Bethany Broadstock

National Manager - Media and Communications

Bethany is a trained journalist and highly skilled communicator across all platforms with experience in a variety of journalism, communications and marketing roles. She is passionate about telling the Uniting Church story with conviction and integrity into a changed and changing context.

The National Manager leads the Communications Unit which holds the Assembly's communications strategy, manages its presence on all platforms, facilitates the national public voice of the Uniting Church and the President, liaises with the media, collaborates with a national communicators network and curates stories from across the life of the UCA and its agencies.

Bethany has worked with the Communications Unit since early 2021 and also worked with the Assembly’s Act2 Project Unit from 2022-2024. She has served widely in the councils of the Uniting Church since 2011 and brings a deep understanding of the UCA context and voice to the role alongside strong professional and strategic gifts.

She currently holds a lay ministry role in the Banyule Network of Uniting Churches, which keeps her grounded and constantly reflecting on how national communications can best serve congregations and the disciples they make.

Bethany holds a Bachelor of Arts (Journalism), a Bachelor of Theology, a Graduate Certificate of Marketing and Digital Communications and a Graduate Diploma in Digital Marketing Leadership. She is based in Melbourne.

Media enquiries
bethanyb@nat.uca.org.au

Assembly Communications Unit
comms@nat.uca.org.au