CLH Annual General Meeting 2024 + Madeleine Goodall, Humanist Heritage

The Central London Humanists (CLH) Committee is pleased to invite all members and supporters – past, current, and future - to our Annual General Meeting.

The AGM is always a thought-provoking occasion and a great time to connect or catch up with fellow Humanists. We’ll review the past year’s progress, select the 2024 Committee, and discuss the future of CLH and how we can make every event and interaction even better, in 2024 and beyond.

Following the AGM we will be joined by guest speaker, Madeleine Goodall, Humanist Heritage Coordinator at Humanists UK.

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Date: Wednesday 17 January 2023
Time: 7pm - 9pm
Please join us from 6:30 to enjoy a glass of wine or soft drink - on us! We will begin promptly at 7pm
Venue: Old Diorama Arts Centre
We'll then move on to a nearby pub for drinks.

We look forward to seeing you there to kick off an exciting year.

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AGM Documents

Here are the finalised agenda and all relevant documents:

• Minutes of 2023 AGM
• Nominations for Committee Positions
• Membership Report
• International Report
• Annual Report (including Chair's Review and Treasurer's audited accounts)
• Online Analytics Report
• CLH Constitution

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Voting

Anyone who is registered as a full member of CLH and is a paid-up member of Humanists UK (HUK) is automatically a voting member of CLH. You will be able to vote on resolutions and are eligible for election to the Committee. Please bring your HUK membership details with you to the meeting.

Non-voting members and supporters are also very welcome to join us for the AGM and participate in our discussions.

Nominations for Committee positions must be submitted to the Secretary (info@centrallondonhumanists.org.uk) at least 14 days before the AGM (i.e. no later than 4th January 2024).
- Each nomination needs to be proposed and seconded by voting members of CLH.
- Brief candidacy statements can also be included along with the nominations.

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Have Your Say

We encourage anyone who is interested in Humanism and CLH to consider becoming a voting member:
— If you are already a HUK member and wish to register as a full member of CLH (no membership fee) please register on our website: https://centrallondonhumanists.org.uk/signup
— If you wish to join HUK and support its work to promote humanism in British life, please go to: https://humanism.org.uk/join

We also welcome other contributions, particularly in helping to manage our events. The more hands and minds involved, the more we can do, so please do get in touch if you’d like to get involved in some way.

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About Our Guest Speaker

Madeleine Goodall is the Humanist Heritage Coordinator for Humanists UK. Since 2019 she has been researching the history and influence of humanism, atheism, and freethought in the UK to mark 125 years of Humanists UK. The major output of this project has been the Humanist Heritage website.

Talk: Doers, Dreamers, Place Makers: Humanist Heritage and its relevance today

The Humanist Heritage project has been working since 2019 on excavating the often unsung history and influence of humanists in the UK, highlighting pioneering figures across politics, philosophy, science, and the arts. In 2023, the project was awarded £160,000 by The National Lottery Heritage Fund to continue bringing this radical history to new audiences, with a special focus on how spaces and places have fostered humanist community, and facilitated collective action. Whether coining words like ‘agnosticism’ and ‘secularism’, fighting for human rights and freedoms, or helping to establish systems of welfare and care, the non-religious have played a profoundly significant role in ushering in reforms and shaping social attitudes.
Who were these people? Why have they (or their humanism) so often been overlooked or ignored? What relevance do they have to us as humanists today, and to the issues we’re still grappling with? Join us and Humanist Heritage Coordinator Madeleine Goodall to hear more about the rich and remarkable history of humanism in the UK, and to discuss what faces us now as inheritors of this tradition.

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Please Note:

Events are advertised on multiple online portals and through email, so RSVP numbers on any one portal may not be fully indicative of the greater attendance on the day.

We encourage dialogue, debate, and sharing of information, but ask people to keep their comments cordial. Any individual's views expressed here do not necessarily reflect the views of the group at large.