

A Church Near You (or ACNY) is an amazing resource that is freely available to us.  The team at ACNY ensure that all church and chaplaincy pages there rank highly in search engines, which is great for chaplaincies in our diocese.

What can you update on your ACNY page?

Whenever you update your A Church Near You page, your page on the diocesan website will automatically update the same information within 24 hours.

For example, you can:

• Add contact Details

• Add location

• Add images and video

• Include a welcome message

• Update service times

How do I make changes to ACNY?

You need to be an Editor of your chaplaincy page.  Click the 'Editor Login' top right of the menu to request the role or to log in.  You can find out more on the Church of England website: A Church Near You

FAQ

Where do I go to for help using or troubleshooting ACNY?

There is a brilliant help desk and range of resources available once you log in as an Editor:

Should I bother with my ACNY page if we already have our own website?

Yes!  They are excellent tools for enabling people to find your chaplaincy.  You may even find it is best to only use ACNY and not try to resource your own stand alone website.  Many of our chaplaincies do that.