Holistic Spiritual Alliance Wales (HSA Wales)
 

Management Committee of HSA Wales 2009/10

The current management committee of HSA Wales is:

Nigel Anthony is passionate about helping to integrate a holistic approach to contemporary spirituality into mainstream society and everyday life. His original career was in accountancy and project management for international consultancies. In recent years he owned and managed a holistic cafe in Swansea that was also a networking, interfaith and educational centre. He is currently a director of the Foundation for Holistic Spirituality, a committee member of the Wrekin Trust, an Interfaith Development Worker for Wales and the current chair of Holistic Spiritual Alliance Wales.

Nick Clements is the visiting Professor at Staffordshire University Creative Communities Department.  He uses creativity and personal development within areas of high need to bring about social change, and has undertaken such work for over 30 years.  He has also been trained and worked with indigenous people from around the world to create and initiate ritual and ceremonies.  He is an author and filmmaker and currently touring a one-man show.
 

Chris Warwick - details here soon

Rev Alan Bayes - details here soon

HSA Wales formally constituted

On 2 September 2009, Holistic Spiritual Alliance Wales (HSA Wales) was formally constituted to represent the many different approaches to spirituality in Wales outside of the traditional religious and faith communities.

This Alliance has been developed from a successful pilot project in Swansea in 2008 supported by Interfaith Swansea. It was funded by the Faith Communities Capacity Building Fund to create a model for engaging marginalised faith and spiritual communities in Wales.

The objectives of HSA Wales are as follows:
1) To advance public knowledge and mutual understanding of the many different approaches to spirituality in Wales
2) To provide representation for unrepresented spiritualities in appropriate situations.
3) To promote good relations between persons of different spiritual and religious beliefs and to be of service to the people of Wales

Management Structure

HSA Wales is a formally constituted voluntary organisation. The current Chair is Nigel Anthony, and Rev Alan Bayes, the current Chair of the Inter-Faith Council for Wales, sits on the Management Committee representing the perspective of traditional faiths in Wales.

Representation and Citizenship

HSA Wales provides a democratic and transparent structure so that people who take a holistic approach to spirituality can achieve representation on public decision-making and consultative bodies. These public bodies include Interfaith, SACREs, school and hospital boards, and various local and national community building bodies.