Humanists Add Support for Telemedical Abortion Services to be Made Permanent in Scotland Posted on 15 June 2021 This week we joined Engender, the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) and 25 women’s organisations, human rights bodies, and healthcare providers, in writing to the Scottish Government to ask them to make telemedical abortion services permanent in Scotland. In March…
Humanists Ask the UK Government to Rethink the New Plan for Immigration Posted on 15 June 2021 We recently signed a joint letter coordinated by the Scottish Refugee Council that set out our grave concerns about the New Plan for Immigration and its potential to seriously undermine refugee rights in the UK, and calls on the UK Government to engage meaningfully with the devolved governments to ensure that a fair and humane asylum system can be developed that works for all four nations of the UK.
Planning a wedding and COVID-19: What you need to know Posted on 8 June 2021 Planning a wedding and COVID-19: What you need to know if you have a wedding ceremony booked with Humanist Society Scotland.
Planning a funeral and COVID-19: What you need to know Posted on 8 June 2021 Planning a funeral and COVID-19: What you need to know if you have a Humanist Society Scotland funeral planned, or would like to plan a funeral with us.
Before I Die, I Want To… Posted on 14 May 2021 Demystifying Death week is an awareness campaign run by Good Life, Good Death, Good Grief, and it is designed as a way to help people have conversations about death and dying more openly. As a part of this campaign we wanted to…
Reflecting on a year of weddings with COVID restrictions Posted on 24 March 2021 Photography Credit: Regenweibchen Photography While this past year has been incredibly difficult – that has not stopped many amazing couples from deciding to celebrate their love anyway – going ahead with their weddings, despite coping with ever changing restrictions. As…
Humanist Manifesto for 2021 Scottish Parliament election Posted on 23 March 2021 Today we published our manifesto, From Scotland’s Humanist Community, in preparation for the upcoming Scottish Parliament elections on Thursday 6th May 2021. After consultation with our members, our supporters, our Young Humanists Scotland representatives, our Board, and the wider humanist…
A Year of Reflection Posted on 23 March 2021 As we pass a year living with Covid-19, we wanted to take some time to remember those who have died, and those who have lost loved ones. Dealing with the death of a friend or family member is difficult at…
Mixed Civil Partnerships – Coming to Scotland this Summer! Posted on 17 March 2021 Humanist Society Scotland offer mixed sex couples civil partnership ceremonies as the law changes and mixed sex couples will be able to enter into a civil partnership in Scotland from summer 2021.
Scottish Blasphemy Law Repealed Following Humanist Campaign Posted on 11 March 2021 Today members of Scottish Parliament voted to pass the Hate Crimes and Public Order (Scotland) Act which (amongst other things) repeals Scotland’s common law offense of “blasphemy”. Humanist Society Scotland has been at the forefront of the campaign to repeal…
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