Past Events

Mental Health Awareness Week begins on 18 May. This year, the theme is Kindness, a value that is at the heart of what we do as a community. Acts of kindness strengthen relationships and unlock our shared humanity. Tracy Douthwaite, our main speaker, trains businesses to use a sustainable and effective approach to the mental health needs of their employees, increasing understanding and reducing stigma. Her aim is to embed health and wellbeing into the culture of organisations, ensuring happy,…

Take a moment to remember some of the best events you ever attended. What made them special? How did they make you feel? They were probably not the ones at which you consumed food, drink, and entertainment and promptly went home afterward. They were more likely the times when you felt a bond with other people over a shared experience and hung around till you were one of the last people remaining because you didn't want it to end. Study…

We are a non-audition, radically inclusive choir who rehearse every Monday in Waterloo. We sing a range of contemporary music styles - pop, rock, indie, soul, disco, and more! Prior to the coronavirus outbreak, we performed once a month, providing backing harmonies for mass singalongs at Sunday Assembly London, as well as performing our own songs without the audience too! As well as the monthly events, we performed about four times a year at Christmas and evening concerts connected to…

Facilitated by Demelza Jones and Rachel Melinek, this group will meet weekly to discuss ways we can live better during this difficult time. The agenda will be loosely as follows: -After a welcome everyone needs to agree to honour confidentiality in the shared Talk Space - Round table intro and one line sentence of ‘how we are feeling today’ - Individuals volunteer to share stories, ensuring that no one interrupts or talks over anyone else - Moment of silence and…

Our main speaker, Jay Jayamohan, is a consultant paediatric neurosurgeon at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, star of two highly acclaimed BBC documentary series following the work of neurosurgeons, and author of the 2020 autobiography "Everything That Makes Us Human". Jay will tell us what it means to care intensively: advocating for patients who can't speak for themselves, guiding families through end-of-life choices no one wants to make, helping people feel empowered to make essential, life-changing decisions when there is…