 Sally Fogden-Gap Rating 3/10 Sally who lives in Honington has been recognised for her services to Rural Affairs in East Anglia. As the Bishop's Agricultural Chaplain, she was responsible for the creation of the Addington Fund which supported Suffolk's pig farmers through the outbreak of Classic Swine Fever in 2000 and played a leading part in helping rural communities during the Foot and Mouth epidemic in 2001. She is a member of the national committee of the Rural Stress Information Network, which assists rural communities across the country, and has a seat on the National Board of the Farm Crisis Network, a Christian organisation which helps those connected with agriculture in times of crisis in their lives.
"I am very honoured," says Sally, "This award really is a recognition of the work of so many other people." The Bishop of Dunwich, the Rt Revd Clive Young welcomed Sally's honour. "This public recognition of Sally's energetic and passionate concern for Suffolk's farming communities, in good times and critical times will be applauded by all the churches of the county." “She been hugely supportive of farming and the countryside and in particular those less fortunate than herself, through the Rural Stress Information Network," says James Stamper, Lay Canon at St Edmundsbury Cathedral and local farmer. "Indirectly, Foot and Mouth hit many Suffolk communities and Sally's support was invaluable. I am sure the whole farming community will be pleased for her." Sally was a member of the first group of twenty-two women to be ordained in the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich on April 30th 1994 and has been the Diocesan Adviser on Women's Ministry since 1990.
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