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Gellionnen Chapel makes the headlines for LGBTQ inclusion

24 May 2023

Gellionnen Unitarian Chapel has made the headlines in the Welsh media this month for its LGBTQ inclusion, with the congregation featuring on ITV Wales’ 6 o’clock news, Wales Online, and...

Stop insuring new fossil fuels, faith leaders urge Lloyd’s

2 May 2023

The Unitarians have joined others from across the faith and belief spectrum in urging Lloyds of London to do more to tackle climate change. Writing in the Times on 24...

Coronation Cuppa with Jewish friends at Hampstead Unitarians

26 April 2023

Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel in Hampstead is holding a Coronation Coffee morning and food bank drive on 8 May, in partnership with Mitzvah Day, the UK’s largest faith-led day of...

Unitarians for Climate Justice join Extinction Rebellion’s ‘The Big One’

25 April 2023

On Saturday 22 April 2023, ‘Unitarians for Climate Justice’ took part in Extinction Rebellion’s ‘The Big One’ peaceful protests in central London. ‘Unitarians for Climate Justice’ is a newly formed...

Welcoming our new President

25 April 2023

At our Annual Meetings this month we were delighted to welcome Vince McCully as this year’s President of the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches. The Presidential team...

Spring funding boost for Westgate Unitarian Chapel, Wakefield

24 April 2023

A much-loved Yorkshire chapel is to share in a £351,500 heritage funding boost from the National Churches Trust.  A £25,000 National Churches Trust Grant will help to pay for urgent...

Memorial unveiled to Sir John Brunner – Liverpool Unitarian industrialist and political reformer

24 April 2023

On 11 April 2023, Rev. Phil Waldron and the congregation at Ullet Road Unitarian Church, Liverpool, welcomed the family of Sir John Brunner (1842-1919) to unveil a memorial to the...

“Queer Love is magical”: a same-sex couple reflect on getting married in a Unitarian church

19 April 2023

Catrina Knox and Charlotte Harris tied the knot at New Unity Unitarian church in Newington Green, London, last year. In an interview with East London Lines, they reflect on their...