Posts Categorized: News

March meeting: Wills and Lasting Powers of Attorney

When: Thursday 4 March, 7.30pmWhere: Online via Zoom: click link here “But you’ll be dead” – this is what I sometimes politely remind clients when I am taking their instructions for Wills (not always using those exact words I might add). Unfortunately, some people don’t quite grasp the dead bit.  Ann Pickering In this session, Ann will explain… Read more »

Refugee Cafe and online shop

Last month we were contacted by Iolanda Chirico, the founder of one of our chosen charities AFRIL (Action for Refugees in Lewisham), with information about the current project for which she is founder and Chair. This is the Refugee Cafe. Please read the inspiring mission below and, if you want to support, we can share… Read more »

Humanism in Action Month

Humanist groups from across the West Midlands region are coming together to put on weekly Zoom sessions at 7.30pm every Tuesday during February and our members have cordially been invited to join in.   To book your free place and receive the Zoom links, contact Mark Taylor at markntaylor@gmail.com.   For more information, email birminghamhumanists@gmail.com The programme… Read more »

Review: Wikimedia

Review of our meeting on 7th January with speaker Doug Taylor  Wikimedia is a mansion, each door of which opens onto a new mansion, and that onto many more mansions. A TARDIS of seemingly infinite portals, corridors and rooms. Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia, is the most developed and well-known project but there are 17… Read more »

Thoughtful Tales for Growing Minds

The Uganda Humanist Schools Trust (one of the charities we regularly support) has set up a Human Studies Project with schools in Uganda. They are creating a resource bank of materials on important topics and approaching them in an empathetic humanist way. For primary children they have developed the concept of Thoughtful Tales for Growing… Read more »