As well as our regular monthly talks, we also organise one-off events. We aim for these to be entertaining, sociable , educational and interesting. Events we have organised in the last few years have included visits to places of historical interest, exhibitions, talks and social outings.
We also hold a stall at Nunhead Cemetery Open Day every year and join in with various interfaith events in Lewisham and surrounding areas.
For the schedule of our forthcoming monthly meetings and other events please go here.
New Cross June meeting: International Conflicts and ways to solve them
When: Thursday 6th June, 7.30pmWhere: New Cross Learning (map) We are delighted to be joined by Jane Kinninmont, who will be discussing International conflicts and how to solve them. Jane’s talk will focus on conflicts in the Middle East. She will talk through some of the root causes (which often have a lot to do… Read more »
Bromley May meeting: Health and financial powers of attorney
When: Wednesday 8th May, 2 – 4pmWhere: Bromley (map) Pat Hawkins, a member of the group, will lead a discussion on health and financial powers of attorney. This is not likely to take up the whole of the session and so members will be invited to raise other topics of interest.
BBC campaign update and May demo
On 9th April we held our eleventh demo from 8-10am outside the BBC, in support of our campaign to include the humanist world view on Radio 4’s Thought for the Day. We tweeted in to the Today programme, hoping the journos might come and talk to us, as a welcome respite from the endless Brexit… Read more »
BBC campaign update and April demo
The absurdity of excluding humanists from Thought for The Day is sometimes highlighted by hearing a religious person deliver a ‘thought’ on the Today programme that could just as easily have been contributed by a humanist. Such was the recent speech by Church of Scotland Minister John Bell from the Iona Community, who spoke in… Read more »
New Cross May meeting: food and ethics
When: Thursday 2nd May, 7.30pmWhere: New Cross Learning (map) How food is killing us: what should we eat to save ourselves and the planet? The food system is a major driver of man-made negative impact on the environment 1, including up to 30% of greenhouse gas equivalent (GHG) emissions 2. It also uses up to… Read more »
