Challenging Religious Privilege
Read and share our campaign briefing on challenging inappropriate evangelism and proselytization by external groups in schools.
Join our campaign for an inclusive and secular education system.
We campaign for the law and the administration of justice to be based on equality, respect for human rights, and on objective evidence.
Public services that are intended for the whole community, especially those funded by public money, should be provided in a secular context.
We campaign on a wide range of topics where religious privilege impacts public life. Including:
For over 150 years we have campaigned for disestablishment, the separation of the C of E and state.
Posted: Fri, 01 Feb 2019
The National Secular Society has called for improved vetting and standards for religious education resources after parents accused a school...
Posted: Wed, 18 Oct 2017
A primary school in Kent has stopped inviting a Christian evangelist group to lead assemblies and lessons, following complaints from parents....
Posted: Tue, 09 May 2017
The Isle of Man's education minister has defended allowing an evangelical Christian group to deliver abstinence-based sex education to Year...
Posted: Thu, 07 Aug 2014
The Education Department of Victoria has issued a directive clarifying rules on the Australian state's requirements on secular education which...
Posted: Thu, 13 Feb 2014
The Girlguides Association has given in to religious pressure and said that a religious preamble can be used in conjunction with its secular...
As a report shows some religious groups are helping survivors of modern slavery without proselytising, Megan Manson says public sector bodies must ensure all organisations that provide services adopt similar...
Posted: Thu, 20 Feb 2020
Samaritan's Purse is again launching its Christmas shoebox scheme in parts of the UK. The harm done by Operation Christmas Child should prompt a rethink of this Evangelical group's charitable status, says...
Posted: Wed, 25 Sep 2019
Sometimes concerns regarding religious interference in education can be easily resolved, simply through clear and polite conversations with the school. A parent shares her recent experiences working together...
Posted: Thu, 12 Jul 2018
A parent says it was important to challenge a school's decision to invite a Christian charity to perform a show with a pro-abstinence message under the guise of sex education.
Recently I received a letter...
Posted: Mon, 25 Jun 2018
As NSS research highlights a systemic bias against secular schooling, Megan Manson explores the tactics used by religion to infiltrate education – and how parents are fighting back.
In November, the...
Posted: Thu, 11 Jan 2018
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