Father Dane became vicar here at St Mary's in November 2014.

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As part of his duties, he provides support to a number of organizations in the local community.  He has been a school governor since 2000, joining the governors of St Mary's Primary School in 2014 when he became vicar here.  He was elected vice chair in 2017 and has served as chair of governors since 2020.  He is a member of the Royal British Legion and since 2017 has been Branch Chaplain for Swanley, Crockenhill & Hextable Royal British Legion and since 2018 has served as Branch President.  Fr Dane became Mayor's Chaplain for Swanley Town Council in 2017 and this has been renewed each year since.  In 2020, he began the process of becoming a Commissioned Officer in the Royal Naval Reserve, as chaplain to the Chislehurst and Sidcup Sea Cadets Unit.  Sustaining a link with his previous parish, Father Dane is a patron of the BYT Charity associated with the Orion Primary School (click here for more details, we always need support!)

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He was born and brought up in Belvedere and after a career in finance and admin trained for the priesthood at St Stephen's House, Oxford.  Fr Dane was made deacon in 1999 by the Rt Rev'd Richard Chartres and served in the parish of St Alphage, Burnt Oak, he was ordained priest in 2000 by the Rt Rev'd Peter Wheatley.  In 2001, Father Dane moved to serve the parish's daughter church, St Augustine's, which is on the Grahame Park estate.  Whilst at Grahame Park, he served as a trustee of the London Diocesan Board for Schools, chaired the Colindale Communities Trust and, briefly, the advisory board of the Wingfield Sure Start Centre.  He was also vice chair of the Grahame Park Regeneration Partnership Board.  He became chairman of governors for Goldbeaters Primary School in 2001 and chairman of The Orion primary school's governing body in 2002.  These two schools were joined in a federation in 2004, and he served as chair of governors from then until 2014 when he left Grahame Park to become vicar of St Mary's Swanley.