SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR:   Ven. Ajahn Khemadhammo (Chao Khun Bhavanavitesa) OBE 

PATRON:    Right Honourable, the Lord Avebury    

ANGULIMALA'S OBJECTS:

• To make available facilities for the teaching and practice of Buddhism in Her Majesty's Prisons and other places of lawful detention or custody.

Specifically:

• To recruit and advise a team of Buddhist visiting chaplains to be available as soon as there is a call for their services;

• To act in an advisory capacity, and to liaise with the Home Office chaplaincy officials, with individual chaplains within Her Majestys Prisons, and with any other relevant bodies or officials;

• To provide an aftercare and advisory service for prisoners after release.
  

 

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ANGULIMALA WORKSHOPS & EVENTS

The next Workshop will be at The Forest Hermitage on Saturday, June 6th, 2009 from 10 a.m. and our Guest Speaker will be Juliet Lyon, Director of the Prison Reform Trust.

Workshops are for Buddhist prison chaplains only, otherwise attendance is by invitation to Angulimala members only.

The Workshop following will be on September 12th, when Martin Stephens from NOMS Interventions and Substance Misuse Group will attend and speak, and the one after that will be on December 5th. 

   

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If you would like to get involved:

Join Angulimala as an ordinary member with this form,

or join and apply to be a Buddhist prison chaplain by completing this form,

then look here for establishments that we need chaplains for.

     

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An Introduction to Angulimala

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Links to some useful Angulimala documents and information

 

Links to some useful prison related sites and information

 

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ANGULIMALA

the Buddhist Prison Chaplaincy Organisation
The Forest Hermitage,
Lower Fulbrook,
Warwickshire   CV35 8AS
United Kingdom

email: angulimala@foresthermitage.org.uk

Registered Charity No. 294939

Last updated on May 29th, 2009.

 

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