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The church of St. John's, Donisthorpe serves the  a parish made up of several different communities: Donisthorpe, Moira, Oakthorpe, Acresford and Stretton-en-le-Field with a total population of some 4500.

  St John's is one of the eight churches of the Woodfield Team of churches, covering the area for North-West Leicestershire from Normanton itself down to Norton-juxta-Twycross, and from Moira on the Derbyshire border across to Swepstone. Much of this area lies within the National Forest.

Our Team Rector is Revd Canon Vivien Elphick and she can be contacted on teamrector@stlaurencechurchmeasham.org.uk

If you have a safeguarding concern, then please contact Revd Vivien Elphick on 01530 270354. Please click on the  'safeguarding' tab above for more details. If you wish to speak to the Diocesan Safeguarding Team, or to someone outside the church, their contact details are available here https://www.leicester.anglican.org/about/safeguarding/