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Remembering Stephen Lawrence, 'We all have the power to make a difference'
Today is #StephenLawrenceDay where we remember and celebrate the life of this young man whose life was tragically taken.
Unitarianism and its contribution to animal rights (by Simon Strickland-Scott)
In 1773, long before she arrived at Newington Green, Anna Laetitia Barbauld wrote one of her better known poems; A Mouse’s Petition. Addressed to her friend and fellow Unitarian, the chemist Joseph Priestley, the poem is an appeal for liberation. Part metaphor and part literal it may be seen as an early presentation of support for animal rights (and specifically the anti-vivisection cause).
Add to our revolutionary playlist
We have a created an open ‘NGMH: Songs of dissent’ playlist that everyone with a Spotify account can add to.
Project launch postponed update
The Newington Green Meeting House: Revolutionary Ideas Since 1708 project’s planned launch has been postponed due to the Covid 19 (coronavirus) outbreak.
Instead, the team will work to create resources that can be shared online, such as teaching resources and live-streamed activities, and will also devote energy to planning an autumn/winter programme.
NGMH renovation: Rapporteur report, March 2020
This is the final straight.
A sense of “very-near-completion” binds all of the spaces throughout. From the old to the new, refurbished, reimagined or simply untouched, everything’s coming into sharp focus. Much of this is evidenced in the functional trappings that are being added on the day of the rapporteur’s visit. These include, amongst other things, the wiring of light switches, laying of Yorkstone on the new staircase to the basement, hanging of lights and some final bits of tilling in the kitchen and bathroom.
Project throwback: Early 2019
2019 was a major year for the Newington Green Meeting House, as it marked the first phase of major works on this historic building. This blog post will go back over some of the key events which occurred in this part of the year.
Project throwback: Late 2019
As 2019 began to draw to a close, so did the Newington Green Meeting House renovation project. In this article, we’ll explore exactly what happened over the course of the second half of the year.
Renovating our Meeting House: a history of the project
The building needed some attention, and a group of people from New Unity worked hard to secure a renovation. Now, it has been fully renovated thanks to a major grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. This blog post will take a look back at just how the Meeting House renovation project came about.