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Salt Lake City sanctuary

Honduran woman ends three years of sanctuary in Unitarian Church

16 April 2021

A woman from Honduras has been granted a stay of deportation after spending three years in sanctuary at the First Unitarian Church in Salt Lake City, USA. “Vicky Chavez, 33,...

Annual Report 2020

Annual Report 2020

12 April 2021

Our 2020 Annual Report has now been published, with reports from our Presidential Team, Chief Officer and trustees, information about our volunteers, local leadership, ministry, visibility, youth and finances. Click...

Rosemary Webb - Malvern Transformers

Malvern Transformers’ Youth Leader receives award for work during lockdown

6 April 2021

Congratulations to Rosemary Webb on being selected to receive an Adult Volunteer Award from Young Solutions, a Worcestershire based charity dedicated to supporting children and young people across the county. Rosemary...

EC Election Results

Election Results

24 March 2021

Photo: Rev Celia Cartwright, Simon Hall, Jenny Jacobs, and Rev Jo James We are pleased to announce the election of four members to our Executive Committee: Rev Celia Cartwright, Simon...

Mary Wollstonecraft Comic

Mary Wollstonecraft Comic Book

23 March 2021

A “world-first” comic book about the life of ‘mother of feminism’ Mary Wollstonecraft is to be given away to primary schools across Hackney and Islington, along with a free six-week...

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AGM Motions released

17 March 2021

Six motions have been put forward for our Annual General Meeting online on Saturday 24 April 2021, of which four will be chosen to be voted on at the AGM....

Ed Fordham - Derbyshire Times

Unitarian campaigner and politician Ed Fordham shares his experiences of coming out as gay

17 March 2021

Ed Fordham, a longtime Unitarian and Liberal Democrat politician in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, talks to the Derbyshire Times about coming out as gay, the Unitarians’ role in the struggle for LGBT+...

Dublin Slavery

Selective Memories: Dublin Unitarians reflect on slavery legacy

17 March 2021

“It’s really important to know that that philanthropy was built on the backs of enslaved human beings”. Dublin Unitarian Church was built on land bought with money from Thomas Wilson,...