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Title: Greenwich Peninsula Chaplaincy


1
Greenwich Peninsula Chaplaincy
  • The journey so far

2
Beginnings
  • 2000 An ecumenical chaplaincy team for the
    Millennium Dome
  • 2002 Meridian Delta Ltd. appointed to create a
    new diverse community
  • MDL and the Borough ask for a multifaith approach
    to the faith communities relationship to the new
    development
  • March 2003 a meeting of Ecumenical Borough Deans
    and members of the Boroughs Multifaith Forum
    appoints a steering group, and they and MDL
    appoint a site chaplain
  • MDL and Greenwich Borough offer the Greenwich
    Pavilion for the faith communities to use together

3
Planning
  • April 2003 The steering group begins to meet
    monthly

4
More planning
  • July 2003 Council of Reference convened
  • September 2003 Conference for Greenwich faith
    communities
  • March 2004 The Greenwich Peninsula Chaplaincy
    Steering Group becomes a Trust
  • February 2005 The Greenwich Peninsula Chaplaincy
    Steering Group registered as a charity

5
Visits
  • September 2004 Visit by Presidents of Churches
    Together in England

6
Chaplains visiting
  • April 2005 Chaplaincy begins on McAlpines
    construction site at the dome and Beckham Academy
    with a team of three chaplains
  • September 2005 The last consultative conference

7
The O2 construction site
  • November 2005 Five more chaplains recruited to
    complete a team of eight working on the
    construction site One Muslim, one Sikh, and six
    Christians of various denominations

8
More sites and more meetings
  • Summer 2005 to Summer 2006 Participation in
    discussion about a proposed regional casino
  • February 2007 Chaplaincy work starts on the
    Laing ORourke construction site in the Greenwich
    Millennium Village
  • February 2007 Charity collection day on The O2
    construction site
  • February 2007 A joint meeting with the Greenwich
    Multi Faith Forum to study the ways in which
    different faith communities make decisions about
    appointments to chaplaincy and trustee positions
  • April 2007 Three more chaplains recruited in
    readiness for The O2 opening
  • July 2007 The construction site closes and The
    O2 opens.
  • July 2007 The Greenwich Peninsula Chaplaincy
    takes responsibility for existing chaplaincy work
    at the Syral food refinery

9
Visiting The O2
  • September 2007 Chaplaincy work begins in The O2,
    with pairs of chaplains allocated to groups of
    restaurants, etc..

10
Nigel Anderson
11
Davinder Kaur Babraa
12
Ali Barakat
13
Derek Clacey
14
Martyn Coe
15
Michael Dent
16
Cynthia Finnerty
17
Eileen Halliday
18
Nancy Odunewu
19
Harbhajan Singh
20
Malcolm Torry
21
Future events
  • Temporary building opens as a base for chaplaincy
    activity and for faith communities activities
  • Construction of offices, Ravensbourne College and
    new homes begins, and chaplaincy offered on
    construction sites
  • The Greenwich Pavilion opens on its new site, to
    be used by the faith communities together as a
    resource for everyone working in, living in and
    visiting the peninsula, for dialogue, for
    community development, and for chaplaincy
    activity and to be used by the faith communities
    separately for worship.
  • Chaplaincy service offered to staff and students
    of Ravensbourne College from 2010, and visits to
    the college during the year before its move.
  • Chaplaincy service offered in each part of the
    new development as it is built and occupied.

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The trustees and site chaplain would like to
thank
  • The volunteer chaplains
  • members of our Council of Reference
  • Meridian Delta Ltd
  • English Partnerships
  • Anschutz Entertainment Group
  • Greenwich Borough Council
  • Greenwich Local Labour and Business
  • Greenwich Multi Faith Forum
  • the boroughs Ecumenical Borough Deans
  • local faith communities
  • Sir Robert McAlpine
  • Laing ORourke
  • McNicholas
  • the managements of the restaurants, bars and
    other venues in the entertainment district in The
    O2
  • the Community Development Foundation
  • individual donors
  • Maggie Lee
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