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3:00 pm, March 29 2026

Spring Socials 2026: blooming good fun between assemblies

While our Sunday assemblies take a month’s break after 15th March, returning on 19th April, our community calendar continues to blossom!

So far we’ve had:

Museum / art gallery tour, Tate Britain, Saturday 7th March

Between 29th March and 6th April, you can look forward to:

Karaoke – Sunday 29th March from 3pm – Star of Bethnal Green

Arrive 3pm and enjoy a catch up , grab a drink , before retiring to our private karaoke room at 4pm for couple of hours of singing joy!

There may be a possibility of extending to another hour for those who wish to sing on!
Or stick around for an early supper. Or enjoy an early night in, after your cup is filled with karaoke!

3pm – 4pm | meet & hydrate!
4pm – 6pm | karaoke
6pm onwards | potentially more karaoke, food or head home…

Book in advance using this link: https://bit.ly/sa-sundayoke

Numbers are limited for the karaoke room hire, so reserve your place by Friday 27th March.

Lunch – Sunday 5th April from 12pm – Lincoln’s Inn Fields or indoors

Join Mitsky and co for a Sunday picnic at Lincoln Inn’s Fields from 12noon- this is free with no need to book, just turn up! But perhaps keep an eye on this group in case we move elsewhere for wet weather.

One-day choir – Monday 6th April – Calder Theatre Bookshop

We’re hosting another One-Day choir at the Calder Theatre Bookshop between Waterloo and Southwark stations (The Cut, opposite the Young Vic). This time, we will be workshopping one of my original compositions and enjoying some group singing short activities, with perhaps a social drink afterwards for anyone interested!

There is a finite number of places available so please book your FREE place asap.

Speak to Tanya or email community@sundayassembly.com to join the mailing list, and watch this space for any further dates and details.

Keep an eye on the Sunday Assembly London Social Facebook group too for unofficial get-togethers organised by members of our lovely community!

Main Events

11:00 am, April 19 2026

Mind the Gap: Why Intergenerational Connection Matters now more than Ever

Guest speaker: Hannah Kayi Mason

Hardly a day goes by when we don’t hear an age-based label. Boomer, Generation X, Millennial, Gen Z… might these be blocking connections, understanding, better living? What becomes possible when we work to bridge these divides?

With Global Intergenerational Week 2026 coming up (24th to 30th April), we’re welcoming Hannah Kayi Mason, CEO of InCommon: a charity connecting groups of young people with their older neighbours to celebrate differences and learn from one another.

Guest poet: Aditi Banerjee

We’ll also experience cross-generational connection for ourselves as we hear from Aditi, 19, whose spoken word poetry raises awareness on social and environmental issues. Aditi has experienced InCommon’s programmes first-hand.

Our singalongs

As usual, there will be four pop songs performed by our Sunday Assembly London band and reflecting today’s themes. You’ll find out which ones at the assembly, or you may spot clues on our social media…

The lyrics will be projected on screen and everyone’s welcome to sing (and dance) along.

About Sunday Assembly London

Sunday Assembly London is your regular and reliable stop for a welcoming, accessible and inspiring Sunday community, where you can hear talks and poetry, sing songs and make new friends.

Stay after for tea, biscuits, and chat in the Backyard Comedy Club. Then join us for a local meal, picnic, or a drink and card games at the pub.

→ Our next assembly: This Party’s Dead: a Journey to Seven of the World’s Death Festivals, 3rd May
← Our previous assembly: The Power of Love, 15th March

Not just Sunday Assemblies

12:00 pm, April 5 2026

Lunch/picnic: because we have to eat and love to meet

Although we’ve no assembly on 5th April, we’re having a picnic lunch in Lincoln’s Inn Fields from 12pm. Come and join us. If the weather’s not on our side, we’ll find somewhere indoors.

Then join us for lunch after our assembly on 19th April!

When the weather is good we eat outside and ask people to bring blankets and food to share. On colder days, we head for a local restaurant, café or pub that serves food. (We’ll confirm which one during the assembly.)

Keep an eye on the weather and event listing in case we need to change venue. And if you have any portable games, bring them too. Newcomers are very welcome.

Main Events Past events

11:00 am, March 15 2026

The Power of Love: Laura’s Marathon Story

Guest speaker: Laura Coleman-Day

Laura Coleman-Day told us her extraordinary story of resolve, generosity and love.

After losing her husband Xander to leukaemia, Laura set herself a remarkable challenge: running 12 marathons in 12 months to raise funds and awareness for Anthony Nolan. She finished on what would have been her and Xander’s 6th wedding anniversary, running the final miles of the London Marathon in her wedding dress. She raised over £30k.

Laura says: ‘In 2026, I plan to take on 7 marathons for our 7th Anniversary, finishing with London 2026 where this time, I will run the whole marathon in my wedding dress.’

While this assembly marks International Women’s Day (8th March), Laura brought us a story for all time – of strength, purpose, and turning grieving into giving.

Support Laura

Guest poet: Kay Scorah

Sunday Assembly London’s own Kay Scorah was back on stage, helping us to find strength and inspiration through her verse.

Read Kay’s poems from the assembly

Our singalongs

As usual, there were four pop songs performed by our Sunday Assembly London band and reflecting today’s themes.

Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) – Kate Bush
Keep On Movin’ – 5ive
Girl On Fire – Alicia Keys
Sisters Are Doin’ It for Themselves – Eurythmics and Aretha Franklin

The lyrics were projected on screen and everyone was welcome to sing (and dance) along.

This will be our last assembly before we take a month’s break around the Bank Holiday weekend (returning on 19th April), but there will be a Spring Socials calendar to fill the gap. Find out what we’ve got planned here.

About Sunday Assembly London

Sunday Assembly London is your regular and reliable stop for a welcoming, accessible and inspiring Sunday community, where you can hear talks and poetry, sing songs and make new friends.

Stay after for tea, biscuits, and chat in the Backyard Comedy Club. Then join us for a local meal, picnic, or a drink and card games at the pub.

→ Our next assembly: Mind the Gap: Why Intergenerational Connection Matters now more than Ever, 19th April (We’re skipping 5th April for the Easter Bank Holiday weekend)
← Our previous assembly: You Matter… Really!, 1st March

Main Events

11:00 am, May 3 2026

This Party’s Dead: a Journey to Seven of the World’s Death Festivals

Guest speaker: Erica Buist

To mark Dying Matters Awareness Week 2026 (4th-10th May), writer and journalist Erica Buist will invite us to look at death a little differently.

After a personal loss brought her face to face with how awkwardly we talk about dying, Erica set out to explore how other cultures approach it: with ritual, openness, and even joy.

Her journey took her to death festivals in Mexico, Nepal, Sicily, Thailand, Japan, Madagascar and Indonesia. We’ll get to see and hear what she experienced: reminders that by facing endings together, we can live more fully, and maybe even find moments of laughter along the way.

Guest poet: Kay Scorah

The ideal complement to any Sunday Assembly London speaker, our own Kay Scorah will give us her own reflections on this challenging but important topic.

Our singalongs

The lyrics will be projected on screen and everyone’s welcome to sing (and dance) along.

About Sunday Assembly London

Sunday Assembly London is your regular and reliable stop for a welcoming, accessible and inspiring Sunday community, where you can hear talks and poetry, sing songs and make new friends.

Stay after for tea, biscuits, and chat in the Backyard Comedy Club. Then join us for a local meal, picnic, or a drink and card games at the pub.

→ Our next assembly: 17th May
← Our previous assembly: Mind the Gap: Why Intergenerational Connection Matters now more than Ever, 19th April

Main Events Past events

11:00 am, March 1 2026

You Matter… Really! How to react to a turning point for humanity

‘Are we living at a turning point in evolution?

Throughout Earth’s history, evolutionary big bangs like the Cambrian explosion have brought fundamental change – and some believe we are approaching the biggest one yet. The consequences could be profound: ushering in a new era of intelligence, or putting us at risk of irrelevance… or even extinction like world-dominating species who came before us.

But instead of despairing, join us to chew it over! (And to wash it down with a nice cup of tea.)’

Guest speaker: Dr Nash Popovic

Nash Popovic is a former Senior Lecturer at the University of East London, author, and founder of The Synthesis: a website which brings together science and spirituality to explore the perennial question of the meaning of life.

Blending science, philosophy and human experience, Nash helped us explore how rapidly accelerating change could shape the future of humanity – and why, at times like this, curiosity, compassion and everyday choices matter more than ever.

Our singalongs

As usual, there were four pop songs performed by our Sunday Assembly London band and reflecting today’s themes, including St. David’s Day.

Dakota – The Stereophonics
Changes – David Bowie
The Times They Are A-Changin’ – Bob Dylan
Mulder and Scully – Catatonia

The lyrics were projected on screen and everyone was welcome to sing (and dance) along.

About Sunday Assembly London

Sunday Assembly London is your regular and reliable stop for a welcoming, accessible and inspiring Sunday community, where you can hear talks and poetry, sing songs and make new friends.

Stay after for tea, biscuits, and chat in the Backyard Comedy Club. Then join us for a local meal, picnic, or a drink and card games at the pub.

→ Our next assembly: The Power of Love, 15th March
← Our previous assembly: The Love Doctress Is In!, 15th February

Not just Sunday Assemblies Past events

7:30 pm, February 26 2026

Article Club: when you love to read, but it’s brevity you need

Article Club is where the Sunday Assembly London community read a diverse range of articles, share them with like-minded people and deal with our anxiety that we aren’t reading books.

This was our 74th meeting and it’s never too late to join! Just like at our assemblies, we love welcoming new members and their unique opinions.

How Article Club works

1. We meet every 1-2 months in the National Theatre building in Central London by the river. We go for the round seats in the Lyttelton Theatre bar on the first floor.

2. We vote in advance and pick two articles from a short list to read before we meet. Usually one relates to politics/current affairs and the other to history, culture or science.

Our articles this time:

Britain’s infrastructure is too expensive – Sam Dumitriu and Ben Hopkinson, 2023

On £100k and feeling hard-done-by? It seems absurd – but a cold truth lies beneath – Jason Okundaye, The Guardian, 2026

3. We talk about each one for around half an hour. The beauty of Article Club is that we can think more deeply about the broader themes of a topic, and how well the article gets to grips with them.

4. We each give a score out of 10 for the articles that have been discussed.

5. We set the date for the next Article Club and sometimes adjourn to the pub.

Look out for details of our next Article Club. And to meet more of the Sunday Assembly London community while learning about a new or familiar topic, you’re always welcome at our Sunday Assemblies too!

Main Events Past events

11:00 am, February 15 2026

Valentine’s Special: The Love Doctress Is In!

This Valentine’s weekend, we explored the love that builds the type of communities, friendships and resilience we cherish at Sunday Assembly London.

Guest speaker: Adela Apetroaia

Adela is a senior lecturer and psychotherapist known as the Love Doctress. She explores how love shows up in all forms: not just romance, but in friendship, community, creativity and self-acceptance.

Drawing on years of experience in psychology, bodywork and relational coaching, Adela shared practical insights on how we can build more honest, heart-led connections in a time of increasing disconnection.

Guest poet: Morwenna James

We love welcoming new speakers and poets to our stage, and we also love welcoming back familiar voices like Morwenna. She’s a spoken word artist and published poet who uses radical honesty and self-deprecation to explore universal themes with a playful, humorous slant.

This time, Morwenna entertained us with Mother Time, about her experience of motherhood among other mothers. Watch Morwenna’s performance on Instagram

Our singalongs

As usual, there were four pop songs performed by our Sunday Assembly London band and reflecting today’s themes.

Lovefool – The Cardigans
You Can’t Hurry Love – The Supremes
Kiss from A Rose – Seal
I Want To Know What Love Is – Foreigner

The lyrics were projected on screen and everyone was welcome to sing (and dance) along.

About Sunday Assembly London

Sunday Assembly London is your regular and reliable stop for a welcoming, accessible and inspiring Sunday community, where you can hear talks and poetry, sing songs and make new friends.

Stay after for tea, biscuits, and chat in the Backyard Comedy Club. Then join us for a local meal, picnic, or a drink and card games at the pub.

→ Our next assembly: You Matter… Really!, 1st March
← Our previous assembly: Hidden London, Hidden Lives: Homelessness Revisited, 1st February

Main Events Past events

11:00 am, February 1 2026

Hidden London, Hidden Lives: Homelessness Revisited

Homelessness can happen to anyone. Redundancy, relationship breakdown, illness or a sudden change in circumstance can turn even a stable life upside down. During these winter months, when cold, isolation and vulnerability intensify, the reality of homelessness becomes even more concerning.

Guest speaker: Jasmine Awad

Jasmine Awad is CEO of Unseen Tours, an award-winning social enterprise offering alternative walking tours of London led by people with lived experience of homelessness. Their guides share personal stories and hidden histories from some of London’s most vibrant neighbourhoods, inviting us to rethink what it truly means to be homeless.

By creating opportunities for connection with homeless and formerly homeless individuals, Unseen Tours helps give visibility and a voice to those who are so often unseen and unheard.

Book an Unseen Tour here

Our singalongs

As usual, there were four pop songs performed by our Sunday Assembly London band and reflecting today’s themes.

These Boots are Made for Walking – Nancy Sinatra
Walk of Life – Dire Straits
Walking Away – Craig David
Waterloo Sunset – The Kinks

→ Our next assembly: The Love Doctress Is In!, 15th February
← Our previous assembly: Kicking off Change, 18th January

Not just Sunday Assemblies Past events

7:30 pm, January 22 2026

Laugh Your Assembly Off at our comedy night with Quantum Leopard

Who says January has to be ‘that sad month after December’? Join Sunday Assembly London and Quantum Leopard on 22nd January for an evening of shared laughter, well-crafted comedy and birthday joy!

January is the month Sunday Assembly London started – with entertaining, informative, non-religious get-togethers co-hosted by two comedians. What better way to celebrate than by lining up two fabulous comedians to entertain you?

One of those performers, and our host for the evening, is James Ross, whose Quantum Leopard comedy nights have a ten-year record of showcasing stand-up that doesn’t punch down. James will bring you his unique take on Guess Who? which he describes as ‘a very silly party show’.

Thom Tuck, our other performer, is hailed as ‘erudite, energetic and overtly bendy’. You’ll be treated to a preview of his forthcoming show about adorable animals.

As experienced stand-ups bringing you fresh material, James and Thom will make sure that Laugh Your Assembly Off! lives up to its name, and leave you in no doubt about why the Quantum Leopard format has won six Chortle Awards.

How much will it cost you to take in that incredible talent? Just £15, or £5 if you’re on a low income or precariously employed.

When: Thursday 22nd January from 7:30pm to 10pm (doors open at 7:30pm; show starts at 8pm)

Where: COLAB Tower, 22 Southwark Bridge Road, London SE1 9HB

The sooner you get your ticket, the sooner you can look forward to laughing in the face of winter!

https://bit.ly/quantumassembly

All line-ups subject to change.
Tickets are non-refundable.
Limited number of concessionary tickets available.

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