HOSPITAL/HEALTH CARE CHAPLAINCY

Multi-Faith Links

 

Links to Faith Communities. Postal and email addresses have been provided where there is no known web address.

Baha'is
 National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United Kingdom
International website about the Bahai faith

Buddhism
 The Buddhist Society
Network of Buddhist Associations



Ethnicity online

(Ethnicity online aims to provide a resource for the multi-disciplinary, multi-cultural healthcare community that will facilitate people's understanding of, and involvement in, cross-cultural issues affecting the giving or receiving of healthcare)

Hinduism
 National Council of Hindu Temples (UK)
For all correspondence please contact:
Mr. Sanjay Jagatia, General Secretary
National Council of Hindu Temples (UK) (NCHT)
c/o 1 Hans Close, Stoke, Coventry, CV2 4WA
Email: info@nchtuk.org

 

Inner Cities Religious Council
(The ICRC is chaired by a DTLR Government Minister and acts as a consultative forum across Departments on faith issues. It is particularly concerned with social inclusion and urban renewal)
DTLR
Floor 4/K10
Eland House
Bressenden Place
London SW1E 5DU
Tel: (020) 7944 3704 Email: Inner Cities Religious Council

 

Inter-Faith Calendar
(Primary sacred times for world religions. This site also includes a very useful list of definitions)

 

Inter-Faith Network for the UK
(The UK's national inter-faith body, linking nearly 90 faith community, interfaith and educational bodies. It promotes good relations between the faiths in this country and gives information and advice on interfaith issues.
The Interfaith Network for the UK

 

Inter-Faith Organisations in the UK
2007 Directory
(This directory gives contact details for over 200 organisations and includes brief descriptions of their work. It is published as a resource for all those engaged in the work of development mutual respect and understanding between the faith communities in the UK)
Email: ifnet@interfaith.org.uk

 

Islam
Islam Online
The Muslim Council of Britain

 

Jainism
 The National Council of Vanik Associations (UK)
37 Howberry Road
Edgware
Middlesex, HA8 6SS
Tel: 020 8357 2269 Fax: 020 8952 1176


Judaism
Board of Deputies of British Jews
Jewish Hospital Chaplaincy Services

Religion in Britain
 government statistics


Religious Ecards
(Free greeting cards and religious Ecards including ecards for Ramadan)

Sikhism
Network of Sikh Organisations UK
1st Floor Office Suite
192 The Broadway
Wimbledon
London SW19 1RY
Tel: (020) 8540 3974 Email: Sikh Messenger

 

World Congress of Faiths
(The World Congress of Faiths offers the opportunity to get to know people of other faiths in a practical way by listening and talking to people of other religions.)
World Congress of Faiths

 

Zoroastrian
The Zoroastrian Trust Funds of Europe (Inc)

 


PRESS RELEASE

European Standards for Religious Faiths in the Area of Health Care

On June 15, (2002) forty representatives from 21 European nations met in Turku, Finland, and adopted the European Standards for Health Care Chaplaincy. These representatives make up the EUROPEAN NETWORK OF HEALTH CARE CHAPLAINCY.

The Network is an ecumenical body which is composed of Faiths, denominations and organizations which provide pastoral care in hospitals and various health care facilities. The Network aims at mutual sharing and understanding both on a religious, cultural and organizational level. It brings together the various chaplaincy experiences of all the health care systems in Europe. Chaplaincy services are organized in different ways in different European countries.

According to the new European Standards adopted, chaplaincy provides pastoral services in a variety of health care settings. They minister to the existential, spiritual and religious needs of those who suffer and those who care for them, drawing on personal, faith, cultural and community resources. The Standards describe the organization and development of chaplaincy services, the area and activity of chaplains, their education, formation and supervision. There is an emphasis on how Faiths and chaplaincy services can be a vital resource in theological, pastoral, and ethical matters. Special focus is given to the areas of integrated spiritual development and bioethics.

The new coordinator of the Network is Fr. Stavros Kofinas, representative of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of the Orthodox Church. The Network committee consists of representatives from Finland, Germany, Scotland, The Netherlands, Ireland and Switzerland.

The 8th Consultation will take place in Berlin, Germany, in September of 2004.

THE EUROPEAN NETWORK OF HEALTH CARE CHAPLAINCY
June 2002
 Turku Christian Institute
 Turku, Finland

 

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This page was updated on 3 June 2009