Hanne Stinson BHA Chief Executive has sent a Valentine’s Day card to Alistair Darling MP, the Chancellor of the Exchequer. However, Hanne reveals that all is not as it may first appear:
‘The BHA is a member organisation of the Campaign to End Child Poverty coalition, which works to eradicate child poverty in the UK. As part of a coordinated event, I sent a Valentine’s card to the Chancellor to ask him “to be a real darling and “show a little love in the Budget”, by investing £3 billion in tax credits and benefits to improve the lives of the 3.9 million UK children living in poverty.This sum is essential for the Government to be able to meet its promise to halve child poverty by 2010 and eradicate it by 2020.’
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For more information, contact Hanne Stinson on 020 7079 3583.
Because of their belief that this world is the only one we have and that human problems can only be solved by humans, humanists have often been very active social reformers. Compassion and a sense of justice are not unique to religious people. Most humanists believe in democracy, open government and human rights, and support action on world poverty and the environment.
The British Humanist Association (BHA) is the national charity representing and supporting the non-religious and campaigning for an end to religious privilege and discrimination based on religion or belief. It exists to support and represent people who seek to live good and responsible lives without religious or superstitious beliefs.
The Campaign to End Child Poverty aims to eradicate child poverty in the UK and is comprised of over 120 organisations who find the level of child poverty unacceptable and are committed to campaigning for change.