Birmingham Humanists

Most years since 1990 the group has organised an annual day school or conference on a subject of topical interest, in addition to the regular monthly programme with speakers, discussions and visits.

The group was involved in devising the content of the 1975 Birmingham Agreed Syllabus for Religious Education, which was the first to abandon the aim of Christian nurture and to require that a multi-faith approach, including non-religious 'stances for living' such as Humanism should begin in primary schools.

[5] The group celebrated its fiftieth anniversary by holding a day conference: "Humanism: the Way Forward" on 7 June 2014, at which Colin Campbell, Tony Brierley, Pavan Dhaliwal, David Pollock and Kate Smurthwaite were the main speakers.

[8] Documents relating to the early history of the group were deposited at the Bishopsgate Institute in London by Anthony Brierley in 2008, and papers of Dr Harry Stopes-Roe were placed there in 2015 by Adrian Bailey.

They understand that human beings are part of the evolutionary process that has resulted in the immense diversity of life on earth, and deplore recent attempts to make intelligent design seem a scientifically credible alternative.

[11] The group provides a scholarship at the Isaac Newton High School in Uganda and have given financial support to the Waris Dirie Foundation to aid its campaign against female genital mutilation and several charities involved in domestic violence prevention.