Upcoming events
Pub meet-up
Do come along to our May pub meet-up – it would be great to see you there. Our pub meet-ups are on the first Wednesday of each month, at the Elizabeth of York pub, where you’ll find a convivial atmosphere and plenty of cheap food and drink!
Do join us – click on the image for more information.
Why it's time to separate church and state
Join us to hear from Stephen Evans, the Chief Executive of the National Secular Society, about why it’s time to remove the privileges that the Church of England enjoys as the established church in this country.
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Quiz night
For our April social event, we’ve decided to do something a bit different – taking part in a pub quiz! We’ve heard that the one at the Fighting Cocks in Moseley is a good one, so that’s where we’ll be on 8th April.
To make sure we can all get together at the start of the evening to sort ourselves into teams, we need to know who to look out for, so please let us know if you’re intending to come – click on the image to take you to the booking page.
Pub meet-up
Do come along to our April pub meet-up – it would be great to see you there. Our pub meet-ups are on the first Wednesday of each month, at the Elizabeth of York pub, where you’ll find a convivial atmosphere and plenty of cheap food and drink!
Do join us – click on the image for more information.
Sunday Social
Do come along to our Sunday social – we’re going to have a look at the exhibitions in the Ikon Gallery and then get something to eat and drink at one of the cafes near the canal. A bonus is the free concert in the afternoon among the cherry blossom in Oozells Square!
Do join us – click on the image for more information and to sign up.
Abortion rights
Join us for a discussion about a woman’s right to an abortion, and what can jeopardise this. We’ll look at how things stand at present, and what we need to do to safeguard women’s right to abortion in the future.
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Pub meet-up
Do come along to our March pub meet-up – it would be great to see you there. Our pub meet-ups are on the first Wednesday of each month, at the Elizabeth of York pub, where you’ll find a convivial atmosphere and plenty of cheap food and drink!
Do join us – click on the image for more information.
Sunday Social
Come and join us in Damascena in the centre of Birmingham for a snack and a chat.
We need to know how many to book for, so please let us know you’re coming – click on the image to take you to the booking page.
Pub meet-up
Do come along to our February pub meet-up – it would be great to see you there. Our pub meet-ups are on the first Wednesday of each month, at the Elizabeth of York pub, where you’ll find a convivial atmosphere and plenty of cheap food and drink!
Do join us – click on the image for more information.
Humanists UK Darwin Day Lecture
Join us to watch this year’s Darwin Day Lecture, put on by Humanists UK. Dr Rebecca Wragg Sykes, an archaeologist and author, will speak about ‘Humanity’s superpower – lessons in community and empathy from 4 million to 40,000 years ago’.
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New Year’s meal
Now that Christmas is over, we’re looking forward to getting together for our New Year’s meal, which we’ll be having at Bundobust restaurant on Bennetts Hill.
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Pub meet-up
Do come along to our January pub meet-up – it would be great to see you there. Our pub meet-ups are on the first Wednesday of each month, at the Elizabeth of York pub, where you’ll find a convivial atmosphere and plenty of cheap food and drink!
Do join us – click on the image for more information.
Supporting apostates
Come along to our December meeting to find out more about the work that the organisation Faith to Faithless does to support people who have left a religion, and what others can do to help.
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Pub meet-up
Do come along to our December pub meet-up – it would be great to see you there. Our pub meet-ups are on the first Wednesday of each month, at the Elizabeth of York pub, where you’ll find a convivial atmosphere and plenty of cheap food and drink!
Do join us – click on the image for more information.
Sunday Social
For our November Sunday Social, we’ll be meeting up at the Comptoir Libanais on New Street Station. Please do come along.
Do join us – click on the image for more information and to sign up.
Supporting apostates
Our November meeting will be an open discussion on the subject of free speech, as seen from a humanist perspective. Please join us to consider the questions around free speech in our time. What should the limits of free speech be in a democracy? What views are so beyond the pale that they should be outlawed? And who gets to decide?
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Pub meet-up
Do come along to our November pub meet-up – it would be great to see you there. Our pub meet-ups are on the first Wednesday of each month, at the Elizabeth of York pub, where you’ll find a convivial atmosphere and plenty of cheap food and drink!
Do join us – click on the image for more information.
Sunday Social
For our October Sunday Social, we’ll be meeting up at the Boston Tea Party in Corporation Street. Please do come along.
Do join us – click on the image for more information and to sign up.
Humanism, religious education and the law
Come along to our October meeting to find out more about how the law on the teaching of religious education currently stands. Dr Ruth Wareham, Education Policy Researcher at Humanists UK, will look at the implications of this for the inclusion of humanism in RE syllabuses.
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Pub meet-up
Do come along to our October pub meet-up – it would be great to see you there. Our pub meet-ups are on the first Wednesday of each month, at the Elizabeth of York pub, where you’ll find a convivial atmosphere and plenty of cheap food and drink!
Do join us – click on the image for more information.
Sunday Social
Because of the poor weather forecast, we’ve decided to abandon our planned picnic. Instead we’ll be getting together on Zoom for a chat and a quiz.
Do join us – click on the image for more information and to sign up.
Pub meet-up
Do come along to our September pub meet-up – it would be great to see you there. Our pub meet-ups are on the first Wednesday of each month, at the Elizabeth of York pub, where you’ll find a convivial atmosphere and plenty of cheap food and drink!
Do join us – click on the image for more information.
Bring-and-share lunch
Come and join us for our Sunday social on 20 August. It’s a Bring-and-share lunch at Sarah’s house, 325 Rednal Road, Kings Norton, Birmingham B38 8EE, and starts at 1.00pm.
To find out more and to book your place, click on the image.
Pub meet-up
Do come along to our August pub meet-up – it would be great to see you there. Our pub meet-ups are on the first Wednesday of every month.
Do join us – click on the image for more information and to sign up.
Saturday Social
For our July social, which is on a Saturday this time, we’ll be getting together for a picnic in Martineau Gardens.
Do join us – click on the image for more information and to sign up.
LGBT Humanists
Do come along to our July meeting, when Nick Baldwin, the Co-ordinator of LGBT Humanists, will be speaking to us about what the group does and about its history within the humanist movement.
Click on the image to find out more about the meeting and to book your place.
Pub meet-up
Do come along to our July pub meet-up – it would be great to see you there. Our pub meet-ups are on the first Wednesday of every month.
Do join us – click on the image for more information and to sign up.
Sunday Social
For our Sunday social in June, we’ll be visiting Terry and Sheila’s lovely garden, which they are opening to the public as part of Moseley in Bloom Open Gardens (https://moseleyinbloom.org.uk/open-gardens-2023/).
Do join us – click on the image for more information and to sign up.
Annual General Meeting 2023
This is our Annual General Meeting for members, where we discuss the future of the group and elect members to the committee. Come along to have your say in the running of Birmingham Humanists.
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Pub meet-up
Do come along to the first of our new-look pub meet-ups – they’ll be happening on the first Wednesday of every month.
Do join us – click on the image for more information and to sign up.
BrumHumsChums Café
Come along to our Sunday social with a difference – this time we’re combining it with BrumHumsChums, our monthly friendship group meeting. It’s open to anyone – members of our group, guests and anyone else who is simply curious about the group or this event. Do join us for a friendly chat, and some good food and drink.
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Our heritage: a virtual walk through Birmingham’s humanist history
Join us to find out more about the part that Birmingham has played in the history of humanism. Maddy Goodall, Humanist Heritage Co-ordinator at Humanists UK, will take us on a virtual tour around local sites that bear testament to Birmingham’s rich history of freethinking and activism. This is a talk that will put humanist Birmingham on the map!
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