Think for yourself, Act for everyone
Lancashire Humanists is local group for those who see themselves as non-religious (atheist, agnostic or Humanist) but also interested in building community and linking with others of a like mind.
We meet each month: This may be a social event and/or an online meet-up.
Many humanists already partake in various voluntary activities in the wider community, plus there is scope to get more involved in activities supported by Humanists UK, e.g. school speaker or interfaith dialogue.
Lancashire Humanists are a Partner Group of the Humanists UK and are affiliated to the National Secular Society.
We can help put you in touch with accredited Humanist celebrants and Humanist School Speakers. We can also provide a speaker for other community interest groups who wish to know more about Humanism.
In the future we would like to expand opportunities for people to meet up in person, such as organising walks that are suitable for all the family and hopefully finish at a café.
Next Events
We meet once a month, currently this is on the 3rd Wednesday evening of the month. However, we do recognise that this timing does not work for everyone and so more events are being looked at for a weekend and with an earlier time for those needing to travel.
Discussion sessions and Guest Speaker events will be held online periodically, as this helps to enable people to join in from across the whole county (and one or two who are just over the border) and it seems to be something that most people got used to during Covid lockdowns.
Social meet-ups across the county seem to be the most popular idea at this time. We will aim to have one per month in a different location around the county, to enable those local to the event to meet up with others in their area. This has been very successful and helping many more people meet other Humanists for the first time.
We aim to meet up at the venue around 7pm, with a view to eating at 7.30pm (but flexible about exact time to eat). The dates and venues for the next few months are shown in the table below:
| Date | Location / Area | Venue |
| Saturday 12th December 2026 | Christmas Social | Italian Orchard 96 Whittingham Ln, Broughton, Preston PR3 5DB |
| Wednesday 18th November 2026 | East Lancashire | The Hapton Inn 2 Accrington Road, Burnley BB11 5QL |
| Wednesday 14th October 2026 | Preston | The Black Bull 315 Garstang Rd, Fulwood, Preston PR2 9UP |
| Wednesday 16th September 2026 | Lancaster / Morecambe | The White Cross Quarry Rd, Lancaster LA1 4XT |
| Wed 20th January 2027 | Fylde / Blackpool | TBC |
| Wed 17th February 2027 | TBC | 60th Anniversary of Group |
| Wed 17th March | Blackburn / Ribble Valley | TBC |
For any social event please feel free to book a place for yourself and a partner or friend.
We also promote our events via our Facebook page and by direct email to our standing mailing list.
If you want to be added to the mailing list or want to book a place at our future events then please send an email to keith@lancashire.humanist.org.uk.
