Lindsay van Dijk 

A Humanist Hospital Chaplain (see video)

Lindsay van Dijk is the new Head Chaplain at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, including Amersham and High Wycombe Hospitals.   She is only the third atheist/humanist Chaplain in the NHS, and the first Head Chaplain.  Lindsay is in charge of a team of three priests and 24 volunteers, who mostly carry out pastoral work.  Lindsay studied Humanist Pastoral care at university in Holland, and is currently studying for a PhD in the subject.   She has worked as a humanist pastoral carer at Harvard in the USA, in a hospice and in a secondary school.  She is a member of the British Associations for Counselling and Psychotherapy and for Person-Centred Approach. 

Chiltern Humanists provide fellowship and education for Humanists and other non-religious people throughout the Chilterns. We hold regular monthly meetings to provoke debate and challenge comfortable assumptions  See us on Facebook. Non-members are very welcome to all of our meetings which are free entry.