This weekend saw the Annual General Meeting of the National Federation of Atheist, Humanist and Secular Student Societies (AHS) take place in Southampton, at which the AHS’s fourth Executive team were elected. The AGM was hosted by University of Southampton Atheist Society, and BHA Chief Executive Andrew Copson attended. The AHS is facilitated and supported by the British Humanist Association.
Jenny Bartle, from University of Bristol Atheist, Agnostic and Secular Society, was elected President of the AHS; Dom Blacklock, from UCLU Atheist, Secularist and Humanist Society was elected Treasurer; and Michael Paynter, also from Bristol AASS, was elected Secretary. In addition to the AGM and much socialising between the students, the weekend also featured a talk from BHA Vice President Dr Evan Harris; the first UK public screening of Hollywood blockbuster The Ledge; a debating workshop with Andrew Copson; a choral workshop run by members of the BHA Choir; and other training workshops.
The AGM came at the end of a great year for the AHS, during which it grew from 14 to 32 member societies. BHA Chief Executive Andrew Copson commented, ‘We are delighted with how the AHS has recently been growing, and have full confidence that the new team will be able to continue that growth. We look forward to working with them over the coming 12 months to ensure that the AHS goes from strength to strength.’
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For comment or information, contact Andrew Copson, BHA Chief Executive, on 020 3675 0959 or andrew@humanists.uk.
The National Federation of Atheist, Humanist and Secular Student Societies (AHS) is the umbrella organisation for all non-religious student societies in institutes of higher education across the UK and Republic of Ireland. The AHS’s vision is a thriving atheist, humanist or secular student society in every institute of higher education in the UK and Republic of Ireland, networked together, with a shared voice in public life, whose members can contribute to and be part of the wider national and international movement. The AHS’s mission to build, support and represent atheist, humanist and secular student societies; to facilitate communication between them, to encourage joint actions and to ensure that their members have opportunities to be part of the wider national and international movement.
The British Humanist Association is the national charity working on behalf of ethically concerned, non-religious people in the UK. It is the largest organisation in the UK campaigning for an end to religious privilege and to discrimination based on religion or belief, and for a secular state.
The AHS is facilitated and supported by the British Humanist Association.