The information in this directory is correct as of February 2023
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
Forward & Introduction
Introduction by Rev. Canon David Wiseman
This updated electronic version of the Directory was made possible through funding provided by Northampton Borough Council to Northampton Inter-Faith Forum for a Development Worker. The Directory has been edited and updated recently by members of the NIFF committee.
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 N.I.F.F.
Jonathan Sacks, Chief Rabbi in Britain (1991-2013), 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.
Reviewed 2018 and edited 2022
Countywide Contacts & Education Services
Buddhist
Buddhist (Tibetan) – Northants Buddhist Meditation Centre
Contact: Robert Pollak
Tel: 01536 520000
Email: northantsbuddhists@gmail.com
Website: www.northantsbuddhists.com
Christian
Churches Together in Northamptonshire and Peterborough
Email: allison.shefford@shireandsoke.org.uk
Website: www.shireandsoke.org.uk
Hindu
Indian Hindu Welfare Organisation
Contact: Neelam Aggarwal (Chairperson)
Tel: 07791 618450
Email: info@ihwo.org.uk
Website: www.ihwo.org.uk
Northamptonshire Quakers
Website: www.northamptonshirequakers.org
Association Supplementary Schools
Contact: Alaa Abouzanad
Tel: 01604 779 024 / 07711 917489
Email: nsschs@hotmail.com
Website: www.anss.org.uk
Sikh Education Service
Contact: Harkirat Singh
Tel: 07968 143546
Email: mrharkiratsingh@sky.com
Sikh workshops and training across all sectors
Northamptonshire Police – Community Engagement Officers
Contact: DC Eleri Neale
Tel: 101 Ext 345227 / 07557 776381
Email: eleri.neale@northants.police.uk
Contact: PC 260 Christian Buckenham
Tel: 101 Ext 343415 / 07557 778 181
Email: christian.buckenham@northants.police.uk
Website: www.northants.police.uk
Corby
Buddhist
Buddhist (Tibetan) – Northants Buddhist Meditation Centre
Contact: Robert Pollak
Tel: 01536 520000
Email: northantsbuddhists@gmail.com
Website: www.northantsbuddhists.com
Hindu
Indian Hindu Welfare Organisation
Contact: Neelam Aggarwal (Chairperson)
Tel: 07791 618450
Email: info@ihwo.org.uk
Website: www.ihwo.org.uk
Muslim
Corby Muslim Association
Contact: Eyusuf Chaudhury (Chairperson)
Tel: 07733 7872712
Email: eyusufchaudhury@hotmail.co.uk
Website: www.corbymosque.co.uk
Daventry
Buddhist
Buddhist (Tibetan) – Northants Buddhist Meditation Centre
Contact: Robert Pollak
Tel: 01536 520000
Email: northantsbuddhists@gmail.com
Website: www.northantsbuddhists.com
Hindu
Indian Hindu Welfare Organisation
Contact: Neelam Aggarwal (Chairperson)
Tel: 07791 618450
Email: info@ihwo.org.uk
Website: www.ihwo.org.uk
Muslim
Daventry Muslim Association
Email: daventrymasjid@gmail.com
Website: www.daventrymasjid.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. ENCS is now called ENCOMPASS.
Contact: Jo Burns (Operational Manager)
Email: info@encompasscharity.org.uk
Website: https://encompasscharity.org.uk/
Kettering
Jewish Reform Group
Contact: Lesley Sonn
Tel: 01536 511356
Northampton
Northampton Inter Faith Forum
Email: contact@niff.org.uk
Website: www.niff.org.uk [You are on our website]
Baha’i
Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Northampton
Tel: 0800 619 0099
Email: enquiries@northamptonbahais.org.uk
Website: www.northamptonbahais.org.uk
Buddhist
Buddhist (Tibetan) – Northants Buddhist Meditation Centre
Contact: Robert Pollak
Tel: 01536 520000
Email: northantsbuddhists@gmail.com
Website: www.northantsbuddhists.com
Buddhist (Japanese)
Tel: 01628 773163
Website: www.sgi-uk.org
Christian
Churches Together in Northampton
Contact: Revd Liz Adams
Tel: 01604 580912
Email: liz26021979@gmail.com
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.
Hindu
Indian Hindu Welfare Organisation
Contact: Neelam Aggarwal (Chairperson)
Tel: 07791 618450
Email: info@ihwo.org.uk
Website: www.ihwo.org.uk
Jewish
Northampton Hebrew Congregation
Contact: Michael Necus
Tel: 01604 633345
Website: www.northantshc.org
Muslim
There are several mosques in Northampton. You can find details of the mosques here https://www.mosquedirectory.co.uk/
Key contacts for the Muslim community are:
Al Jamatul Muslimin of Bangladesh Masjid
8 St Georges Street
NN1 2TR
Contact: Giash Uddin (Secretary )
Tel: 07533 078166
Northampton Central Mosque
112 – 116 Abington Avenue
Northampton
NN1 4PD
Contact: Moulana Ashraf Osmani (Secretary/trustee)
Tel: 07796 614083
Website: www.ncmosque.co.uk
Gulzare Medina Mosque
1 Collingdale Road
Northampton
NN3 2TS
Contact: Ayub Abdullah (Trustee)
Tel: 07736 485942
Website: https://www.madinamasjidnorthampton.org.uk/
Northampton Mosque and Islamic Centre
Clare Street
Northampton
NN1 3JA
Contact: Abdur Razzak (Trustee/Imam)
Tel: 07951 816208
Website: https://northamptonislamiccentre.com/
Baitul Mamur Mosque
41-43 Argyle Street
St. James
Northampton
NN5 5JG
Contact: Lutfur Rahman (Chairman)
Tel: 07868 607335
Northampton Bangladeshi Association
Tel: 01604 624930
Email: nba_bangla@hotmail.com
Website: https://nbagateway.co.uk
Northampton Dialogue Society
Website: www.dialoguesociety.org
Northampton Pearls of Peace
Contact: Zahira Case
Tel: 07950 213796 / 07796 172612
Email: pearlsofpeace@hotmail.co.uk
Northampton Somali Community
Contact the Somali Women’s Association
Email: northamptonsomaliwomen@hotmail.co.uk
Sikh
Siri Guru Singh Sabha Temple
Contact: Amarjit Singh Atwal (Trustee)
Tel: 01604 634641
Email: Northamptonsikhs@gmail.com
Contact: Mr Nirmal Singh Chandi (Vice President)
Email: Norman.Singh@hotmail.co.uk
Website: www.northamptonsikhs.org
Sikh Community Centre & Youth Club (SCCYC)
Contact: Mrs Pindy Kaur Chahal (Community Development Officer)
Tel: 01604 475802
Email: sccyc@watersideconnect.com / pindy@watersideconnect.com
Website: https://sccyc.co.uk/
RBN Gurdwara Sahib and Community Centre
Tel: 01604 621135
Email: info@rbngurdwara.co.uk
Website: www.rbngurdwara.co.uk
Midland Langar Seva Society – Team Northampton
(Part of a national organisation that feeds the homeless in Northampton)
Contact: Inderjit Jutla
Tel: 07710 845623
Email: Midland.langar.seva.society@outlook.com
Website: www.midlandlangarseva.org/
Unitarians
Northampton Unitarians Meeting House
Website: www.northamptonunitarians.org.uk
The University of Northampton Multifaith Chaplaincy
Tel: 01604 892488
Email: chaplaincy@northampton.ac.uk
Website: https://www.northampton.ac.uk/student-life/support/your-wellbeing/
South Northants
Buddhist
Buddhist (Tibetan) – Northants Buddhist Meditation Centre
Contact: Robert Pollak
Tel: 01536 520000
Email: northantsbuddhists@gmail.com
Website: www.northantsbuddhists.com
Christian
Churches Together in Towcester
Contact: Den and Becky Martin
Tel: 07968 375023
Email: Lucascrl@aol.com
Website: http://www.towcesterhub.org.uk/churchesTogether.aspx
Wellingborough
Wellingborough Inter Faith Group (WIFG)
Contact: Ruth Moss (Secretary)
Email: wifg2021@gmail.com
Baha’i
Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Wellingborough
Contact: Aiden Matthews
Tel: 07969 754306
Buddhist
Buddhist (Tibetan) – Northants Buddhist Meditation Centre
Contact: Robert Pollak
Tel: 01536 520000
Email: northantsbuddhists@gmail.com
Website: www.northantsbuddhists.com
Hindu
Indian Hindu Welfare Organisation
Contact: Neelam Aggarwal (Chairperson)
Tel: 07791 618450
Email: info@ihwo.org.uk
Website: www.ihwo.org.uk
BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Wellingborough
Tel: 01933 274330
Email: info.wellingborough@uk.baps.org
Website: www.baps.org/Global-Network/UK-and-Europe/Wellingborough.aspx
Wellingborough District Hindu Centre
Tel: 01933 274330
Muslim
Islahul Muslimeen (Mosque)
Tel: 07762 125255
Email: islahulmuslimeen@hotmail.co.uk
Website: www.wellingboroughmosque.co.uk
National Inter-Faith Organisations
The Inter-Faith Network for the UK
Tel: 020 7730 0410
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
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.