JBCL Chaplaincy Service
As part of Jamyang Buddhist Centre Leeds outreach work, we offer support to the North East Lincolnshire & Goole NHS Foundation Trust and to the Leeds Teaching Hospitals (NHS Trust) Chaplaincy Service. We also have Chaplains that are prepared to travel to other hospitals and hospice’s for end-of-life patients.
Other Services We Offer
- Hospital and Hospice visits
- Funeral (Celebration) services
- Psychiatric Hospital visits
- Chaplaincy home visits
- Prison visits
- Assistance with personal death plans
- Wellbeing includes; meditation, yoga, sound baths
- Listening service for people who need to have a listening ear
- Baby blessings
- It is hoped in the future to be able to offer weddings with a Registrar present
The role of a Chaplain is to:
- Ensure inpatients requiring religious, pastoral or spiritual care receive appropriate attention
- Assist staff sensitivity in these aspects of care at induction and through other forms of service training
- Be available to staff who may have ethical or other concerns arising from their work
- Be available regardless of patients ethnicity, religious or sexual orientation
- All our Chaplains are required to offer Multi-Faith support and to work to the “Five Marks of Chaplaincy” (see BHCT).
Training
All our chaplaincy staff receive training from NHS hospitals, The Buddhist Healthcare Chaplaincy Trust as well as training from the Lead Chaplain. Please be aware our Chaplaincy staff are volunteers and are not paid staff.
To arrange for any of the above services, please email chaplaincy@jamyangleeds.co.uk
Do I have to be Buddhist?
No, the chaplains offer religious, pastoral and spiritual care during your stay in hospital whatever your spiritual path, faith or non-faith. During your stay in the hospital if you wish to see the Buddhist chaplain, please mention to the nursing team that you are either of a particular Buddhist tradition or generally interested in a Buddhist perspective and they can contact the chaplaincy service. The chaplain is there to offer guidance and support, not to promote a particular faith.
Do you offer meditation sessions in hospital?
Occasionally, depending on the chaplains availability, meditation sessions are offered at St. James Hospital or Leeds General Infirmary. For more information about dates and times, please contact our chaplain directly.
These sessions are open to all hospital staff, patients and visitors and run alongside Jamyang Buddhist Centre Leeds meditation sessions.
Do you visit people in Hospice care?
Yes. If you receive hospice care or have a relative who is receiving hospice care and you would like a visit from the Buddhist chaplain then either request a visit via the hospice staff or contact the chaplain directly.
What other support does Jamyang Buddhist Centre Leeds offer?
JBCL holds pujas (chanted prayer sessions) on a regular basis and you may wish to add your loved one’s name to the dedication list and/or sponsor a puja to make offerings for the shrine or the running of the centre on behalf of your loved one to generate merit for them.
If you wish to add a name to the dedication list or sponsor a puja, please contact JBCL via email: smile@jamyangleeds.co.uk
If you have any enquiries or comments regarding Buddhist chaplaincy please e-mail the chaplain below.
Chaplaincy Contact Details
Lead Chaplain, Roy J Poulter M.BHCT (Lobsang Kalden)
Deputy Lead Chaplain, Emma Fleming
Email: chaplaincy@jamyangleeds.co.uk
Emergency Tel: 0113 250 9353 / 07481 538 095
Contact Details for NHS Trust Hospitals
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Any comments or queries regarding Chaplaincy Services at Leeds Teaching Hospitals should be directed to:
Chaplaincy Secretary
Tel: 0113 206 4365
E-mail: chaplaincy@leedsth.nhs.uk
Website: Leeds Teaching Hospitals Chaplaincy Services
North East Lincolnshire & Goole NHS Foundation Trust
Any comments or queries regarding Chaplaincy Services at North East Lincolnshire & Goole NHS Foundation Trust should be directed to:
Chaplaincy Secretary
Tel: 01724 282282 Ext: 302489
E-mail: terrie.young@nhs.net
Website: https://www.nlg.nhs.uk/services/chaplaincy/
Download Your Personal Death Plan
Your Personal Death Plan is what you would like your family, friends and Buddhist Community to do before, during and after your death, including your funeral plan.
This new document has been created so you can plan your death carefully and share your plans with friends, family and local authorities. It follows carefully the advice of Lama Zopa Rinpoche, as well as sections on practical issues like funeral arrangements. This is the first in a series of booklets Jamyang Leeds is creating to help you with passing to the next life.
Prayers
All the recommended prayers are available as a free pdf called “How to Help your loved ones Enjoy Death and go Happily to their Next Rebirth” by Lama Zopa Rinpoche. This book also has more information on the death process and is highly recommended reading. Copies are also available in the Jamyang Leeds library.