All-Age Sung Eucharist every second Sunday in the month starting at 9.00am

Every Second Sunday at for 1 hour
St James Thornham
Thornham Lane Thornham Rochdale, OL16 4SJ, United Kingdom
The service is designed to be accessible to children and adults, so there is no Sunday School. There is, however, a creche for pre-school age children, which meets in the vestry after the service begins.

Refreshments are served after the service in the church hall.

The Church has an all ages choir which rehearses following the service at 10.30am.

St James Thornham

Welcome to St James Church Thornham. We are a friendly and active church community open to everyone who wishes to join us and explore the Christian faith. We seek to share God's love through our relationships with one another and through our service to the community.

We are the Church of England parish church for Thornham, located between Oldham and Rochdale in Greater Manchester. Please use this website to find out more about us and if you have any questions, please get in touch. 

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Holy Trinity Church
The Vicarage
13 Church Road
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All-Age Sung Eucharist every second Sunday in the month starting at 9.00am

Every Second Sunday at for 1 hour
St James Thornham
Thornham Lane Thornham Rochdale, OL16 4SJ, United Kingdom

The service is designed to be accessible to children and adults, so there is no Sunday School. There is, however, a creche for pre-school age children, which meets in the vestry after the service begins.

Refreshments are served after the service in the church hall.

The Church has an all ages choir which rehearses following the service at 10.30am.

Safeguarding

At St James' we work hard to maintain a safe environment for all.

We are committed to implementing the House of Bishops’ safeguarding policies and good practice guidance.

If you have any concerns or enquiries regarding safeguarding, please contact our safeguarding officer.

Parish Safeguarding Officer: Tina Astley

Email: [email protected]
Phone: 07732 984440

The Diocesan Safeguarding Adviser is Abbey Clephane-Wilson, she can be contacted at [email protected] or at 0161 828 1465 / 07384 460958

Out of Hours Support

The Diocese of Manchester partners with thirtyone:eight and you can access their Safeguarding Helpline if the Diocesan Safeguarding Adviser is unavailable. Thirtyone:eight can be contacted on 0303 003 1111.

This also includes any safeguarding queries outside of office hours on weekdays and weekends. An Information Sharing Agreement between the two organisations will allow the Diocesan Safeguarding Adviser to receive a copy of the advice thirtyone:eight may offer the caller.

In the case of an emergency

If you have immediate concerns about the safety of someone, please contact the police and your local authority Children or Adults Service.

Helplines

NSPCC Child Protection Helpline: 0808 800 5000 (lines free and open 24 hours).
Child-line: 0800 1111 (lines free and open 24 hours).
Parent Line: 0808 800 2222
National Domestic Violence Helpline: 0808 2000 247 (lines free and open 24 hours).
Samaritans Helpline: 116 123 (open 24 hours).
Action on Elder Abuse Helpline: 080 8808 8141 (free phone Monday to Friday 9-5pm)