About Us


The Foundation for Holistic Spirituality is a UK not-for-profit community interest company. It was started in 2007 by Nigel Anthony and William Bloom. 

In its Articles and Memorandum of Agreement the purpose of the Foundation is stated to be "education in the field of spirituality, religious studies, healthcare and citizenship."

It is dedicated to a holistic approach to contemporary spirituality and is not attached to any particular belief system. It does, however, assert that there is an important interdependence between spirituality and healthcare, education, and personal and community development.

It also asserts that a deep change is taking place in how our society relates to spirituality and religion. There is a  mass movement of people whose approach to spirituality is open-hearted, open-minded, inclusive and celebrates diversity. But this approach is not represented on public decision-making and consultative bodies where the traditional faiths are represented. We seek to enable community building and the representation of this emerging culture.


People

From Wales, Nigel Anthony's original career was in accountancy and project management for international consultancies. For several years he owned and managed a holistic cafe in Swansea that was also a networking, interfaith and educational centre.

William Bloom is a writer, educator and activist focusing on contemporary spirituality and holistic health. Visit his website

Nigel on left. William on right.

Our Directors are: Nigel Anthony, William Bloom, Margaret Law-Homewood, Heather K Veitch. Company Secretary: Sheila Martin

Advisers and Partners These include:
Eileen Barker OBE, Emeritus Professor of the Sociology of Religions at the LSE.
Joycelin Dawes, author and religious adviser.
Palden Jenkins, author.
Mike King, Reader, London Metropolitan University
David Lorimer, author and Co-Director of the Scientific and Medical Network.
Patrick Nash, CEO the Teachers Support Network.
David Peters, Professor of Integrative Healthcare at Westminster University and Chair of the British Holistic Medical Association.

Our Goals

Enabling a holistic approach to contemporary spirituality.
Working together we can make spirituality a natural part of everyday life — for everyone.



Our Definitions

As best we can, we have developed these definitions to be appropriate for the contemporary context.

'Spirituality'
The natural human connection with the wonder and energy of nature, cosmos and all existence;
and the instinct to explore and understand its meaning.

'Holistic'
Everything is connected. You can understand a whole only by looking at its parts. You can understand a part only by looking at its whole. Celebrate diversity and connection.

 

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News

 

September 2011
Our Spiritual Companions project is developing well. We are grateful for some recent and substantial granting.

August 2011
We are currently awaiting the results of the Census 2011 campaign to encourage as many of us as possible to put "Holistic" in the religion box on the UK Census that was held 27 March 2011. click here for more details of the campaign we ran.

July 2011
HolisticMap UK is growing steadily, you can see listings and register by clicking here