Our Campaign Areas
Education & schools
Join our campaign for an inclusive and secular education system.
Faith schools
We want an inclusive education system, free from religious discrimination, privilege or control.
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 & 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
Equality & human rights
Law and administration of justice should be based on equality, human rights, and evidence.
Freedom of Expression
We promote free speech as a positive value.
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
Healthcare
Public services that are intended for the whole community, especially those funded by public money, should be provided in a secular context.
Circumcision/FGM
No child should be subjected to unnecessary body modification.
Reproductive rights
We’ve defended reproductive rights from religiously motivated restrictions since our founding.
Reform chaplaincy
NHS-funded pastoral care shouldn’t be discriminatory or organised around religion/belief.
Other campaigns
We campaign on a wide range of topics where religious privilege impacts public life. Including:
End religious non-stun slaughter
We want an end to religious exemptions from animal welfare laws.
Religious charities
Religious and non-religious charities do fantastic work. We challenge abuses of charity status.
Clerical child abuse
We work to ensure that victims of institutional clerical child abuse have access to secular justice.