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Humanist marriages continue to rise in Scotland, new figures show
Humanist marriages are on the rise in Scotland, with new official figures showing 6,117 humanist marriages (22% of total marriages) took place in Scotland in 2018, up from 5,702 marriages (20%) in the previous year. Humanists UK has welcomed these latest statistics, which show that more couples are choosing to have a humanist marriage, reflecting […]

Parents say religious worship is least appropriate activity for school assemblies, new poll reveals
Parents believe religious worship is the least appropriate activity for school assemblies, ranking it last among 13 possible topics or activities, according to a new poll released today. Humanists UK, which last week announced it is backing Lee and Lizanne Harris who are taking a legal challenge over their children’s school assemblies, says the poll […]

English council backs down after legal challenge to exclusion of humanist from RE body
Humanists UK has won a proposed legal challenge against a London council that rejected a humanist representative’s application to join the council’s religious education (RE) body, in a decision likely to pave the way for more humanists to sit on such bodies across England. Humanist Rachel Taggart-Ryan applied for full membership to Greenwich Council’s Standing […]

Alice Roberts and Humanists UK shortlisted for 2019 charity awards
Humanists UK has been shortlisted in two categories in this year’s Third Sector Awards, it was announced today. Humanists UK President Professor Alice Roberts has been nominated to win the prestigious ‘Charity Champion of the Year’ award in recognition of her work to raise the profile of humanism and Humanists UK’s work for a fairer, […]

Mauritanian blogger freed after five years’ imprisonment for apostasy
An anti-slavery blogger, Cheikh Ould Mohamed M’kheitir, who was sentenced to death for apostasy in 2014, has been released from incarceration and has left Mauriatania where his life would continue to be at risk from religious figures who have called for his execution. Humanists UK called for M’kheitir’s release in an intervention at the United […]

Inclusive and objective: RE from a humanist perspective with teacher Lisa O’Connor
We spoke to Lisa O’Connor – member of the National Association of Teachers of Religious Education (NATRE) Executive and representative of Humanists UK on the RE Council. We discussed why rigorous RE is essential, how humanists can help make it more inclusive, and why humanism should be taught about as a positive, and rational non-religious approach to life. Hi Lisa, why is […]
Humanism is the commitment to the use of reason in human affairs, applied in the service of compassion.

— Hans Jürgen Eysenck, psychologist

Mar 17

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Can life have meaning without God? – Public Debate

Posted by Tim on 10/03/2017
Posted in Videos | Tagged With: Andrew Copson, Andy Bannister | No Comments yet, please leave one

Date: Wednesday 1st March 2017, 7pm-9.30pm
Venue: Middleton Hall, University of Hull, Cottingham Rd, Hull, HU6 7RX

This is not an event being hosted by the Hull and East Riding Humanist Group, it is a public debate being hosted by the University of Hull.

The debate is free but you must have a ticket in advance to attend. It should be of particular interest to members of our group because it is a debate between the CEO of the British Humanist Association, Andrew Copson and Andy Bannister (Director of the Solas Centre for Public Christianity).

Update 10.03.17: Click here to see the video of this debate

Mar 13

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HERHG Meeting 18th March 2013: The Humanism of Bertrand Russell

Posted by Tim on 13/03/2013
Posted in Events • Meetings • Videos | Tagged With: Bertrand Russell, Why I am not a Christian | No Comments yet, please leave one

18/03/2013
7:30 pm	to	9:00 pm

The next meeting of the Hull and East Riding Humanist Group will be a discussion about the life, work and humanism of the distinguished British philosopher Bertrand Russell. We will be meeting in the back room of The Tiger Inn, Lairgate, Beverley, East Yorkshire, HU17 8JG at 7.30pm on Monday 18th March 2013. All Welcome.