The Directory
is divided into the following sections:-
The Directory
is divided into the following sections:-
Foreword & Introduction
County-wide Contacts
Corby
Daventry" East Northants
Kettering
Northampton
South Northants
Wellingborough
Regional Inter Faith Organisations
National Inter Faith Organisations
Other Resources
Foreword by Rev. Canon John Udris, Chair: Northampton Inter Faith Forum
Jonathan Sacks, Chief Rabbi in Britain, gave a lecture, "How faith communities can renew civil society". He asked his audience to imagine being on the London Eye, looking at all the buildings in view, and asking "What goes on in there?" (Cited in "The Tablet" 14 Feb. 09). Amongst the buildings would be Churches, Mosques, Synagogues, Temples, and Gurdwara. What happens in these, and what they have in common, is the sharing of spiritual treasures, bonding and building up communities, and inspiring people to serve their neighbours. No city or town is healthy without them.
Northampton Inter Faith Forum (NIFF) was formally launched in 2006 for the mutual encouragement of individual faith communities, and to work for better understanding between members of different faiths. NIFF includes representatives of the Baha'i, Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jewish, Muslim and Sikh faiths. Members of these faiths live throughout the County of Northamptonshire. Until now there has been no way in which people of all the different faiths could contact each other across the County. Nor has there been a resource for others who need to make contact with the various groups. Now there is. This directory aims to meet the need.
In 2008, through the Department for Communities and Local Government, funding became available to provide an Inter Faith Development Worker for NIFF for an 8-month period. This work included the creation of this Inter Faith Directory for the County Of Northamptonshire. NIFF were pleased to manage this project with the support of Northamptonshire County Council, Wellingborough Inter Faith Group, and Faithworks Northampton.
The aim was not to set up another organisation, but to gather and organise
information about Faith communities, and inter faith groups throughout the County;
and to provide details of key contact people within these groups. NIFF believes
this will facilitate and encourage inter faith networking both at local level
and county-wide. But the directory will be helpful in other ways.
Public bodies, including Local Authorities, Emergency Services, and other agencies
will find this directory helpful in those many situations where a person's or
a group's faith and their roots are of importance; and where faith groups are
significant providers in their communities. Without doubt, this directory will
help promote social cohesion within the County.
Introduction
We have tried to keep this directory as succinct as possible, but we are aware that it will be used by people who have limited knowledge of faith groups. All of us are still learning. Therefore, as well as providing contact details for faith and inter faith groups, very brief descriptive or explanatory paragraphs are sometimes added; or suggestions made as to where further information might be found. Faith forms only one part of what shapes our identity, but we invite those who use this resource to do so in the knowledge that people of good faith want to work in partnerships for the common good. We hope you will find this directory helpful.
If you have suggested amendments, please contact the NIFF Secretary:
Rev Dr Ted Hale;
Email: secretary@halesnorthampton.plus.com.
Tel: 01604 762305
Countywide Contacts
Shire & Soke (Christian)
(Churches Together in Northamptonshire and Peterborough).
Teresa Brown
Ecumenical Officer
Tel: 01832 293535
Email: teresabrown@shireandsoke.org.uk
Website: www.shireandsoke.org.uk
Northamptonshire Muslim Council
Chair: Yousuf Miah
Tel: 01604 239326
Mob: 07909 843536 / 07793 728524
Email: nmuslimc@yahoo.com
Local Authority
Northamptonshire County Council
Emergency Planning
Joanne Maddams
Tel: 01604 237450
Email: JMaddams@northamptonshire.gov.ukNorthamptonshire County Council
Community Cohesion
Mellisa Azore-Edwards
Tel: 01604 236236
Email: MAEdwards@northamptonshire.gov.uk
University of Northampton
Multi-Faith Chaplaincy
Tel: 01604 892488
Email: chaplaincy@northampton.ac.uk
Corby
Faith Groups
Buddhist [Vietnamese]
Ann Irving
Tel: 01832 731557
Email: brian.braithwaite3@btopenworld.com
Website: www.interbeing.org.uk
Christian
Churches Together in Corby
Chair: Paul Arnold
Tel: 01536 403931
Email: rept.arnold@mypostoffice.co.uk
Hindu
Ashok Nathwahi
Tel: 07845689108
Email: ashox.nathwani@btinternet.com
Muslim
Corby Muslim Organisation
Chair: Anya Chaudhury
07825 017342
Local Authority
Corby Borough Council
Asst Chief Executive
Angela Warburton
Tel: 01536 464008
Email:angela.warburton@corby.gov.uk
Website: www.corby.gov.uk
Corby Community Partnership
Karon Phillips
Tel: 01536 263946
Website: www.corbycp.org.uk
Daventry
Faith Groups
Buddhist
Nagarjuna Buddhist Centre
Community Relations Officer
Pet Finden
Tel: 01604 686778
Email: cr@meditation-nagarjuna.org
Website: www.meditation-nagarjuna.org
Christian
Churches Together in Daventry
Chair: Mark Middleton
Tel: 01327 315818
Email: info@ctid.org.uk
Website: www.ctid.org.uk
Local Authority
Daventry District Council
Community Team
Kevin Fagan
Tel: 01327 302424
Email: kfagan@daventrydc.gov.uk
East Northants
Faith Groups
Christian
Churches in Thrapston/Oundle
Mike Jones
Tel: 01832 273674
Email: pastor@oundlebaptist.org.ukCouncil of Churches in Rushden and Higham Ferrers
Chair: Martyn Thorne
Tel: 01933312426
Email: martyn@mthorne4.wanadoo.co.uk
Local Authority
East Northants District Council
Voluntary Sector Development Officer
Richard Sims
Tel: 01832 742244
Email: rsyms@east-northamptonshire.gov.uk
East Northants Faith Group
Mark Lees - Development Officer
Tel: 01933 418002
Mob: 07956011402
Email: enfaithgroup@aol.com
Website: www.enfg.org.uk
Kettering
Faith Groups
Buddhist (Tibetan)
Robert Pollak
Tel: 01536 520000
Email: kettsamyedzong@aol.com
Website: www.samyedzongnorthants
Christian
Churches Together in Kettering
Vice Chair: Peter Strong
Tel: 07840 619276
Email: peter@peterstrong95.wanadoo.co.uk
Website: www.ketteringchurchestogether.co.uk
Hindu
Navin Pandya
Tel: 01536 350362
Jewish (Reform Group)
Tony Sonn
Tel: 01536 511356
Muslim
Kettering Muslim Association
Sec: Suhel Dudha
Tel: 07967 835886
Email: secretary@ketteringmuslim.co.uk
Website: www.ketteringmuslim.co.uk
Sikh
Sri Guru Singh Sabha
Sec: K.S. Bains
Tel: 01536 410625
Local Authority
Kettering Borough Council
Community Services
Iain Kirtley
Tel: 01536 410333
Email: iainkirtley@kettering.gov.uk
Northampton
Northampton Inter Faith Forum
Sec: Ted Hale
Tel: 01604 762305
Email: secretary@halesnorthampton.plus.com
Faith Groups
Baha'i
Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Northampton
Secretary: Susan Phillips
Mob: 07504729825
Email: secretary@bahaisofnorthampton.org.uk
Buddhist (Japanese)
Stephanie Smyth
Mob: 07919102150
Website: www.sgi-uk.org
Christian
Churches Together in Northampton
Chair: David Wiseman
Tel: 01604 633254
Email: david@wiseman50.freeserve.co.uk
Website: www.churches-togethernorthampton.org.uk
The website of Churches Together in Northampton has an almost complete list of the nearly 120 churches in Northampton. As well as the historic denominations there are churches reflecting a wide range of ethnicity; Chinese, Polish, Lithuanian, African, Caribbean, African etc.
Indian Hindu Welfare Organisation
Neelam Aggarwal
Tel: 01604 637900
or C.Mistry
Tel: 01604 404869
Email: ihwonorthampton@yahoo.co.uk
Website: www.ihwo.org.uk
Jewish
Northampton Hebrew Congregation
Michael Necus
Mob: 07811 420514
Email: chairman@northantshc.org
Website: www.northantshc.org
Muslim
There are a number of mosques in Northampton. Key contacts for the Muslim community
are:
Northampton Islamic Association
Chair: Aziz Rahman
Tel: 07737 545236
Email: niagroup@hotmail.co.uk
Website: www.niagroup.org.uk
Spring Educational Society
Treasurer: Selcuk Bassoy
Tel: 07921645887
Email: info@springeducation.org.uk
Website: www.springeducation.org.uk
Maulana Ashraf Osmani
Tel: 07796614083
Email: ash2273@yahoo.com
Nigerian Muslim Community
Chair: Abdul Rasaq Ashiru
Tel: 07957987321
Anjumane Ghulamne Hazrat Abbas a.s
Chair: Syed Jafri
Tel: 07980855042
Email: zafarabbas999@hotmail.co.uk
Website: www.agha110.com
Sikh
Sikh Temple / Gurdwara
Amarjit Singh Atwal
Tel: 01604 634641
Email: northamptonsikhs@gmail.com
Website: www.northamptonsikhs.orgRamgharia Gurdwara
Asst Sec: Surinder Singh Kaundal
Mob: 07785 272330
Local Authority
Northampton Borough Council
Head of Policy and Community Engagement
Thomas Hall
Tel: 01604 837593
Mob: 0777 0704353
Email: thall@northampton.gov.uk
Website: www.northampton.gov.uk
South Northants
Faith Groups
Christian
Churches Together in Towcester
Chair: Sue Litchfield
Tel: 01327 353743
Email: suel@dominos.uk.netChurches in Brackley
Chair: Alan Perkins
Tel: 01869 810687
Email: oldperks@btinternet.com
Local Authority
South Northamptonshire Council
Head of Community Engagement
Nicola Capewell
Tel: 01327 322330
Email: Nicola.Capewell@SouthNorthants.gov.uk
Website: www.SouthNorthants.gov.uk
Wellingborough
Wellingborough Inter Faith Group
Chair: Cynthia Bailey
Tel: 01933 277400
Email: Cynthia@bailey420.fsnet.co.uk
Faith Groups
Baha'i
Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Wellingborough
Secretary: Shohreh Azarkadeh
Tel: 01933 442323
Email: shohrehazarkadeh@yahoo.com
Christian
Churches Together in Wellingborough
Chair: Amanda Cuthbertson
Tel: 01933 673893
www.wellingborough-churchestogether.org/
Hindu
Wellingborough District Hindu
Association
Chair: Vinod Dattani
Tel: 01933 223154
Email: wdha@hotmail.co.uk
Muslim
Islah Muslimeen
Chair: Syed Islam
Mob: 07754 190862
Local Authority
Borough Council of Wellingborough
Head of Neighbourhood Development
Carole Stephenson
Tel: 01933 231804
Email: cstephenson@wellingborough.gov.uk
Website: www.wellingborough.gov.uk
National Organisations
The Inter Faith Network for the UK
Tel: 020 79317766 Fax: 020 79317722
Email: ifnet@interfaith.org.uk
Website: www.interfaith.org.uk
The Inter Faith Network for the UK (IFN) is an inter faith agency recognised and supported by central government: to which central government refers when it needs inter faith advice. It has excellent guidelines on inter faith dialogue and action. As members of IFN, NIFF incorporated these guidelines in their Constitution. Other bodies involved in inter faith work are advised to consult them. IFN are always willing to give advice and help if asked.
Faith Based Regeneration Network
Tel: 020 7471 6791/2
Email: assistant@fbrn.org.uk
Website:www.fbrn.org.uk
The Faith Based Regeneration Network UK (FbRN) is the leading national multi faith network for community regeneration and social action. It reaches 9,000 individuals and projects, and all faiths.
Regional Inter Faith Organisations
Faiths Forum for the East Midlands
Atheah Ghani
Development Officer
107 Moira Street
Loughborough LE11 1AU
Tel: 01509 234 317
Email: atheah@ffem.org.uk
Website: www.ffem.org.uk
East Midlands Churches Forum
Derek Markie
Executive Director
Tel: 0115 962 2134
Mob: 07778 772176
e-mail: emcfadmin@btconnect.com
Website: www.emcf.org.uk