On 27th October, 17:30, UNA Canterbury’s annual UNA Service for Peace, will be held in Canterbury Cathedral. The service – which brings together many community organisations working to create a fairer, more sustainable world – will this year focus on Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals in the Community. The keynote address will be by Councillor Alan Baldock, Leader of Canterbury City Council […]

Our AGM will be a hybrid event on Saturday, 2nd November, 12:00 – 17:00 at Bermondsey Village Hall, Kirby Grove, London SE1 3TD. We hope many of you will join us in person. Directions to the hall from London Bridge mainline station are here. The event will start at 12 noon. If you plan to come in person, please […]

On 9th November, 10:30, UNA Harpenden is holding a free hybrid public lecture at the Salvation Army Hall, Harpenden AL5 2TG on Ascending Global Order: rising powers and the politics of status in international institutions by Dr Rohan Mukherjee, London School of Economics and Political Science. Drawing on evidence from the last two centuries, this talk will show that the rising powers value […]

On 16th November, 10:00, at St Peter’s Community Centre, Bexhill, TN40 2HE, UNA Climate and Oceans, with Sussex Marine and Coastal Forum, Sussex Wildlife Trust, Sussex Underwater, and Sussex Dolphin Project are holding The Ocean Symposium and Marine Exhibition, with presentations and panel discussions on marine conservation, as well as marine art. There will be a chance to meet academics, policy makers, […]

On 23rd November, 13:30-18:00, UNA Climate and Oceans – with the Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society, and Imperial College, London – is hosting the free Climate and Sustainability Youth Summit 2024 at Imperial College, Exhibition Road, London, SW7 2BX to discuss the outcomes of COP29 and develop proposals for future action. Speakers include Professor Jim Skea, Chair of the UN Intergovernmental Panel […]

On 30th November, 12:30, UNA Warwick District is hosting, at Leamington Spa Baptist Church, Chandos Street, CV32 4RN, a free hybrid meeting on Trust deficit and rising militarisation challenge to UN disarmament efforts, with speaker Trine Rosengen Pejstrup, Danish Institute for International Studies, exploring how trust deficits between UN member states and declining confidence in the UN's capabilities critically impact […]

On 7th December, 14:00, at St Ann’s RC Church, Kingston Hill, KT2 7LX UNA Streatham and Clapham are holding a free meeting on Mountain Communities and their Livelihoods – as part of the UN General Assembly 5-year action plan for the Development of Mountain Regions – to explore the importance of these regions for global sustainability and the challenges facing those who […]

On 14th December, 14:00–17:00, at St Peter’s Community Centre, Bexhill, TN40 2HE, UNA Bexhill and Hastings are holding their free Christmas Social Seminar, with a talk and discussion accompanied by a tea and wine reception. To register and for more information, please contact the Chair.  

On 16th December, 16:00, at Eastbourne Town Hall, UNA Eastbourne, with the Bangladeshi community, will be marking Human Rights Day, with addresses from Eastbourne MP Josh Babarinde, Eastbourne Mayor Candy Vaughan, and Film Director Leena Gazi (who will introduce her film Rising Silence, embodying the struggle for peace and human rights around the world). The film will be followed by […]

On 18th December, 15:00-16:30 at the Conference Room Civic Centre, 1st floor, Enfield Civic Centre, Silver Street, London, EN1 3FH and online (password 249303), UNA Enfield and the Barnets is launching the EBUNA SDG Interim Research Report on Food Poverty in Enfield (see above). Through a combination of desk research and field research with local providers they have found interesting insights and […]