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L'Arche Bradbury House 51a Aldwick Road Bognor Regis West Sussex PO21 2NJ England Tel: +44 124 386 3426 Fax: +44 124 384 0383 Email: bognor@larche.org.uk An international community which aims to build community among people with and without learning disabilities. It is interfaith but largely it is based on the Christian ethics of the Gospel. Its members range from those for whom a L'Arche community is a lifetime home to thos living outside but working at the Community house. |
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Baptist Union Retreat Group Now part of the Retreat Association [see entry below]. |
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Bahá’í Community of the UK 27 Rutland Gate London SW7 1PD England Tel: +44 20 7584 2566 Fax: +44 20 7584 9402 Email: nsa@bahai.org.uk Website: www.bahai.org.uk The Bahá'í faith, dating from 1844, is the most recent of the world's monotheistic religions. The faith's founder, Bahá'u'lláh, an Iranian nobleman whose name translates as "the Glory of God", spent much of his life in exile. The Bahá'í faith is the second most widespread of the world's religions, with 5 million followers in 235 countries and territories throughout the world. There are around 6,000 Bahá'ís in the UK. The Bahá'í faith an independent world religion, and has its own scriptures, places of worship and administration. It is not a branch of Islam. Bahá'ís believe that humanity is a single race with a common destiny. In the words of Bahá'u'lláh, the faith's founder, "The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens." |
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The Buddhist Society 58 Ecclestone Square London SW1 1PH England Tel: +44 207 834 5858 Fax: +44 207 976 5238 Email: info@thebuddhistsociety.org Website: www.thebuddhistsociety.org The Object of the Society is to publish and make known the principles of the major Buddhist Schools and traditions and to encourage the study and practice of those principles. Today, still faithful to its Objects, the Buddhist Society provides classes and courses in the teachings of the major Buddhist traditions, as well as a general introduction to Buddhism and its historical development. |
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The Catholic Charismatic Renewal ICCRS Palazzo San Calisto 00120 Vatican City Italy Tel: +39 6 6988 7126 Fax: +39 6 6988 7224 Website: www.iccrs.org The Catholic Charismatic Renewal began at a retreat for college students at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania in February 1967. The students had spent much of the weekend in prayer, asking God to allow them to experience the grace of both baptism and confirmation. The students, that weekend, had a powerful and transforming experience of God, which came to be known as 'baptism in the Spirit'. The account of the weekend and the experience of the Spirit quickly spread across the college campus, then to other campuses throughout the country. The charismatic experience soon moved beyond colleges and began to have an impact on regular parishes and other Catholic institutions. Loose organisations and networks were formed. Catholic charismatic conferences began to be held, drawing over 30,000 at Notre Dame campus in South Bend Indiana in the mid 1970's. The Catholic Charismatic Renewal is not a single, unified worldwide movement. It does not have a single founder or group of founders as many other movements do. It has no membership lists. It is a highly diverse collection of individuals, groups and activities – covenant communities, prayer groups, small faith sharing groups, renewed parishes, conferences, retreats, and even involvement in various apostolates and ministries – often quite independent of one another, in different stages and modes of development and with different emphases, that nevertheless share the same fundamental experience and espouse the same general goals. The common thread for the Movement is the 'baptism of the Holy Spirit'. For many people, this new, powerful, and life-transforming outpouring of the Holy Spirit takes place in the context of a specifically designed seminar called 'Life in the Spirit', although many have been 'baptised in the Spirit' outside of the seminar. Goodnews online is the official website of the National Service Committee for the Charismatic Renewal in England. The CREW Trust (Catholic Renewal for England and Wales) has for its objectives the advancement of the Christian religion and the promotion of the spiritual renewal of the Roman Catholic Church. Goodnews Office Allen Hall 28 Beaufort Street London SW3 5AA Tel: +44 20 7352 5298 Fax: +44 20 7351 4486 Website: www.ccr.org.uk |
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Catholic Marriage Centre North Walsham Norfolk England Tel: +44 1692 402398 Email: info@catholicmarriagecentre.org.uk Website: www.catholicmarriagecentre.org.uk We offer friendly and confidential help, prayer support, advice or information on pre-marriage and marriage relationships, by telephone, email, or through the website. Personal, face to face, help is available in North Walsham, Norfolk, to couples or individual spouses in Christian marriages. This is non-residential, but local hotel and B&B accommodation is close by. |
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Christian Life Community 114 Mount Street London W1K 3AH England Email: info@clcew.org.uk Website: www.clcew.org.uk Christian Life Community (CLC) is for people who want to understand more deeply how God is at work in their everyday lives. We meet regularly in small groups to pray and share, supporting one another through the ups and downs of ordinary life. In listening to one another we grow to understand ourselves, deepen our relationship with God and discover more clearly how each one of us is uniquely called to respond to God's love. |
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Communion and Liberation Email: secretary.cl@gmail.com Website: www.clonline.org/uk International movement of families and singles founded by Italian students but with small groups meeting across Britain. |
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Creative Arts Retreat Movement Jock Stein (Membership Secretary) 35 Dunbar Road Haddington EH41 3PJ Email: jstein@handselpress.org.uk CARM retreats are designed to combine experience of a creative art with opportunities to deepen your spiritual life. Each CARM retreat focusses on one, or occasionally two, of six creative arts: calligraphy, creative writing, creative embroidery, painting, photography or poetry. Times are set aside for prayer and personal reflection. Non-members as well as members are welcome. |
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Churches Together in Britain and Ireland 39 Eccleston Square London SW1V 1BX England Tel: +44 845 680 6851 Fax: +44 845 680 6852 Email: info@ctbi.org.uk Website: www.ctbi.org.uk There are many different Christian churches and denominations, but all have the same basic calling - to worship God, to share the good news about Jesus Christ and to work for the good of all people. The vision of CTBI is "To serve the churches of Britain and Ireland on our shared journey towards full visible unity in Christ". |
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Christian Aid 35 Lower Marsh Waterloo London SE1 7RL England Tel: +44 20 7620 4444 Email: info@christian-aid.org Website: www.christianaid.org.uk Christian Aid is a Christian organisation that insists the world can and must be swiftly changed to one where everyone can live a full life, free from poverty. We work globally for profound change that eradicates the causes of poverty, striving to achieve equality, dignity and freedom for all, regardless of faith or nationality. We are part of a wider movement for social justice. We provide urgent, practical and effective assistance where need is great, tackling the effects of poverty as well as its root causes. |
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Cruse Bereavement Care PO Box 800 Richmond Surrey TW9 1RG England Office: +44 20 8939 9530 Helpline: +44 844 477 9400 Email: helpline@cruse.org.uk Website: www.crusebereavementcare.org.uk Cruse Bereavement Care promotes the well-being of bereaved people and enables anyone bereaved by death to understand their grief and cope with their loss. As well providing free care to all bereaved people, the charity also offers information, support and training services to those who are looking after them. Cruse is the UK's largest bereavement charity and last year we: responded to nearly 100,000 requests for assistance; helped 32,700 bereaved people face-to-face, including 2,500 children and young people under the age of 18; and worked with more than 1,700 people bereaved by suicide. Founded in 1959 in Richmond upon Thames, Cruse has areas and branches across England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man. |
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Evangelical Alliance UK Whitefield House 186 Kennington Park Road London SE11 4BT England Tel: +44 207 207 2100 Fax: +44 207 207 2150 Email: info@eauk.org Website: www.eauk.org The Evangelical Alliance was founded in 1846 and is the oldest alliance of evangelical Christians in the world. The Alliance is the largest body serving evangelical Christians in the UK, and has a membership including denominations, churches, organisations and individuals. In its formative years the Alliance particularly stood for the victims of religious persecution and enabled evangelicals from different denominations to work together. As part of a movement 'uniting to change society' the Alliance promotes unity and truth, acts as an evangelical voice to the state, society and the wider church, and works collaboratively with Alliance members and other evangelicals, to present Christ credibly as good news for spiritual and social transformation. The Alliance speaks on behalf of its members and represents evangelical concerns to Government, the National Assemblies, the media and key decision-makers. In resourcing its members and encouraging Christians to fully engage in their communities as responsible citizens, the Alliance strives to make evangelical truths publicly accessible. |
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The Edward Carpenter Community of Gay Men BM ECC London WC1N 3XX England Tel: +44 870 321 5121 Email: contact_ecc@edwardcarpentercommunity.org.uk Website: www.edwardcarpentercommunity.org.uk We are a group of gay men committed to principles of caring, trust, personal growth, sharing, and creativity with the aim of nurturing community as an alternative to the commercial gay scene. We are open to all men who identify as gay and we particularly encourage and support disabled, black, older and younger men to become involved in our events. |
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Faith and Light Mrs Elizabeth Neame 8 Button Street Frome Somerset BA11 3DR England Tel: +44 1373 453069 Email: neameteam@aol.com Website: www.faithandlight.org.uk Faith and Light offers the opportunity to learn with those who are often seen as needing care without anything to give. People with learning disabilities have important gifts to offer, which are to be encouraged and developed. In these times of efficiency, competence and productivity, people with learning disabilities are still all too often marginalized. It is our experience in Faith and Light that our friends with so-called learning disabilities have profound lessons to teach us. They may have 'special needs' but they also have 'special gifts' – not least love and compassion. There are numerous local groups across the Wales and the south of England. |
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Fellowship of Contemplative Prayer 202 Ralph Road Solihull West Midlands B90 3LE England Tel/Fax: +44 121 745 6522 Email: The Revd Canon Martin Tunnicliffe Website: www.contemplative-prayer.org.uk The Fellowship of Contemplative Prayer (FCP) is a loose-knit association of individuals and small groups who follow the way of prayer taught by the founder, Robert Coulson. The founder was an Anglican priest (died 1995) who commended a simple yet profound method of prayer based on the Holy Scriptures as the Word of God. The method was followed, first by a small number of clergy, then by others in increasing numbers who recognised the value of learning the discipline of listening to the Word of God which is 'spirit and life' (John 6.63). |
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Fellowship of Solitaries Coed Glas Talgarth Road Bronllys Brecon Powys LD3 OHN England Website: www.solitaries.org.uk |
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Focolare Movement Centre for Unity 69 Parkway Welwyn Garden City Hertfordshire AL8 6JG England Tel: +44 207 632 620 International Roman Catholic lay movement with many members and growing all the time. It runs a publishing house as well. Publications is New City and Word of Life (free). Founded by Chiara Lubich. Gives annual retreat in Britain where the Focolare spirituality can be encountered. It is about unity and love. |
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Friends of the Western Buddhist Order London Buddhist Centre 51 Roman Road Bethnal Green London E2 OHU England Tel: +44 207 981 1225 Fax: +44 208 980 1968 Email: lbc@alanlbc.demon.uk |
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FTM Network BM Network London WC1N 3XX England Helpline: +44 161 4321 0915 (Wednesdays 8-10.30PM only) Website: www.ftm.org.uk Offers advice and support to female-to-male transsexual and transgender people and to families and professionals. |
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Gender Trust PO Box 3192 Brighton BN1 3WR England Office: +44 127 3242 4024 Helpline: +44 70 0079 0347 Website: www.3.mistral.co.uk/gentrust Offers advice and support for transsexual and transgendered people, especially male-to-female. To partners, families, carers and allied professionals. |
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Hindu Cultural Trust Centre 55 Manor Road Hounslow Middlesex TW4 7JN England |
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Inter Faith Network for the United Kingdom 8a Lower Grosvenor Place London SW1W OEN England Tel: +44 207 931 7766 Fax: +44 207 931 7722 Email: ifnet@interfaith.org.uk Website: www.interfaith.org.uk |
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Inter Faith Resource Center 91 Mantilla Drive Styvechale Conventry CV3 6LG England Tel: +44 120 341 5531 |
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Islamic Centre England 140 Maida Vale London W9 1QB England Email: ice@ic-el.org Website: www.ic-el.org |
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Iyengar Yoga Institute 223a Randolph Avenue London W9 1NL Tel/ Fax: +44 207 624 3080 |
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The Jesuits in Britain Website: www.jesuit.org.uk |
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The Julian Meetings The Rectory Kingstone Hereford HR2 9EY England Email: nat.coordinator@julianmeetings.org Website: www.julianmeetings.org Silent contemplative prayer groups. Christian, ecumenical with some 350 groups around Britain. Fellowship, quiet days, and retreats. See website for details. |
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Lesbian & Gay Christian Movement Oxford House Derbyshire Street London E2 6HG England Tel/Fax: +44 207 739 1249 Email: lgcm@lgcm.org.uk Website: www.lgcm.org.uk The Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement is a UK-based international Charity which challenges homophobia and transphobia, especially within the Church and faith based organisations, as well as working to create and praying for an inclusive church. The organisation started in April 1976 as the Gay Christian Movement (GCM) and changed the name to recognise the contribution of the female membership ten years later. LGCM has continued to grow, despite opposition and numerous attempts to get the organisation to fold and now has members from all corners of the world and from all the major denominations as well as no denominational affiliation. Membership is open to all people regardless of sexual orientation or faith belief as long as they uphold the organisation's Statement of Conviction. |
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Metropolitan Community Church Website: www.mccchurch.org See website for information on this Christian church for gays, lesbians, transgenders and others. There are churches in UK, Denmark, France, Germany, Romania, Scotland, and USA. |
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Open Centres Third Floor 188 Old Street London EC1 9FR England Now running for over twenty years, The Open Centre offers a programme to increase your awareness of yourself and others and to help you take a look at your relationships, your assumptions and your decisions about life and work. The key ideas are centred in therapy, movement, healing and growth. Courses on offer may primal integration, bio-energetics, and transactional analysis. There is a brochure available on request and, as a guide, prices range from £30-£35 per hour for individual sessions to intensives and residential courses at £110-£305. Tel: +44 207 251 1504 |
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The Pagan Federation BM Box 7097 London WC1N 3XX England Tel/Fax: +44 169 167 1066 Website: www.paganfed.org Promoting awareness and acceptance of Paganism in Europe and the world. |
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Pray as you go Jesuit Media Initiatives 114 Mount Street London W1K 3AH England Tel: +44 20 7499 9120 Email: jmi@jesuits.org.uk Website: www.pray-as-you-go.org Daily Jesuit prayer for your MP3 player in various formats (MP3, WMA and podcasts). |
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Quaker Retreats & One-to-One Ministry Now part of the Retreat Association [see entry below]. |
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The Quiet Garden Trust Stoke Park Farm Park Road Stoke Poges Bucks SL2 4PG England A wonderful idea- go to a quiet garden and find peace and repose. Send for a list of places. Tel: +44 175 364 3050 Fax: +44 175 364 3081 Email: quiet.garden@ukonline.co.uk Website: www.quietgarden.co.uk |
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The Retreat Association Kerridge House 42 Woodside Close Amersham Buckinghamshire HP6 5EF England Tel: +44 1494 433004 Fax: +44 871 715 1917 Email: info@retreats.org.uk Website: www.retreats.org.uk The Retreat Association is a very important national organisation which makes available the programmes of many of the Christian retreat houses in Britain. It has grown in scope and excellence of work over the last few years and comprises these Christian retreat groups:
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Roman Catholic Church in England & Wales Catholic Communications Network (CCN) 39 Eccleston Square London SW1V 1BX England Tel: +44 20 7901 4800 Email: ccn@cbcew.org.uk Website: www.catholic-ew.org.uk |
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The Salvation Army Territorial Headquarters 101 Newington Causeway London SE1 6BN England Tel: +44 20 7367 4500 Email: info@salvationarmy.org.uk Website: www.salvationarmy.org.uk |
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Spirituality of Ageing Resource Centre St. Monica’s 62 Headingley Lane Leeds LS6 2BU England Tel/Fax: +44 113 261 8059 Email: pam.kent@mha.org.uk |
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St. George Orthodox Information Service The White House Mettingham Suffolk NR35 1TP England Tel/Fax: +44 198 689 6708 Email: stgeorgeois@aol.com Public relations office serving the Orthodox (Russian, Greek, etc) Churches in Britain. Publications and books by mail order and information. |
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Vedanta Movement (Hindu) 13 Elsenham Street Southfields London SW18 5UN England Tel: +44 181 874 6100 |
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World Congress of Faiths 2 Market Square Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 3EF England Tel: +44 186 520 2751 Fax: +44 186 520 2746 |
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World Sikh Foundation 88 Mollison Way Edgware Middlesex HA8 5QW England Tel: +44 181 257 0359 |
