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Former BBC newsreader 'Chaplain to older people' |
 Broadcaster Debbie Thrower, 52, has been appointed by Churches in Alton as the new ‘chaplain to older people’. Funded by The Simeon Trust, Debbie will be the country’s first Simeon Chaplain, concerned for the spiritual welfare of people in residential care and sheltered accommodation in the town.
‘Hope is what the new job is all about,’ said Debbie, who is also a lay minister (or Reader) in the Church of England. ‘I seek to come alongside not only older people but also their relatives, carers and staff working in residential care. It is the clearest possible message from the churches I’ll represent that older people matter.’
Debbie, is a former BBC national newsreader, presenter of South Today and BBC Radio 2 and regularly appeared on Songs of Praise on BBC 1. Six years ago Debbie began the three year training to be a Reader, licensed to preach, teach and lead worship, gaining a Certificate of Christian Theology and Ministry from the University of Winchester. She is married with two teenage children and will combine her chaplaincy work with her freelance broadcasting career.
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