On 11th May, 10:30-13:00, UNA Harpenden is hosting a free talk on Preventing Child Deaths in Africa by Hefin Rees, Harpenden Spotlight on Africa, at the Salvation Army Hall, Harpenden AL5 2TG. The talk will be followed by the AGM. If you are interested in standing for a place on the committee, please contact the Chair. To attend the event, please register here. Note: In […]

On 23rd May, 10:00-16:00, UNA Westminster is holding its International Day of UN Peacekeepers 20th Annual Conference at the Royal United Services Institute, Whitehall, SW1A 2ET, addressing: Host-nation consent; Cyprus at 60; Caring for the Peacekeepers. The conference will pause at 13:00 for the Diplomats’ Wreath-Laying Ceremony at the Cenotaph. Lunch will be provided. Please register here for the free conference. No need to register […]

On 25th May, 12:30-13:45, UNA Warwick is holding a hybrid meeting at the Leamington Spa Baptist Church, CV32 4RN on UN & Multilateral and Multidimensional Peacekeeping Operations - Are they fit for purpose? The speaker will be Dr Jair Van Der Lijn, Stockholm International Peace and Research Institute (SIPRI). To join online, go here.

On 27th May, 13:00-16:00, starting at St George’s Square, Luton, next to Luton Town Hall, UNA Luton would welcome participation in their Annual Women’s Carnival Peace Parade, a well-established part of the Luton International Carnival, to give a message of peace to the multi-cultural audience at Europe’s largest one-day street festival. For further information, please contact UNA Luton Chair.

On 1st June, 10:30-11:30, UNA Harpenden is hosting a free talk on Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel at the Quaker Meeting House AL5 1PD by Peter Segal, founder of St Albans Friends of Palestine. The effectiveness and challenges of the BDS campaign against Israel will be examined in the context of the achievements and experience of the BDS movement against apartheid in South […]

On 5th June, 19:00, UNA Cardiff and District is hosting a free webinar on How to Foster Resilience to Environmental Change, with speaker Abid Mehmood, researcher and teacher in climate change. Here is the link.

On 18th June, 17:30 – 19:00 UNA Eastbourne will hold its hybrid AGM at Room 116, East Sussex College, ECAT House, Cross Levels Way, BN21 2UF. The zoom link is here. For further information, please contact their Chair.

On 18th June, 19:00 -  21:00, UNA Luton is holding a webinar on Awareness-Raising on Autism, with speakers Dr Nazia Khanum and Mehedy Kabir and a  Bengali film, Bornil Sutor Setu (A Bridge of Threads of Many Colours) with English subtitles. The event will raise awareness about autism through this film based on a real-life family story. There will be discussion on socio-economic challenges […]

On 19th June, 19:30-21:00 the UNA London Trust is hosting a webinar for people to: learn how the Trust works; discuss what types of project/work you think they should support; walk through their application process. Please register here.

Here is your final reminder to register for the free LASER Summer Council, Ploughshares into Swords!, on 22nd June at 11:00 for 11:30 at St Peter’s Community Centre, Bexhill-on-Sea. This is our annual chance to meet, hosted by a local group, in a different part of our Region and to focus together on some important aspect of UN activity. This year UNA […]