Gatwick Airport Chaplaincy Team
The chaplaincy team is responsible for regular multi-denominational services at both the South and North terminal chapels and is available for pastoral support. Chaplains are also trained as Emergency Responders should the need arise.
To get in touch with an individual chaplain by email please use the Contact Page and include the chaplain’s name in the subject line.
What The Chaplaincy Offers
- A person of faith ordained and trained
- Worship in a multi-faith chapel
- A quiet place for prayer and reflection
- Availability
- Time and a listening ear
- Confidentiality
- Respect and acceptance
- Impartiality
- Support in a crisis or bereavement
- Bridge building
Reverend Sue Lepp
Affiliation: Church of England
Reverend Lepp is a Church of England pastor ordained for < > and the current Lead Chaplain for the Gatwick Chaplaincy.
Revd. Lepp joined the team of chaplains at Gatwick airport in October 2023.
Phone: 01293-505540
Reverend Father Binoy Nilayattingal
Affiliation: Roman Catholic
Father Binoy is a Roman Catholic priest ordained for the diocese of Gibraltar on January 5, 2007. He has an MA in Psychiatric Social work and has worked in Gibraltar as Roman Catholic Chaplin at Gibraltar port and for the Gibraltar prison board. Fr. Binoy joined the team of chaplains at Gatwick airport in July 2018.
Phone: 01293-505540
Richard P. Heybroek
Affiliation: SGI-UK Buddhist Sangha
Background in flight simulation and applied psychology with Philips, Bombardier, Rediffusion Simulation and LOFTwork Ltd, specializing in organizational error and safety systems. Founded the Human Factors Group of the Royal Aeronautical Society and the UK Confidential Rail Incident Reporting system. Read undergraduate and graduate Philosophy and Psychology at McGill University before becoming a practicing Buddhist:
- Mahayana Buddhist in the T'ien T'ai Eastern tradition with the Soka Gakkai Nichiren sangha (SGI-UK).
- SGI-UK Sussex and Surrey HQ Leader to 2010, currently Gatwick District leader.
- Completed four-year Study Lecturer qualification in 2004.
- Joined Gatwick chaplaincy team in 2011
Phone: 01293-505540
Major Linda Perkin
Affiliation: The Salvation Army representing Free Churches
Major Linda Perkin was commissioned as a Salvation Army Officer in 1977. She has been in SA local church leadership for 32 years ministering in the UK, predominately in the West Midlands and Essex, and for the last 21 years with her husband Simon. So she comes to the chaplaincy with a wealth of experience in pastoral care and incarnational living. Linda has two daughters who are both teachers.
Linda moved from Clacton on Sea in July 2018 to take up the appointment as Chaplain at Gatwick airport.
Phone: 01293-505540