Trust Members

Ms Philippa Padbury BSc(Hons) DipSW (Chairperson)
Philippa has been a supporter of the monastery since the early years of its development at Harnham and has been a Trustee since 1986. She is a qualified social worker and has worked in social care and research for the past 20 years.

Caroline Leinster BA UKCP
Caroline has practiced meditation for many years, and lived in Newcastle until 2003 where she was involved with the development and management of voluntary organisations. She is also a qualified psychotherapist. Caroline now lives at Amaravati Monastery in Hertfordshire.

Michael Pearce BA MA DPhil
Michael and his wife Carole have been supporters of Harnham for many years. He worked for over twenty five years in banking before taking an early retirement to pursue academic interests. He and Carole live in Kingston, Surrey.

Daw Myint Su
Myint Su first arrived in Scotland from Burma as a student in 1967. She has lived in Edinburgh since 1973 after returning to Burma for a short time. She has been an enthusiastic and grateful supporter of Harnham Buddhist Monastery after discovering its existence in the north of England. Having retired from previous careers, she and her husband Dr Clive Criper run a guest house in Edinburgh.

John Bower BA (Hons)
John first visited the monastery in 2000 in connection with his studies with the Open University. He has been a regular supporter ever since and became a trustee in 2007. He has been a police officer for 29 years and lives with his wife and two teenage children in North Tyneside.

Kath Ann Jones
Kath recently joined the trust in December 2007 having supported the monastery for a number of years. Recently retired after many years teaching special needs children she now teaches yoga and works with Angulimala as Buddhist chaplain in two North East prisons. Kath is married with four grown up children and lives in Stanley, Co. Durham with husband, youngest daughter, three dogs and a cat.

Rolf Wojciechowski
When Rolf moved to England from Berlin, Germany in 1998 he left behind a small Zen-community and soon found on Harnham Hill his new spiritual home. He has been a loyal supporter of the Monastery ever since and became a trustee in 2007.Rolf is married and lives in North Shields. Apart from working as a self employed visual artist for many years, Rolf has been a Citizen Advocate for some time and is about to become an Honorary Buddhist Chaplain for the NHS in St. Nicholas Hospital in Gosforth

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