Category: Events
Humanist Society interview series: theatre director Maggie Kinloch on telling stories as a humanist celebrant
We speak to Humanist Society board member and acclaimed theatre director Prof. Maggie Kinloch about humanism, theatre, and celebrancy. Maggie will appear at our Festival of Humanism on 14 November. Book your tickets here. Hi Maggie! Please introduce yourself I’m…
Apply for a World Humanist Day grant!
Would you like to organise an event or activity for World Humanist Day? There’s a small pot of money to help fund or subsidise local events. It’s an opportunity for humanists to publicise and celebrate the positive values of humanism. We welcome applications from…
Humanist Society interview series: Darrel Ray on Secular Therapy and his UK tour
Raised in US evangelism, psychologist Darrel Ray formed Recovering from Religion in 2009. He spoke to our Communications Manager Greg about the group’s sister campaign, The Secular Therapy Project, which Darrel is bringing to the UK for a forthcoming tour,…
Applications open for World Humanist Day small grant scheme 2025!
Our small grants scheme is open to anyone planning an event or project celebrating humanist values. Each year on 21 June we celebrate World Humanist Day. It’s an opportunity for people and groups around the world to celebrate and promote…
Celebrating 20 years of legal humanist weddings!
This year marks Humanist Society Scotland’s 20th year of conducting legal humanist weddings in Scotland! Since 2005 our celebrants have delivered over 50,000 legal humanist wedding ceremonies. That’s over 100,000 people who have been able to marry in a way…
Humanists lay wreaths at remembrance ceremonies across Scotland: in photos
Every year, humanist celebrants across Scotland take part in remembrance ceremonies. We do so to represent Scotland’s secular majority, and to commemorate lives lost in war from a position of compassion, empathy, and respect for all human life. This year,…
Looking back on Festival of Humanism 2024
What a day! At our sold-out Festival of Humanism in Glasgow we heard from expert speakers on topics ranging from assisted dying to AI. There were tears, laughter, anger, and hope, as we explored the big issues facing our movement…
Looking back on World Humanist Day
Our Community Engagement Manager Lara looks back on another successful and wide-ranging set of events held for World Humanist Day. World Humanist Day is celebrated every year on 21 June and we’ve been celebrating it since the 1980s. It’s an…
Humanist Society contributes to new Faith and Belief Engagement Strategy
Humanist Society Scotland was delighted to contribute to Scottish Government’s new Faith and Belief Engagement Strategy, which launches today. The strategy offers a newly accurate understanding of faith and belief across Scotland. This will inform policy development. It’s also about…
Does religion still matter in politics?
Join us on Monday October 3rd for an online event as Edinburgh Humanists host guest speaker Sir John Curtice FRSA FRSE FBA as he explores the question, does religion still matter in politics?
Sir John is a British political scientist, senior research fellow at NatCen, and Professor of Politics at Strathclyde University. This event is hosted by the Edinburgh Humanists and will be followed by a Q&A facilitated by Humanist Society Scotland CEO, Fraser Sutherland.
OMG you can’t write that!
Join us for an online event to marked Banned Book Week 2022 on Thursday 22nd September. Fraser Sutherland, Emma Wadsworth-Jones, Professor Maggie Kinloch, Terry Anderson, and Terry Greig will explore the topic of book banning, censorship and religion during the online talk, OMG you can’t write that!