Course: Humanist Lives, with Alice Roberts

Carrie Thomas is a humanist who offers non-religious pastoral support in HM Prison Pentonville. She also helps to train others to offer support in prisons and hospitals. She believes that …

Amy Walden has worked in the criminal justice system for 12 years. In 2011 she initiated humanist pastoral support in prisons with a pilot project at HM Prison Winchester. This …

Henry Marsh is a leading neurosurgeon and author of the bestselling memoirs Do No Harm and Admissions. His work on patients with severe brain damage has convinced him that all …

‘I find that people who have thought through what’s important in their lives from a non-religious perspective are not afraid of dying. They may be afraid of the pain that …

David Savage was Humanists UK’s first Head of Pastoral Support and was the Chair of the Non-Religious Pastoral Care Network from 2016-2018. In 2014, he successfully completed a two-year training …

David Savage was Humanists UK’s first Head of Pastoral Support and was the Chair of the Non-Religious Pastoral Care Network from 2016-2018. In 2014, he successfully completed a two-year training …

Spending time in a hospital or in a hospice can be a difficult experience for patients, carers, and their friends and families. At times it can also be emotionally challenging …

This week, you’ll hear from humanists who offer pastoral support. In this article Simon O’Donoghue, Director of Humanist Care at Humanists UK, provides an introduction to pastoral support. Pastoral support …

This week we’ll hear from humanists working with people facing difficult transitions and moments of hardship or fear. We’ll meet humanists who offer pastoral support in hospitals and prisons, those …

Giovanni Gaetani is the Growth and Development Officer at Humanists International. His main task is to reach new individual contacts and humanist organisations in those areas of the world where …

Humanists International is the global representative body of the humanist movement, uniting a diversity of non-religious organisations and individuals. It brings together organisations of all non-theistic traditions: humanist, rationalist, secular, …

In some parts of the world humanism is a much more established feature of modern society. The article below is written by Didrik Søderlind. Didrik is a journalist and author, …

Eva Quiñones is the President of the Secular Humanists of Puerto Rico. Question: Is secularism on paper enough? What must states do to ensure a secular constitution means secularism in …

Kato Mukasa is the founding Chairperson of the Humanists Association for Leadership, Equity and Accountability (HALEA), started in 2008, past Chair of the African Working Group of Young Humanists International, …