Faith
The Faith Centre is currently open exclusively to students and staff, regardless of your beliefs. We offer unique spaces for group worship, private prayer, personal reflection, social activities, pastoral support and relaxation. The Faith Centre is currently open Monday to Friday from 08:30 to 21:30 and on weekends from 10:00 to 18:00. Our facilities can only be accessed by staff and students using your University ID card.
We believe in providing a supportive context in which all students and staff of any belief system or religious, philosophical and cultural background can explore new ideas and experiences and engage critically with each other in a respectful learning environment.
Please get in touch with a Chaplain if you would like a chat - their contact information is below. Further information about observing your Faith in the community can be found in our Local Faith Community Provision Guide. You can find other sources of support via askUS.
About the Faith Centre
The Faith Centre is located on Peel Park campus right near accommodation. The space has its own Chapel and a large Muslim Prayer Hall with Ablution facilities for men and women. You can also find:
- Communal kitchens including a Kosher kitchen
- A social space
- A quiet room
- Multi-Faith room
- Bookable spaces and meeting rooms
- Gender-neutral and accessible toilets
- Chaplains’ offices
We also play host to events and activities for both faith and non-faith groups such as craft groups, societies, therapeutic counselling and mindfulness sessions.
Our Faith Centre offers a unique space in the University for all groups to build positive relationships, including if you:
- Are of faith or follow a religion
- Are questioning, seeking, agnostic
- Prefer not to define your spirituality in a specific way
- Are not religious or have no faith
We gratefully accept donations to support the activities of the Faith Centre.
Faith resources
Policies and agreements
Events and activities
Upcoming events
The Breakfast Boost
We’re offering free breakfast to fuel your mornings during the exam season.
There will be a selection of food and hot drinks such as porridge pots, cereal, toast and more available (while daily stocks last).
Vegetarian, kosher, and halal options will be available.
- Date: Monday 28 April – Friday 9 May 2025
- Location: Floor 1, Multi-Faith Centre
- Time: 9:00 – 10:00
Alongside the breakfast, well-being activities will be taking place to help reduce stress during the exam season.
This includes the following:
- 28/04 - Pipe cleaner animals
- 29/04 - Nature-themed colouring
- 30/04 - Jazz music and colouring
- 01/05 - Beltane paper flower crowns
- 02/05 - Affirmation craft
- 06/05 - Past and Future craft
- 07/05 - Origami
- 08/05 - Make your own notebook
- 09/05 - Paper flower bouquets
If you have any questions, please contact the Multi-Faith Centre at: faithcentre@salford.ac.uk
Pop-up Event
Come to a Pop-up event to meet the chaplains and learn more about the Faith Centre and ways you can get involved. If the chaplain you want to meet isn't there, you can arrange a meeting time that works for you.
- Date: Monday 12 May
- Location: Clifford Whitworth Library
- Time: 12:00 - 14:00
Our staff
Our Chaplains and support team are appointed to serve all members of the University, whatever your convictions or beliefs. You can talk to a Chaplain about anything you like – we don’t just do religion – and all conversations are confidential. You can find out more in our Confidentiality Statement.
You are welcome to drop in at any time during opening hours and you can always contact us on faithcentre@salford.ac.uk or by using our Chaplains’ listed email addresses and phone numbers.
The Chaplaincy offers you:
- Confidential advice and a ‘safe space’ to talk
- Spiritual help at times of need or if you’d just like to explore ideas
- Friendship and support
- Information on places of worship for all faiths
If you’d like to be a volunteer chaplain then we’d love to hear from you. We’re keen to engage with communities that aren’t currently represented in our team as we develop services and offer students and staff a diverse and cohesive experience at the Faith Centre. Please contact us at faithcentre@salford.ac.uk for more information.
Imam Rashid Musa
Muslim Chaplain
Email: r.musa@salford.ac.uk
Office: FC114 (Faith Centre, First Floor)
Bio: I have worked extensively in both academic and support capacities in Further Education (F.E.), Higher Education (H.E.), and in various prison and hospital chaplaincies. In addition to my role as a Chaplain, I also lecture for different departments here at Salford and at religious and educational institutes across the country and abroad.
As part of the chaplaincy team, we are all committed to helping and supporting all staff and students of any faith and no faith. My role involves representing Islam within the University community, raising awareness of Muslim students and staff, and identifying and responding to their specific pastoral, cultural and spiritual needs.
My hobby is following the Premier League and I look forward to annual visits to the holy lands with my family. I cherish being visited by any member of our University community over a cup of tea or coffee at my office.
Reverend Helen Tomlinson
Anglican/Church of England Chaplain
Email: h.tomlinson3@salford.ac.uk
Office: FC116 (Faith Centre, First Floor)
Bio: I was ordained priest in 2008 in the Manchester Diocese and have previously worked as a chaplain at the Christie Hospital. I am part of North Manchester deanery ministry team.
When not working, I enjoy spending time with my family and friends, walking, gardening and occasionally strumming my guitar. I am happy to listen, chat and offer spiritual support to students or staff members accompanied by a brew and a biscuit.
Rabbi Eli Simon
Jewish Chaplain
Email e.simon2@salford.ac.uk
Office: FC115 (Faith Centre, First Floor)
Bio: As part of the multi-faith team, I offer support to both students and staff. Together with my family, I am also the local representative for Chabad on Campus international. I love learning Torah and enjoy perfecting G-D’s beautiful world.
It is my pleasure to be of assistance, so please reach out to me via email or visit my office. You are all very welcome to call in to say hello, do a Mitzvah or have a drink.
Fr Arthur Marie Georges Matip, CSSP
Roman Catholic Chaplain
Email a.m.g.matip@salford.ac.uk
Office: FC116 (Faith Centre, First Floor)
Bio: I am a member of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (also known as the Spiritans), a religious Order of the Catholic Church. I am originally from Cameroon; My ordination as a priest was in Doula in Cameroon on 23 July 2021. In the Roman Catholic Diocese of Salford, I am also Chaplain to the Portuguese community.
It is my pleasure to work in this office as Chaplain, to support and encourage students and staff in the living of their faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. I am available and happy to hear from you for masses, adoration, confession and listening to your needs.
You can reach me through my email address, and you are also welcome to visit, chat and have cup of tea or coffee.
Our spaces
We have various facilities across campus to meet the faith requirements of our University community. The Faith Centre, quiet rooms and ablution rooms are currently open between 08:30-21:30, Monday to Friday. These areas are for students and staff only, so you will need your ID card for entry. All other buildings may have different opening hours.
We welcome all students and staff to use the faith spaces for faith-based activities. While the rooms exist for all to use, only meeting rooms FC111, FC112, Multi-Faith room are bookable.
Please note that this is a shared resource and is available on a first request, first served basis and the rooms may be unavailable at the times that you would like to use them.
If you would like to book the Chaplaincy or Faith Centre for a faith-based activity please contact the Faith Team at faithcentre@salford.ac.uk.
Our Spaces
Peel Park campus
- Faith Centre, University Road (directly across the road from the new SEE Building)
- Chaplains’ offices
- Chapel
- Muslim Prayer Hall and Ablution facilities
- Quiet room
- Social space
- Kitchens
- Multi-Faith Room
- Meeting rooms FC111 and FC112
- Maxwell Building:
- Quiet Room 206 and Ablution Room (Wudu)
- SEE Building
- Quiet Room 01.32
- Ablution Room (Wudu) 01.33
Frederick Road campus
- Allerton Building:
- Quiet Rooms 321 and 324
- Ablution Room (Wudu) opposite the Quiet Rooms
MediaCity campus
- Quiet Room 324