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Fel rhan o Gymdeithas Dyneiddwyr Prydain, mae gan Dyneiddwyr Cymru nifer o bolisïau ac ymgyrchoedd ar hawliau dynol a chydraddoldeb, materion moesegol cyhoeddus, a chyflawni gwladwriaeth seciwlar. Ar hyn o bryd, rydym yn gweithio ar bum maes ymgyrchu craidd:
Rhoi gwasanaethau cynhwysol ar y cyd yn lle addoliad crefyddol gorfodol
While Religion, Values, and Ethics (RVE) education is objective, critical, and pluralistic, the law requiring collective worship is identical in Northern Ireland, England, and Wales – it must be broadly Christian and there is no requirement for it to be objective, critical, and pluralistic. It contradicts RVE and allows for one religion to be presented in a form of compulsory worship without any objectivity.
The parental right to withdraw from collective worship was specifically held by the Supreme Court in JR87 to be inadequate in protecting children’s rights. Parents often don’t know they have this right. If they do, we have examples of them being blocked from exercising it, and many parents choose not to, as their child becomes segregated, made to sit in a hallway, even in some instances, made to tidy classrooms, whilst they are missing out on important other aspects of school assembly.
This is why the UNCRC told the Welsh Government to act to end compulsory worship, and why the UK Government is now reviewing guidance for English schools. Welsh Government has committed to no such review.
We want the requirement for collective worship to be repealed, and replaced by a requirement for inclusive assemblies, developing the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of all pupils, without any discrimination on the grounds of religion or non-religious beliefs. You can help us improve the situation by making sure that schools in your area have inclusive assemblies.
Embedding the equal status of humanism in the school curriculum
In 2021, the Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act was passed, putting a requirement on all state-funded schools to teach objective, critical and pluralistic Religion, Values, and Ethics from 3 to 16. Non-religious philosophical convictions, such as humanism, must be taught alongside religions, and humanist representatives are permitted to sit on Standing Advisory Councils in the same manner as religious representatives
The new curriculum is now being used in all state schools from September 2023 and the new Religious Studies GCSE which includes a requirement to study humanism, Christianity and one other religion has been taught from 2025. Religion, Values, and Ethics will complete implementation to all school years for children from 3 to 16 in September 2026.
We are actively supporting schools and consortia in training teachers to deliver teaching on humanism and providing resources to all schools. We are also working with Local Authorities to make sure humanists are represented on all Standing Advisory Councils for RVE.
While schools with a religious character may teach denominational RVE, if a parent requests the standard agreed syllabus RVE, the school must provide it. We continue to monitor the impact of this change in all faith schools in Wales.
Relationships and sexuality education (RSE) is a statutory part of the curriculum with no parental right to withdraw their child. RSE must also be delivered objectively according to the RSE code.
Equal access and funding for non-religious pastoral carers throughout the NHS in Wales
We train and accredit humanist pastoral support volunteers to work in hospitals, prisons, and the armed forces. To find out more about this work, visit the Rhwydwaith Gofal Bugeiliol Anghrefyddol.
In NHS Wales to date, their inclusion in local ‘chaplaincy’ teams is at the discretion of the resident hospital chaplain and needs to be addressed nationally to make sure there is fair and equal provision.
In 2023, the Welsh Parliament launched a chaplaincy and pastoral care team supporting staff and members of the Senedd in Cardiff Bay. The service includes a paid humanist pastoral carer alongside a Christian and Muslim chaplain.
Legal recognition for humanist weddings
Humanist marriages have been legally recognised in Scotland since 2005 and are now the most popular form of ‘belief’ marriage in the country. They gained legal recognition in Northern Ireland in 2018. In 2013, the Marriage Act included powers to give legal recognition to humanist weddings in England and Wales. Yet Westminster has not moved forward.
In 2024 The Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice in Wales called on the UK Government to grant legal recognition without delay.
Write to your MP explaining that the existing marriage laws discriminate against humanists, and asking them to raise the matter with Ministers. Please copy any reply you get to Humanists UK.
wefan y Seremonïau Dyneiddiol
Cyfreithloni marw â chymorth
We have long supported attempts to legalise assisted dying, for those who have made a clear decision, free from coercion, to end their lives and who are physically unable to do so themselves. In many cases, the person in question will be terminally ill. However, we do not think that there is a strong moral case to limit assistance to terminally ill people alone and we wish to see reform of the law that would be responsive to the needs of other people who are permanently and incurably suffering.
We are backing Kim Leadbeater’s Assisted Dying Bill in Westminster. In February 2026, the Senedd voted in favour of a Legislative Consent Motion (LCM) which gave the Welsh Parliament powers to ensure assisted dying can be available on the NHS in Wales services can be available in Welsh.
Gallwch ysgrifennu at eich AS a'ch AS a gofyn iddo/iddi gefnogi symudiadau i gyfreithloni marw â chymorth ar gyfer y rhai sy'n derfynol wael ac yn dioddef yn anwelladwy, neu anfon llythyr at olygydd papur newydd cenedlaethol neu leol. Mae gan ein Pecyn Cymorth Gweithredu gyngor ar sut i fynd ati i wneud hyn.
The Senedd’s decision will shape assisted dying in Wales for a generation. Write to your MSs and ask them to vote for a system that works for Wales.