The Directory is divided into the following sections:-
- Foreword & Introduction
- Countywide Contacts and Educational Services
- Corby
- Daventry
- East Northants
- Kettering
- Northampton
- South Northants
- Wellingborough
- National Inter Faith Organisations
Introduction by Rev. Canon David Wiseman
This updated electronic version of the Directory has been made possible through funding provided by Northampton Borough Council to Northampton Inter Faith Forum for a Development Worker.
The significance of faith in the shaping of our identities and communities is increasingly recognised as having potential for bringing people together and building resilience against that which may divide our society. The Forum exists to build positive relationships that strengthen what is held in common and explore with respect, friendship and understanding our differences.
Foreword by Rev. Canon John Udris – Former Chair of 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.
Countywide Contacts
Buddhist
Buddhist (Tibetan)
Northants Buddhist Meditation Centre
Contact: Robert Pollak
Tel: 01536 520000
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Website: www.northantsbuddhists.com
Nagarjuna Buddhist Centre
Contact: Community Relations Officer – Pet Findon
Tel: 01604 686778
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Website: www.meditation-nagarjuna.org
Christian
Churches Together in Northamptonshire and Peterborough
Contact: Ecumenical Development Officer - Stuart Jenkins
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Website: www.shireandsoke.org.uk
Hindu
Indian Hindu Welfare Organisation
Contact: Neelam Aggarwal
Tel: 07791 618450
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Website: www.ihwo.org.uk
Northamptonshire Quakers
Website: www.northamptonshirequakers.or
Tel: 01604 289089
Association Supplementary Schools
Contact: Alaa Abouzanad
Tel: 01604 779 024 / 07711 917489
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Website: www.anss.org.uk
Sikh Education Service
Contact: Harkirat Singh
Tel: 07968 143546
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Sikh workshops and training across all sectors
Northamptonshire Police - Community Engagement Officers
Contact: DC 1121 Rachel Packman
Tel: 101 Ext 345227 / 07557776381
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Contact: PC 260 Christian Buckingham
Tel: 101 Ext 343415 / 07557 778 181
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Website: www.northants.police.uk
Corby
Buddhist
Buddhist (Tibetan) - Northants Buddhist Meditation Centre
Contact: Robert Pollak
Tel: 01536 520000
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Website: www.northantsbuddhists.com
Nagarjuna Buddhist Centre
Contact: Community Relations Officer – Pet Findon
Tel: 01604 686778
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Website: www.meditation-nagarjuna.org
Hindu
Indian Hindu Welfare Organisation
Contact: Neelam Aggarwal
Tel: 07791 618450
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Website: www.ihwo.org.uk
Hindu community
Contact: Ashok Nathwani
Tel: 01536 397612 or Mob.07845689108
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Muslim
Corby Muslim Association
Contact: Chair - Yusuf Chaudhury
Tel: 077337872712
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Website: www.corbymosque.co.uk
Daventry
Buddhist
Buddhist (Tibetan) - Northants Buddhist Meditation Centre
Contact: Robert Pollak
Tel: 01536 520000
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Website: www.northantsbuddhists.com
Nagarjuna Buddhist Centre
Contact: Community Relations Officer – Pet Findon
Tel: 01604 686778
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Website: www.meditation-nagarjuna.org
Hindu
Indian Hindu Welfare Organisation
Contact: Neelam Aggarwal
Tel: 07791 618450
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Website: www.ihwo.org.uk
East Northants
East Northants Faith Group
ENCS is the operating name of the East Northants Faith Group the network for the faith community and its community impacting services in East Northamptonshire. Registered Charity No 1154210 -
Contact: Operational Manager – Helen Allen
Tel: ENCS office - 01933 733001 / Church Office - 01933 418002 /
Mark Lees - 07956011402
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Website: www.encs.org.uk
Buddhist
Buddhist (Tibetan) - Northants Buddhist Meditation Centre
Contact: Robert Pollak
Tel: 01536 520000
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Website: www.northantsbuddhists.com
Nagarjuna Buddhist Centre
Contact: Community Relations Officer – Pet Findon
Tel: 01604 686778
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Website: www.meditation-nagarjuna.org
Christian
Churches in Thrapston/Oundle
Contact: Martin Hills
Tel: 01832 770010
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Website: www.oundledeanery.org.uk
Hindu
Indian Hindu Welfare Organisation
Contact: Neelam Aggarwal
Tel: 07791 618450
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Website: www.ihwo.org.uk
Kettering
Kettering Interfaith Forum
Website: https://together.ourchurchweb.org.uk/kettering/kettering-interfaith-forum/page1/
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Buddhist
Buddhist (Tibetan) - Northants Buddhist Meditation Centre
Contact: Robert Pollak
Tel: 01536 520000
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Website: www.northantsbuddhists.com
Nagarjuna Buddhist Centre
Contact: Community Relations Officer – Pet Findon
Tel: 01604 686778
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Website: www.meditation-nagarjuna.org
Christian
Churches Together in Kettering
Contact: Martin Swan
Tel: 01536 485690
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Website: http://together.ourchurchweb.org.uk/kettering/
Hindu
Indian Hindu Welfare Organisation
Contact: Neelam Aggarwal
Tel: 07791 618450
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Website: www.ihwo.org.uk
Hindu Community
Contact: Navin Pandya
Tel: 01536 350362
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Jewish (Reform Group)
Contact: Tony Sonn
Tel: 01536 511356
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Muslim
Kettering Muslim Association
Contact: Chair - Inam Khan / Secretary - Shahnawaz Bari
Tel: 07549000288 / 07552926072
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Website: www.ketteringmuslim.co.uk
Sikh
Sri Guru Singh Sabha Temple
Tel: 01536 410625
Please write to the Gurdwara for enquiries.
Northampton
Northampton Inter Faith Forum
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Website: www.niff.org.uk
Baha’i
Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Northampton
Contact: Secretary - Susan Phillips
Tel: 0800 619 0099
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Buddhist
Buddhist (Tibetan) - Northants Buddhist Meditation Centre
Contact: Robert Pollak
Tel: 01536 520000
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Website: www.northantsbuddhists.com
Nagarjuna Buddhist Centre
Contact: Community Relations Officer – Pet Findon
Tel: 01604 686778
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Website: www.meditation-nagarjuna.org
Buddhist (Japanese)
Contact: Stephanie Smyth
Musetta 07572 158567
Tel: 07919102150
Website: www.sgi-uk.org
Christian
Churches Together in Northampton
Contact: Ted Hale
Tel: 01604 762305
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Website: www.churches-together-northampton.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. Website: www.churches-togethernorthampton.org.uk
Hindu
Indian Hindu Welfare Organisation
Contact: Neelam Aggarwal
Tel: 07791 618450
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Website: www.ihwo.org.uk
Patel Samaj
Contact: Vijay Patel and Bipin Patel
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Jewish
Northampton Hebrew Congregation
Contact: John Josephs
Tel: 01604 633345
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Website: www.northantshc.org
Muslim
There are several mosques in Northampton. You can find details of the mosques
here www.mosquedirectory.co.uk
Key contacts for the Muslim community are:
Abington Jame Mosque
Contact: Imam - Sayfullah Nasir
Tel: 07581 011338
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Anjumane Ghulamne Hazrat Abbas
Contact: Chair - Syed Jafri
Tel: 07730594938
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GEM Trust (Gulzar-e Madina Trust)
Contact: Ayub Abdullah
Tel: 07736485942
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Website: www.madinamasjidnorthampton.org.u
Northampton Central Mosque
Contact: Imam - Ashraf Osmani / Chief Trustee – Adam Nasser
Tel: 07796 614083 / 07999 222234
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Website: www.ncmosque.co.uk
Northampton Grand Mosque
Contact: Chair - Mr Afiz Ali
Tel: 01604 626930 / 07960 165529
Northampton Islamic Centre
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Website: www. northamptonislamiccentre.com
Pearls of Peace
Contact: Zahira Case
Tel: 07950213796/07796172612
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Dialogue Society
Contact: Northampton Co-ordinator - Selcuk Bassoy
Tel: 07702927088
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Website: www.dialoguesociety.org
Northamptonshire Somali Community
Contact: Abade M Ahmed
Tel: 07453606105
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Sikh
Siri Guru Singh Sabha Temple
Contact: Amarjit Singh Atwal- Trustee
Contact number: 01604 634641
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Website: www.Northamptonsikhs.org
Mr Nirmal Singh Chandi - Vice President
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Website: www.northamptonsikhs.org
Sikh Community Centre & Youth Club (SCCYC)
Contact: Community Development Officer - Mrs Pindy Kaur Chahal
Tel: 01604 475802
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Website: www.northamptonsikhs.org
RBN Ramgharia Gurdwara and Community Centre
Contact: Gurdev Kaur Notay - President
Tel: 07903584120
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Website: www.rbngurdwara.co.uk
Contact: Kamalpreet Kaur- Volunteer Sikh Representive on NIFF
Tel: 07872558959
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Midland Langar Seva Society - Team Northampton
(Part of a national organisation that feeds the homeless in Northampton)
Contact: Inderjit Jutla
Tel: 07710 845623
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Website: www.midlandlangarseva.com/northampton
Unitarians
Northampton Unitarians Meeting House
Contact: Secretary – Sue Woolley
Tel: 01604 870746
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Website: www.northamptonunitarians.org.uk
The University of Northampton Multifaith Chaplaincy
Tel: 01604 892488
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Website: https://www.northampton.ac.uk/new-students/student-services
Northampton Bangladeshi Association
Contact: Centre Manager – Hasna Hoque
Tel: 01604 624930
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Website: https://nbagateway.co.uk
South Northants
Buddhist
Buddhist (Tibetan) - Northants Buddhist Meditation Centre
Contact: Robert Pollak
Tel: 01536 520000
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Website: www.northantsbuddhists.com
Nagarjuna Buddhist Centre
Contact: Community Relations Officer – Pet Findon
Tel: 01604 686778
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Website: www.meditation-nagarjuna.org
Christian
Churches Together in Towcester
Contact: Carol Lucas
Tel: 01327 605713 / 07808916470
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Website: http://www.towcesterhub.org.uk/churchesTogether.aspx
Wellingborough
Wellingborough Inter Faith Group
Contact: Chair - Shashi Dholakia / Secretary: Cynthia Bailey
Tel: 01933 227844
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Website: www.wellingboroughinterfaith.org
Baha’i
Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Wellingborough
Contact: Beverley Matthews
Tel: 01933 226867
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Buddhist
Buddhist (Tibetan) - Northants Buddhist Meditation Centre
Contact: Robert Pollak
Tel: 01536 520000
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Website: www.northantsbuddhists.com
Nagarjuna Buddhist Centre
Contact: Community Relations Officer – Pet Findon
Tel: 01604 686778
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Website: www.meditation-nagarjuna.org
Hindu
Indian Hindu Welfare Organisation
Contact: Neelam Aggarwal
Tel: 07791 618450
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Website: www.ihwo.org.uk
BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Wellingborough
Tel: 01933 272061
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Website: www.baps.org/Global-Network/UK-and-Europe/Wellingborough.aspx
Muslim
Islahul Muslimeen (Mosque)
Contact: Cllr Tony Aslam
Tel: 07886 534562
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Website: www.wellingboroughmosque.co.uk
National Organisations
The Inter Faith Network for the UK
Tel: 020 7730 0410
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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: 0207 842 8517
Website: www.fbrn.org.uk
The Faith-Based Regeneration Network UK (FbRN) is the UK’s leading national multi-faith network for community development, regeneration and social action. FbRN’s UK network currently consists of 1,300 organisations and individuals who regularly receive our free communications and newsletters. Members are from all faiths plus some who do not belong to a faith community but who are interested in the work of FbRN.