Salisbury Democracy Alliance

09/05/2026

Democracy Café this morning - Saturday - at 10:00 in the Library. Free and lots to discuss.

14/04/2026

Two interesting and topical
debates at the April Democracy Café.

Two debates on the mental health of young people and the failure to enforce the rules of war .

16/03/2026

In which discussed aspects surrounding the latest war and bombing of Iran.

The meeting started with a brief report on the funeral of Jill Cheatle in Sheffield attended by two members of the Committee. It was a Humanist ceremony and well attended. One of Jill’s daugh…

10/03/2026

Café this Saturday

Café meets on Saturday 14th The next café meets on Saturday 14th at 10:00 as usual in the Library. Lots to discuss with the war in Iran, the recent by-election together with many other topics. Free…

16/02/2026

We discussed the state of our political parties and what to do about obnoxious and powerful men February 2026 meeting of the Democracy Café The meeting started on a sad note. It was announced that …

15/12/2025

December Café discusses two topics, one very topical December 2025 The last Café of the year chose two topics to discuss. One concerned the plan to restrict the number of offences which need to go …

09/11/2025

Democracy Café

Notes from our meeting on 8 Nov can be read here.

That and tax were the two topics discussed A recurring subject of our Cafés is the dissatisfaction both with our MPs and the political process generally. This is clearly becoming a matter of nation…

05/11/2025

DEMOCRACY CAFE

DC is tomorrow, Saturday 8 November, 10:00 in the Library as usual. Lots of potential topics: the Royals, the budget, New York election ... and so on. Or if you don't want to be depressed, your own more uplifting topic. 2 hours with a break.

Examples of previous discussions

Bringing new ideas for democracy to Salisbury

16/10/2025

Report in Salisbury Journal today 16th, of our last two Democracy Cafés. Full report on our website.

Next meeting 8th November at 10:00.

12/10/2025

Report on the interesting debates at the last café.

Probably the 100th Café to be held We think this meeting was the 100th Café to be held and is a testament to the format that it has survived several different venues and came through the Covid cris…