Faith representatives and local places of worship contact list
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South East Wales<br />
Local Places <strong>of</strong> Worship <strong>and</strong> Contacts for Visitors to School<br />
to support Religious Education<br />
in Blaenau Gwent<br />
Bahá’í<br />
For possible visits to schools:<br />
Blaenau Gwent SACRE Member - Bahá’í<br />
Mrs Christine Abbas<br />
15 Parrot Row<br />
Blaina<br />
Blaenau Gwent<br />
NP44 3AH<br />
For possible visits to secondary schools:<br />
Mrs Roya Azordegan<br />
Pinel<strong>and</strong>s<br />
The Narth.<br />
Monmouth<br />
NP25 4AG<br />
Tel: 01600 860413<br />
Tel: 01495 291784<br />
Email: rabbas4280@aol.com<br />
For possible visits to primary schools:<br />
Mrs Sue Cave<br />
16 Park View<br />
Crossway Green<br />
Chepstow<br />
Monmouthshire<br />
NP16 5NA<br />
Tel: 01291 623402<br />
Email: sue.cave@btopenworld.com
Buddhism<br />
Lam Rim Buddhist Centre<br />
Pentwyn Manor<br />
Penrhos<br />
Nr Raglan<br />
Usk<br />
Monmouthshire.<br />
NP15 2LE<br />
Contact: Margaret Travis Tel: 01600 780 383<br />
Email: margaret@lamrim.org.uk<br />
Web: www.lamrim.org.uk<br />
Tibetan Buddhist Centre:<br />
Palpung Changchub Dargyeling,<br />
The Chapel,<br />
96 King Street,<br />
Brynmawr,<br />
Ebbw Vale,<br />
Blaenau Gwent<br />
NP23 4SY.<br />
Telephone: 01495 313395<br />
Email: PalpungUK<strong>of</strong>fice@gmx.com to arrange<br />
accommodation &<br />
mahamudra123@googlemail.com for general<br />
questions & to book courses.<br />
Web: www.palpung.org.uk<br />
For possible visits to primary schools:<br />
Ngakma Shé-zér Chatral<br />
Shé-zér is the Buddhist representative on<br />
Monmouthshire SACRE <strong>and</strong> she is willing to visit<br />
primary schools in the Caldicot area.<br />
Telephone: 01291 431389<br />
Email: she-zer.kh<strong>and</strong>ro@gmail.com<br />
Cardiff Buddhist Centre<br />
12 St. Peter`s Street<br />
Roath,<br />
Cardiff<br />
UK<br />
CF24 3BA<br />
Tel: 029 20462492<br />
email: www.cardiffbuddhistcentre.com<br />
Contact: Padmasimha (pronounced<br />
‘padmasingha)<br />
E-mail: connect@cardiffbuddhistcentre.com<br />
Will visit schools to tell Buddhist stories,<br />
explain <strong>and</strong> share meditation, lead an<br />
assembly etc. Donation to cover costs please<br />
(or £20-30 for a visit)
Christianity<br />
Places <strong>local</strong> to the individual school can be <strong>contact</strong>ed plus:<br />
Blaenau Gwent SACRE Member<br />
– Baptist Church:<br />
The Reverend Andy Ladhams<br />
1a Granville Street<br />
Abertillery<br />
Blaenau Gwent<br />
Tel: 01495 213284<br />
E- mail: <strong>and</strong>y.ladhams@btinternet.com<br />
Web: www.ebenezerabertillery.org.uk<br />
Visits to schools can be requested.<br />
Blaenau Gwent SACRE Member<br />
– Church in Wales:<br />
The Reverend Father Peter Coleman<br />
St. Michael’s Vicarage<br />
Church Street<br />
Abertillery<br />
Blaenau Gwent<br />
NP13 1DA<br />
Tel: 01495 212246<br />
E-mail: vicar@tillerychurches.com<br />
My website: www.patrick.is.the.name<br />
Parish website: www.tillerychurches.com<br />
Visits to schools can be requested.<br />
Blaenau Gwent SACRE Member – Methodist:<br />
The Rev. R.M. Watson, B.A.,<br />
The Manse<br />
Coalbrookvale<br />
Nantyglo<br />
NP23 4DQ<br />
Tel: 01495 290355<br />
Visits to schools can be requested.<br />
Blaenau Gwent SACRE Member<br />
– The Salvation Army:<br />
Captain Beverley Womersley<br />
Hill Street,<br />
Abertillery,<br />
Blaenau Gwent<br />
NP13 1DU.<br />
Tel: 01495 321214.81<br />
E-mail: davidwomersley@sky.com<br />
Visits to schools can be requested.<br />
Blaenau Gwent SACRE Member<br />
– Roman Catholic:<br />
Sister Denise O’Donnell<br />
St. Joseph’s Convent<br />
Harding Avenue<br />
Newport<br />
NP20 6ZE<br />
Tel: 01633 858539<br />
E-mail: denise.sr01@yahoo.co.uk<br />
Visits to schools can be requested.
Ll<strong>and</strong>aff Cathedral<br />
Ll<strong>and</strong>aff<br />
Cardiff<br />
CF5 2YF<br />
(Secretary) Tel: 029 20564554<br />
E-mail: Office@ll<strong>and</strong>affcathedral.org.uk<br />
Education Officer The Reverend Julie Baker<br />
Tel (029 20563539)<br />
St Woolos Cathedral<br />
Stow Hill,<br />
Newport<br />
NP20 4EA<br />
Tel: 01633 212077<br />
Contact: Susan Collingbourne 01633 411919<br />
Email: susan.collingbourne@tinyworld.co.uk<br />
Website: www.lladaffcathedral.org.uk
Hinduism<br />
Shree Kutchi Leva Patel Samaj<br />
Mardy Street<br />
Grangetown<br />
Cardiff<br />
Tel: 029 20372032<br />
Shree Swaminarayan Temple<br />
4 Merches Place<br />
Grangetown<br />
Cardiff<br />
CF11 6RD<br />
Tel: 029 20371128<br />
Email: info@swaminarayanwales.org.uk<br />
Web: www.swaminarayanwales.org.uk<br />
Hindu Cultural Association<br />
India Centre<br />
Sanquhar Street<br />
Splott<br />
Cardiff<br />
CF24 2AA<br />
Tel: 02920 451707<br />
Email: hca@indiacentre.co.uk<br />
Web: www.indiacentre.co.uk<br />
Further information:<br />
Wednesdays 9.30a.m. – 12.00 preferred times<br />
for visits<br />
Blaenau Gwent SACRE Member – Hindu:<br />
Mr. Soam Sharma<br />
Fairways<br />
Groes Road<br />
Highcross<br />
Newport<br />
NP10 9GP<br />
Tel: 01633 896770 for possible visits to schools<br />
E-mail: sharma.soam@googlemail.com<br />
Visits to schools can be requested.
Judaism<br />
Cardiff Reform Synagogue<br />
Moira Terrace<br />
Cardiff<br />
CF24 0EJ<br />
Contact Maggie Kyiet: Tel : 029 20750019<br />
Email: maggiekyiet@another.com<br />
Website: http://cardiffnewsyn.org/<strong>contact</strong>.php<br />
Additional information: £25 min. charge; max<br />
children 100; Tours approx. 1 hour (allow 15 –<br />
20 mins for photographs)<br />
Cardiff United Synagogue (Orthodox),<br />
Cyncoed Gardens<br />
Cyncoed<br />
Cardiff<br />
CF23 5NW<br />
Contact Office Tel : 029 20473728<br />
(Karen, visits Monday, Wednesday, Thursday<br />
only)<br />
Rabbi Wollenberg<br />
Email for bookings: c.u.s@btopenworld.com<br />
Web: www.cardiffshul.org<br />
Friends <strong>of</strong> Israel<br />
Can sometimes help with visitors to schools to<br />
talk about Israel, Jewish faith <strong>and</strong> Jewish<br />
stories.<br />
Contact:<br />
Mrs J Evan (retired teacher) 029 20461780<br />
Blaenau Gwent SACRE Member - Jewish<br />
Mr Abraham Davidson<br />
Newport Synagogue<br />
108 Risca Road<br />
Newport.<br />
Contact: Mr Abraham Davidson 01633 810013<br />
E-mail abddavidson@toucansurf.com<br />
Visits to schools can be requested.
Islam<br />
Berea Masjid<br />
Berea Cottages,<br />
Blaina,<br />
Blaenau Gwent<br />
NP13 3AD<br />
Mr Jawaid Khan Tel: 01495 723594<br />
Islami Darasgah (Mosque)<br />
68 Connaught Road<br />
<strong>of</strong>f Albany Road<br />
Roath<br />
Cardiff<br />
CF23PX<br />
Tel : 029 20488454<br />
Blaenau Gwent SACRE Member - Muslim<br />
Dr Muzafar Jilani, Chairman Iman Islamic<br />
Society Tel: 01873 855565<br />
E-mail: m.jilani733@btinternet.com<br />
Web: www.imaanislamsociety.com<br />
Dr Jilani can arrange visits to the mosque or<br />
visits to school<br />
Butetown Islamic Centre<br />
Alice Street<br />
Butetown<br />
Cardiff<br />
CF1 5LB<br />
Sheikh Zane Abdo, Imam<br />
Tel: 07768898056 for visits to the mosque <strong>and</strong><br />
possible visits to schools<br />
Mosque (Islamic Fhikka Propieshtan)<br />
37 Plantagenet Street<br />
<strong>of</strong>f Tudor Road<br />
Riverside<br />
Cardiff<br />
CF1 8RF<br />
Tel: 029 20221309<br />
Shah Jalal Mosque <strong>and</strong> Islamic Cultural Centre<br />
3, Crwys Road<br />
Cathays<br />
Cardiff<br />
Tel: 029 20480217<br />
Canton Mosque<br />
63 Severn Road<br />
Canton<br />
Cardiff<br />
Tel: 029 20397640
Sikhism<br />
Sikh Gurdwara Cardiff<br />
212A Pearl Street<br />
Roath<br />
Cardiff<br />
CF24 1RD<br />
Gurdwara Telephone: 029 20465514<br />
Ask for General Secretary<br />
For visits to the Gurdwara <strong>and</strong> visits into school<br />
<strong>contact</strong> : Blaenau Gwent SACRE Member -<br />
Sikh<br />
Mr B. S. Bhogal Tel: 029 20561130<br />
Email: bsbwales@telco4u.net<br />
Bhatra Sikh Centre<br />
97-103 Tudor Street<br />
Riverside<br />
Cardiff<br />
CF11 6AE<br />
Gurdwara Tel: 029 20224806<br />
or Jas Singh 029 20256431<br />
Or<br />
To arrange visits to the Gurdwara <strong>and</strong> visits into<br />
school <strong>contact</strong> :<br />
Mr B. S. Bhogal Tel: 029 20561130<br />
Email: bsbwales@telco4u.net<br />
Possible visits into school <strong>contact</strong>:<br />
Mrs Surinder Channa<br />
Tel: 029 20480139<br />
E-mail: surinderchanna@hotmail.com<br />
GMV July 2011
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