The multi-faith chaplaincy team help with spiritual and faith issues and can also provide a listening ear when you need someone to talk to. They can arrange time and space for prayer or quiet reflection and will give information about faith communities and festivals in the local area.

The chaplaincy links into the National Council of Faiths and Beliefs in Further Education (fbfe) who arrange regional conferences enabling us to network and to keep up with latest developments in the world of FE. We are part of the SW Region.

Recent developments include the AFAN website (All Faiths And Non) which gives information on the views on many life issues from the different faiths and non faiths viewpoints.

One of the highlights in college life is our annual Equality and Diversity Week - usually in March - which gives the opportunity for faith communities to come into College with many other community groups. We also support remembrance and celebration events such as Armistice Day, World Holocaust Day and faith festivals. More information on the various faith festivals can be found on the BBC website http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/tools/calendar/

The chaplaincy team are volunteers who are ordained and lay people from the local Churches. We welcome all 'faith communities' as part of the team and we do try to provide students and staff with links to 'other faiths'.

For further information contact Revd Derek Ormston, the chaplaincy team leader by emailing derek.ormston@newcollege.ac.uk