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A Year in the Unitarian World
Reflections from Nick Butler-Watts, Innovation Fund Programme Manager In my first year of studying philosophy and music at university, the module I performed worst in was Philosophy of Religion. Despite...
September’s Letter from Liz
Each month, we publish a letter from Liz Slade, the chief officer for the General Assembly. This is Liz’s letter for September 2026. I was recently interviewed by Clare Farrell,...
New Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) structure
From 1 October 2026, the General Assembly (GA) will be operating under its new Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) structure. This has been a process that was initially started by...
Changes to the GA’s Operations team
Over the past few months we’ve been looking at how the General Assembly is structured internally, to make sure that we are giving congregations, districts and ministers what they need...
August’s Letter from Liz
Each month, we publish a letter from Liz Slade, the chief officer for the General Assembly. This is Liz’s letter for August 2026. I am very proudly an infrastructure nerd....
Innovation Fund pledges over £500,000 in funding
The Innovation Fund offers grants to Unitarian congregations and groups across Great Britain who want to try something new; from fresh worship formats to bold community projects. We want to back the...
Changes to how we manage our money
When David Joseph retired as Finance Manager earlier this year, everyone at the General Assembly was really sad to see him leave, after ten years at the heart of the...
General Assembly welcomes new Operations Director to the team
The General Assembly of Unitarians and Free Christian Churches has appointed Anne Danks as Operations Director. Anne joins us this week from Christian Aid, where she spent nine years in...