FOLLOWING the success of our Q&As in 2020-21 (still available on our YouTube channel), Open Table Network Co-Chairs Revd Andrew Howorth and Dr Carol Joyner will be in conversation.
Andrew became a trustee of the Open Table Network in March 2023, and Co-Chair of the charity in March 2024. Carol became a trustee of OTN in March 2024 and Co-Chair in April 2025.
Andrew recently retired as a Chaplain at the University of Bradford. He worked in mental health for 27 years, and served as a Methodist minister, before becoming a Church of England priest. Andrew works alongside his civil partner with the team that is developing the Open Table community in Bradford, the first to meet in a place that is not a church.
WATCH Andrew’s intro video [2.5 mins].
Carol is a freelance tutor, lecturer, public speaker and author of several books on bisexual Christian intersectional identities and LGBT Christian inclusion. She is part of the worship team at Augustine United Church in Edinburgh and on the leadership team of Our Tribe LGBT Ministry there. She lives with her wife just outside of Edinburgh and hopes to extend the Open Table Network in Scotland. WATCH Carol’s intro video [2 mins].
