# KADAMPA MEDITATION CENTRE (KMC) SOUTHAMPTON

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1050611
- **Other names:** THEKCHEN BUDDHIST CENTRE
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [03048918](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03048918)
- **Registered:** Nov. 13, 1995
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1050611


## Contact

- **Address:** 21-22 Hanover Buildings, SOUTHAMPTON
- **Postcode:** SO14 1JU
- **Phone:** 023 8048 2696
- **Email:** ad.kmcsouthampton@gmail.com
- **Website:** https://meditateinsouthampton.org.uk/



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE THE BUDDHIST FAITH UNDER THE SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE OF THE ELECTED GENERAL SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR OF THE NEW KADAMPA TRADITION - INTERNATIONAL KADAMPA BUDDHIST UNION PRINCIPALLY THROUGH THE ACTIVITIES OF TEACHING, STUDY, PRACTICE AND THE OBSERVANCE OF MORAL DISCIPLINE ALL WITHIN THE MAHAYANA BUDDHIST TRADITION OF ATISHA AND JE TSONGKHAPA AS TAUGHT BY VENERABLE GESHE KELSANG GYATSO, THE FOUNDER OF THE NEW KADAMPA TRADITION - INTERNATIONAL KADAMPA BUDDHIST UNION THROUGH THE CONTINUOUS IMPLEMENTATION OF THE THREE NEW KADAMPA TRADITION STUDY PROGRAMMES - THE GENERAL PROGRAMME, THE FOUNDATION PROGRAMME AND THE TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMME

**Activities:** Teaching Buddhism and meditation classes, running retreats. Holding study programmes and selling Buddhist literature. Holding fund-raising and community building events. School visits and university talks. Giving support.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Religious Activities
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** IN PRACTICE THE COUNTY OF HAMPSHIRE
- Dorset
- Hampshire
- Southampton City
- West Sussex
- Wiltshire





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Karen Hunt |  | June 23, 2024 |
| Mary Estelle Cansdale |  | Feb. 20, 2024 |




