News

All the latest news and opinions from our network of spiritual homes…

Unitarians launch new ‘Worship Words’ website

23 November 2022

We are excited to announce the launch of a new website Worship Words, a collaborative online space sharing resources for worship from across the UK Unitarian community and beyond. Worship...

Dominic Raab and Rishi Sunak

Govern with integrity, faith leaders urge prime minister

18 November 2022

The Unitarians have joined others from across the faith and belief spectrum in calling on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to stand by his pledge to govern with integrity. In a...

Wayside pulpit at Cross Street Chapel, Manchester

Rev. Cody Coyne talks Wayside Pulpits on BBC Radio 4

16 November 2022

BBC Radio 4’s ‘Sunday’ programme welcomed Rev. Cody Coyne onto the programme this weekend to talk about wayside pulpits – those attention-grabbing posters outside churches. Rev. Cody is minister of...

Unitarian campaigner condemns Church of England on LGBT+ equality

15 November 2022

Longtime LGBT+ rights campaigner Ed Fordham has publicly condemned the Church of England’s continued discrimination against LGBT+ people as “fundamentally wrong” and called for it to be disestablished in England,...

Play video

Young Unitarians talk community action, youth groups, and changing the world

8 November 2022

The American Unitarian Universalist podcast ‘Juust Breathe’ interviewed two young British Unitarians recently about how their faith inspires them to work for a better world through Unitarian youth and young...

Bury St Edmunds Unitarians host Gin Festival to raise money for disabled access

27 October 2022

Bury St Edmunds Unitarians in Suffolk came up with a novel way to raise money for a disabled access ramp for their meeting house, by hosting their first ever Gin...

Southampton Unitarians host city’s first Transgender Pride

27 October 2022

Photo credit: Hannah De Boltz / Newsquest Edmund Kell Unitarian Church in Southampton hosted the city’s first Transgender Pride this month. Southampton Trans Pride featured a parade through the city...

Obituary: Mike Tomlin

14 October 2022

Phil Tomlin writes movingly in ‘The Guardian’ about his late father Mike Tomlin, who played a leading role in charities dealing with social deprivation in Teesside. Phil writes that his...