1. From Vision to Action: Next Steps

1. GA Office Closure

Please note that the GA Office at Essex Hall will be closed from 5.00pm on Thursday 24 March until 10.00am on Tuesday 5 April 2016 for the Easter Break followed by the Annual Meetings. Messages will not be retrieved from the voicemail service on the GA telephone number until our return. For messages that are of an urgent nature please ring or preferably send a text message to the mobile number 0750 763 1285.  Please note this is an emergency number only and will only be checked periodically.

1. Executive Committee Key Messages 12 February 2016

1. Executive Committee Key Messages

1. Bowland Trust

For the last ten years the General Assembly has received regular and generous financial support from the Bowland Trust which has sustained its activities and programmes at a national level by matching “live giving”.  The EC is extremely grateful to the Bowland Trust for this critically important support.

1. Executive Committee Key Messages 13 November 2015

 1. President of the General Assembly 2016-17

The Executive Committee is pleased to announce that Dorothy (Dot) Hewerdine will be nominated for the position of President of the General Assembly 2016/17 at the Annual Meetings in April 2016. Dot was nominated by the Scottish Unitarian Association, Sheffield and District Association of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches and Cardiff Unitarians/Undodiaid Caerdydd.

1. Unitarian Clara Barton Red Cross Appeal 

 As of 28 October 2015 the following amounts have been raised for the British Red Cross Europe Refugee Crisis Appeal. 

 Offline donations: £2484.61

 Online donations: £322.50

 Total to date: £2807.11

Since the Clara Barton Fund was launched the total raised to date: £65,469.75

 “Many thanks as always for all of your support, the response has been wonderful and makes a huge difference.”

1. UNI-COMS Conference 6 - 8 November 2015

Do look at the UNI-COMS website for details of the conference in November.  

Main sessions include: 

Better Outreach Training Course - Saturday Daytime

1. Executive Committee Key Messages 18 and 19 September 2015 

 1. Nightingale Centre

Statement by Rev John Clifford, President and the Executive Committee of the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches

21 September 2015