Petition for Humanist Representation on West Sussex County Council
If you think that the non-religious 43% of West Sussex residents should have a say in the way children are taught religion, belief and morality, please sign the petition for including a Humanist on West Sussex County Council's Religious Education advisory council (SACRE).
Click here to be taken to the independent petition website. It just takes a few seconds to sign. Read more in the articles below.
Haywards Heath Humanists first meeting 11th May 2010Consuelo and I met at Cafe Rouge for an informal meeting. I explained the sequence of events leading to the formation of West Sussex Humanists and the local member groups. Consuelo contrasted living conditions and women's rights between the UK and Peru, her country of origin. After exploring various organisations, she found out about West Sussex Humanists (then Mid Sussex Freethinkers) through the internet. She supports the Optimum Population Trust and recently took part in an event in London supporting One Law for All. We will be working together to make more local contacts and help Haywards Heath Humanists the local representative group for the non-religious. Add new comment
Crawley InterFaith Network Meeting 27th March 2010This important meeting of Crawley InterFaith Network (CIFN) took place in Crawley Town Hall and was attended by about 40 people, including representatives of Crawley Borough Council. After a few preliminaries, Mohinder Galowalia used a PowerPoint presentation to talk about Community Cohesion and how CIFN could contribute towards this. Humanist Talk at Horsham InterFaith ForumHorsham InterFaith Forum invited British Humanist Association representative Andrew Edmondson to give a talk entitled "A Humanist looks at Faith" on 27th February 2010. The Unitarian Church hall was filled with a lively group of people of varying beliefs. Several Humanists attended. Humanist representation on West Sussex RE CouncilToday I have sent an email to Peter Griffiths (West Sussex Cabinet Member for Education and Schools) requesting, once again, that he appoint a Humanist representative onto the RE advisory council (SACRE). In 2009, Mr Griffiths refused to allow the non-religious to be represented on SACRE, despite being sent a compelling case. Muslim women speakers at The HawthOn 27th January 2010, Crawley Inter Faith Network (CIFN) organised a talk at The Hawth, in association with "Faith Matters" as part of their "Making your Voices Heard" project. The two Muslim speakers were a human rights lawyer and a writer on issues of the Middle East, women and race. Both speakers were on tour from the USA. |
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West Sussex SACRE Meeting 8th March 2010SACRE advises West Sussex County Council (WSCC) on religious education (RE) and the daily act of worship in community schools. It meets 3 times a year. Read more about SACRE. Today's meeting at Hazelwick Secondary School, Crawley, was the first to be held outside of Chichester. Every Spring meeting will be held at a different school in West Sussex. Councillor Griffiths Ignores the Non-Religious of West SussexCouncillor Peter Griffiths, Cabinet Member for Education and Schools in West Sussex, has once again prevented the non-religious from being represented on the local Religious Education (RE) council (SACRE). Using the Freedom of Information Act, West Sussex Humanists have discovered that the RE advisor for West Sussex suggested that a Humanist and Buddhist could join the RE council together (read more). This was as far back as summer 2009. DCSF publishes new Religious Education guidanceThe long awaited Religious Education Guidance in English Schools 2010 has just been published by the DCSF (Dept. for Children, Schools and Families). This replaces the so-called Circular 1/94 guidance that specifically forbade County Councils from including a Humanist representative on their Religious Education advisory body (SACRE). |
