Nagarjuna Kadampa Meditation Centre

Location: Northampton, England

We are a buddhist centre set in beautiful set in the rural countryside of Northamptonshire, England, UK. We have three meditation rooms, en-suite accommodation and a World Peace cafe. We hold regular evening & lunchtime meditation classes, courses and special events. The centre is open to the public and anyone is welcome whether buddhist or non-buddhist.

If you are interested, while you are with us, you will be able to attend our meditation classes and courses where these do not conflict with the working day (we have several evening classes).
In return for 35 hours per week, we offer accommodation, food and free meditation classes.

We are looking for volunteers to help in our centre helping in World Peace Cafe, kitchen, gardening, painting, office work, cleaning there are many activities from April/May 2015. We have a mixed age range of 28 residents living at the centre. There are short term and long term opportunities available. We do need a reference for those wishing to come on a working visit at the centre

As a Buddhist community, you would need to abide by our philosophy whilst in the Centre - no eating meat, no drinking alcohol, no playing music and no smoking on the premises.

Volunteering opportunities are varied and could include working in our world peace cafe, gardening, decorating, helping with administration, cooking or cleaning.

The Centre is located in the village of Kelmarsh, which is on junction 2 of the A14 or accessible by public transport with stagecoach bus service X7, Market Harborough(6 miles) has the closest train station, Northampton (13 miles) and Leicester (35 miles). The X7 bus service operates between Leicester and Northampton, also stopping at Market Harborough and Kelmarsh. We are also approx. 1 hour from London.