Who’s who

Clergy

Rev’d Carol Barrett Ford

Vicar

Carol taught English for twenty years before becoming a priest. She served her curacy in an urban priority area in inner city Newcastle upon Tyne, followed by her appointment as chaplain to St John’s College, Cambridge where she also served as Acting Dean of Chapel. After leaving Cambridge she was vicar at St Martin’s, Gospel Oak.

Carol is Area Dean of Camden and actively involved in Initial Ministerial Education for the Edmonton Area, working with curates in their first three years of ministry

Carol loves music and art and walking on the Heath with her husband Alun and their wire-haired fox terrier, Tonwen.

Readers

Handley Stevens

Handley has been a Reader since 1991, coming to Hampstead in 1998. After 30 years in the civil service, Handley has been a Visiting Research Associate at the LSE since 1994. When not writing about transport and European policies, he enjoys singing, opera, walking and gardening.

Andrew Penny

Andrew has been at HPC for three decades, but was kept young in spirit by long involvement with the older children. He was persuaded to become a reader over10 years ago and served a total of 6 years as churchwarden and too many on the PCC, He retired as a solicitor recently and is kept busy as chair of C4WS (shelters), Caris Camden (after-school clubs) and Churches Together in Hampstead. When not worrying about the next sermon, he dreams of live opera and walking and camping in France.

Churchwardens

Angela Gardner

Angela started attending Hampstead Parish Church after moving to the area in 1999. She soon got involved in many aspects of church community life including Hampstead Parochial School and the Hampstead Players. Her professional background is in accountancy and now works as a Diversity and Inclusion Manager for an international law firm. Angela lives in West Hampstead with husband David and their family.

Sheena Ginnings

Sheena has been coming to Hampstead Parish Church for over 30 years. She is a retired solicitor and knowledge manager. She is the Coordinator of the Hampstead Churches Community Sponsorship Group which supports a Syrian refugee family and is a virtual visitor at the Royal Free. She loves gardening and art and buys books at a faster rate that she manages to read them.