Hello,

Welcome to this monthly update from the No More Faith Schools campaign.

This month will see further easing of lockdown across the UK. While we don't know how fast this will continue, or even reverse, it allows us to begin thinking about implications for campaigning and in particular events. We will only resume physical events when it is not only permissible, but socially responsibly to do so.

I'm hopeful that we can have a full programme of talks at local groups in 2021. This can be a great way to energise an existing group or galvanise a new one. I can address local groups for 30-40 minutes, and I'm happy for as long as you choose for questions afterwards. The talk should be engaging and informative for those with all levels of pre-existing knowledge on the subject and focuses on activism.

If you or your group are interested in organising such a talk, please get in touch.

We've been continuing to launch local campaign pages against new or expanding faith schools and in favour of inclusive community ethos education. In the last month we launched four pages in Wales, in addition to five in Northern Ireland in the previous month, and more will be coming soon in England.

To make these a success we need your help. On that note, we're grateful for the positive responses to last month's featured article 20 ways you can support an end to faith schools today Supporting a local campaign is a great way to get started.

Thank you very much for your support.

Kind regards,

Alastair Lichten
NMFS campaign coordinator