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The Greenwich Peninsula Chaplaincy

Newsletter April 2009

The Greenwich Peninsula Chaplaincy provides chaplains from a variety of faiths on the Greenwich Peninsula: at The O2, on the construction sites, in retail stores, at the food refinery, and for any individual or organisation working on the Peninsula.

The chaplains team has been growing

In 2005 we started with three chaplains visiting the O2 construction site, and quickly added five more. When The O2 opened we recruited three more chaplains, making eleven; and we have recently recruited another six so that we can take up new opportunities for chaplaincy work in the retail parks on and near the Peninsula.

Chaplains visit retail stores, venues in The O2, the food refinery, and the Bovis Lend Lease construction site (where offices for Transport for London and the new Ravensbourne College are being built). Chaplains usually visit weekly, to join in conversations about whatever people want to talk about, but above all to listen (and anything which someone says to a chaplain will only be shared with someone else with their permission). 

The chaplains’ role is not to persuade anyone of the truth of any particular religion - but if anyone wants to talk about religion then the chaplain will of course be very happy to do so.

If someone asks to speak to someone of a particular faith then the chaplains will gladly arrange that.

Messages can be left for chaplains on 020 8853 1336. The answering machine on this number is answered daily. Or email: info@greenwich-peninsula-chaplaincy.org.uk

Outside The O2

The team of chaplains which worked on the construction site from 2005 to July 2007. (The Rev’d Martyn Coe was absent when the photograph was taken.)







Chaplains for The O2
The multifaith chaplains' team which has worked at The O2 and elsewhere on the Greenwich Peninsula since September 2007. (The Rev’d Nancy Odunewu and Mr. Harbhajan Singh were absent when the photograph was taken).










Larger team




Six new chaplains, Phra Kru Lom (see over), and some of the longstanding chaplains, December 2008
In the future we look forward to managing a building for the work of the chaplaincy, the local faith communities, and community development.
There is a wealth of material available on our website at www.greenwich-peninsula-chaplaincy.org.uk: newsletters, conference reports, position papers on casinos and on ‘What makes a good community?’ etc..

Please note the Greenwich Peninsula Chaplaincy’s new contact details: The Rev’d Malcolm Torry (the Site Chaplain) and the chaplaincy’s postal address have moved to:

37 Becquerel Court
West Parkside
London SE10 0QQ

Other contact details remain as before
Together and Different, a new book edited by Malcolm Torry and Sarah Thorley (Canterbury Press, 2008), contains a chapter on the work of the Greenwich Peninsula Chaplaincy.
The chaplains: For biographies please see the website: www.greenwich-peninsula-chaplaincy.org.uk
Nigel Anderson Davinder Babraa Balbir Singh Bakhshi Ali Barakat Derek Clacey
Mr. Nigel Anderson Mrs. Davinder Babraa Balbir Singh Bakhshi Sheikh Ali Barakat The Rev'd Derek Clacey
Martyn Coe Michael Dent Cynthia Finnerty Jeremy Fraser Eileen Halliday
the Rev'd Martyn Coe The Rev'd Michael Dent The Rev'd Cynthia Finnerty The Rev'd Jeremy Fraser Captain Eileen Halliday
Vitthaldas Mahajan Vidya Misra Arthur Obiora Nancy Odunewu Jane Rice
Dr. Vitthaldas Mahajan Mrs. Vidya Misra The Rev'd Arthur Obiora The Rev'd Nancy Odunewu Deacon Jane Rice
Harbhajan Singh Malcolm Torry Stephanie Warner
Mr. Harbhajan Singh The Rev'd Malcolm Torry The Rev'd Stephanie Warner

The Greenwich Peninsula Chaplaincy Steering Group is grateful to:

The volunteer chaplains, for the many hours of hard work which they put in on behalf of the chaplaincy;

Members of our Council of Reference: a group of religious leaders with whom the steering group consults;

Meridian Delta Ltd., Anschutz Entertainment Group, the managements of the venues which chaplains visit, Greenwich Borough Council, Greenwich Local Labour and Business, Greenwich Multi Faith Forum, the borough’s Ecumenical Borough Deans;

The Community Development Foundation, the Church of England’s Diocese of Southwark’s Woolwich Episcopal Area small grants fund, and other local faith communities, for funding the chaplaincy.
Phra Kru Lom

Associate chaplain

It is a pleasure to be working alongside Phra Kru Lom, a Buddhist monk based in Wimbledon, who has been a frequent visitor to Thai Silk at The O2 since it opened.
Quoting from this newsletter: We are happy for people to quote from this newsletter provided that the quotation is accompanied by a note to say that the material was first published in the newsletter of the Greenwich Peninsula Chaplaincy Steering Group.

The Greenwich Peninsula Chaplaincy Steering Group

The chaplaincy is managed by the Greenwich Peninsula Chaplaincy Steering Group which is a registered charity, no. 1107892. The trustees are: Mr. Saeed Ahmad, Mr. Peyman Beheshti, the Rev’d Elaine Cranmer (treasurer), Mr. Colin Eastaugh, Rabbi Tony Hammond, the Rev’d Harry Lanham, the Rev’d Mike Leader (Chair), The Rev’d Christopher Moody, Cllr Jagir Sekhon, and the Rev’d Jim Teeling.

Site chaplain and secretary: The Rev’d Malcolm Torry, 37 Becquerel Court, West Parkside, London SE10 0QQ.   Tel: 020 8858 3006. Email: info@greenwich-peninsula-chaplaincy.org.uk