She is also Lay Chair of Clapham Deanery, and undertook the research on behalf of a 'Regeneration' group working in the Diocese of Southwark with the Deaneries of Southwark & Newington, North Lambeth and Bermondsey. She found that in this area where a wealthy riverside quickly gives way to some of the most extreme deprivation, 20% of the population are members of a faith community. The churches and other faiths are commonly engaged in community work apart from religious services, and there is already cooperation between local government and voluntary bodies including the faith groups.