I'm Fr. Joshua Bell, a priest in the Church of England and chaplain in the Royal Navy. Next Spring I will be leading a pilgrimage to the Anglican Shrine of our Lady of Walsingham in Norfolk. Many of our pilgrims will be attending for the first time, some with little or no religious experience to date. It will be a valuable opportunity to explore what is most important in life, enhancing their spiritual resilience and provide, for those who wish, an opportunity to deepen their Christian discipleship.

The funds we are aiming to raise will help subsidise the pilgrimage for our most junior and lowest-paid sailors, enabling the pilgrimage to be as accessible as possible to all.