We take a stand on many causes and have a broad policy agenda so we cannot actively campaign on everything all at once. Instead, we run a small number of targeted campaigns in priority areas.
In our many other policy areas, we maintain a watching brief at all times, and our Policy Unit remains expert on the relevant legal and political developments and ready to respond when necessary.
If we have selected an issue to campaign on it might be because it is of particular importance at the time, because we think success is likely, because we are uniquely positioned to make a contribution, or because there are others strongly pushing an opposite argument and we need to resist it.
Legal recognition for humanist marriages
So that humanist couples have the same rights as couples who have religious weddings
Action on religious schools
We want to see an end to discrimination by state faith schools and the closing down of illegal religious schools
Inclusive RE lessons
We want all young people to explore and learn about the full range of religions and non‑religious beliefs – including humanism
Persecution of humanists
We want to end international persecution of the non‑religious, including through apostasy and blasphemy laws used to silence, kill, and oppress
Safe, compassionate assisted dying laws
Giving people who are terminally ill or suffering the right to choose the circumstances of their death
Repealing blasphemy laws in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is the last part of the UK with laws against ‘blasphemy’ – and we want them abolished
Ways to get involved
There are also other ways you can support both our campaigns and our wider humanist causes, such as signing a petition or writing to your MP.