Train as a Volunteer School Speaker
Training opportunity for volunteers
Here at Humanists UK, our dream is of a tolerant world where rational thinking and kindness prevail. Our dedicated staff of 40+ and hundreds of volunteers work hard to achieve this aim.
Are you committed to a humanist approach to life? Enthusiastic and a good communicator? Keen to help young people learn about humanism? Then you could volunteer as a Humanists UK school speaker!
Would you like to know more?
You can read more about becoming a school speaker on our training page where you will also find details of our upcoming school speaker training courses (including the information pack and application form); our short, informal Introduction to School Speaking sessions (a chance to find out what school speakers do and how you can get involved); and our free, introductory What is humanism? webinars, where we recap the key characteristics of humanism, and demonstrate how Humanists UK talks about humanism to education and other audiences.
Please click I'm interested! and complete the registration details if you would like to be the first to hear about future introduction sessions, webinars, and school speaker training courses. We will email you about upcoming courses when we are running these, at which point, if you are still interested, you can submit an application.
If you have any questions, email us at schools.training@humanists.uk.
We actively encourage applications from all sections of our community. We particularly welcome applicants from groups currently under-represented among our volunteers; these would include individuals who identify as female, disabled, trans or from the global majority.
You can find our Recruitment and Promotion and Equal Opportunities policies via the Careers Menu or at the foot of our main Opportunities Page.
- Department
- Education
- Role
- School Speaker
- Locations
- UK-wide
- Employment type
- Volunteer
- Job type
- Volunteer
- Remote Status
- Hybrid remote
About Humanists UK
We started out in 1896, and since then we’ve always been a growing movement at the forefront of social change. Today we’re trusted by over 120,000 members and supporters and over 70 local and special interest affiliates to promote humanism.
We put humanism into practice through effective campaigning and services, supporting lasting change for happier, more fulfilling lives. Our policies are informed with the support of over 150 of the UK’s most prominent philosophers, scientists, and other thinkers and experts and we seek to advance them with the help of over 100 parliamentarians in membership of the All Party Parliamentary Humanist Group. We bring like-minded people together to make change happen, and we strive to be their voice in public debate, drawing on contemporary humanist thought and the worldwide humanist tradition.
We’ve been conducting non-religious funerals, weddings, and baby-namings for 120 years. Our highly trained celebrants are the best you’ll find anywhere, and they support individuals to create authentic, bespoke ceremonies that put people and their stories at the heart of every occasion.
We also help vulnerable people easily access like-minded and effective non-religious pastoral support that is specially tailored to work for them. Our trained and accredited non-religious pastoral support volunteers operate across hospitals, prisons, and the armed forces.