Our Campaign Areas
Education and Schools
Join our campaign for an inclusive and secular education system.
Faith schools
We want an inclusive education system, free from religious discrimination or proselytization.
21st Century RE for All
All children should be entitled to an impartial religion and belief curriculum.
Stop evangelism in schools
We challenge inappropriate evangelism and proselytization by external groups in schools.
Religion and the State
For over 150 years we have campaigned for disestablishment, the separation of the C of E and state.
Disestablishment
We want to separate church and state so no religion has undue influence over our politics & society.
Scrap the Bishops’ Bench
We campaign to scrap the archaic, unfair and undemocratic Bishops’ Bench in the House of Lords.
End government prayers
Prayers are personal & shouldn’t be an official part of government business or imposed in meetings
Freedom of Expression
Blasphemy to intimidation, we've always robustly challenged religious threats to free expression.
Defend free speech
Fundamental values cannot be defended by curtailing peaceful free expression
Blasphemy laws
Blasphemy laws and religious restrictions on speech are incompatible with pluralism & human rights.
Challenge hate speech
Find out more about the role of free expression and vibrant civil society in challenging hate speech
Equality & Human Rights
We campaign for the law and the administration of justice to be based on equality, respect for human rights, and on objective evidence.
Outlaw caste discrimination
Discrimination based on the idea of ‘caste’ should be forbidden by UK equality laws.
Protect one law for all
We campaign to ensure parallel religious legal systems don’t undermine our secular justice system
Defend equality laws
Religious freedom isn’t a 'right' to discriminate, we vigorously defend our equality laws.
Healthcare
Public services that are intended for the whole community, especially those funded by public money, should be provided in a secular context.
Reform chaplaincy
NHS-funded pastoral care shouldn’t be discriminatory or organised around religion/belief.
Circumcision
No child should be subjected to unnecessary medical surgery.
Reproductive rights
We’ve defended reproductive rights from religiously motivated restrictions since our founding.
Other Campaigns
We campaign on a wide range of topics where religious privilege impacts public life. Including:
Religious charities
Religious and non-religious charities do fantastic work. We challenge abuses of charity status.
End religious non-stun slaughter
We want an end to religious exemptions from animal welfare laws.
Clerical child abuse
We work to ensure that victims of institutional clerical child abuse have access to secular justice.