OUR USUAL EVENT LOCATION
THE PAVILION. RESIDENTS’ GARDENS, ABBOTTS WAY, SO17 1QU
Events Programme 2025
Members’ meetings, open to all, are always held in The Pavilion, Residents’ Gardens, Abbotts Way, SO17 1QU. We do not charge for refreshments at these meetings, rather we invite a contribution to charity. Discussion groups, for members and their guests, are held in members’ homes. Venue will be announced before each event.
| DATE | TIME | TYPE | DETAILS |
| January 19th 2025 Sunday | 2.00pm | Members’ meeting | Prof Lucy Platt (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine): “Sex Work and the Law” |
| January 29 2025 Wednesday | 2.00pm | Guided tour of Southampton Art Gallery. | |
| February 5th 2025 Wednesday | 7.00pm | Discussion group (members only) | Science and Humanism (led by Andrew Vagg) |
| February 10th 2025 Monday | TBA | Social event | Darwin Day celebration |
| March 2nd 2025 Sunday | 2.00pm | AGM & Members’ meeting | AGM, then Louise Papworth: “Dignity in Dying” |
| March 12th 2025 Wednesday | 11:15am | Pre-booked only (make own way) | Visit to the House of Commons with Satvir Kaur MP – Southampton Test |
| April 2nd 2025 Wednesday | 7.00pm | Book group (members only) | “Prisoners of Geography” by Tim Marshall |
| April 19th 2025 Saturday | 10.00am | Social event | Brunch Tragos Portswood |
| May 18th 2025 | 7.00pm | Members’ meeting (open to all) | Prof Roger Brown: “What’s the future for Universities?” |
| June 4th 2025 Wednesday | 7.00pm | Discussion group (members only) | Is it time to end the Monarchy? (Led by Prof Mike Kelly) |
| July 20th 2025 Sunday | 7.00pm | Members’ meeting (open to all) | Mathew Stone: “The Salvation Army, a bit of history and what we’re doing locally” |
| August 6th 2025 Wednesday | 7.00pm | Book group (members only) | “Free and equal” by Daniel Chandler |
| September 21st 2025 Sunday | 7.00pm | Members’ meeting (open to all) | Prof Christine Chinkin: “Citizen’s Tribunals” |
| October 1st 2025 Wednesday | 7.00pm | Discussion group (members only) | Social Media – Is it doing more harm than good? |
| November 16th 2025 Sunday | 2.00pm | Members’ meeting (open to all) | Steve Hurd: “Uganda Humanist Schools Trust” |
| December 3rd 2025 Wednesday | 7.00pm | Book group (members only) | “Nomad Century” by Gaia Vince |
| December 7th 2025 Sunday | Noon | Social event | Seasonal Party |