East African Crisis Appeal Book Sale

EAC Book SaleMonday 1st August 8.30am to 4.00pm Christchurch Market

Dorset Humanists will be holding a Charity Book Sale at Christchurch Market to raise money for the East Africa Disaster Fund. 

Please come along and buy a book or two to help raise urgently needed disaster relief funding. 

You can also donate good condition 'ready to sell' books at the stall to further assist the fundraising.

Also, if you are able to spare an hour or two to help run the stall, please send me an email at DHcensus(at)hotmail.co.uk, or contact Jane to discuss details.

A Humanist View Of Sex & Sexuality

(Hosted by West Dorset Humanists)                                                                    THURSDAY 28TH JULY 7.30PM                                                                                    THE WESSEX ROYALE HOTEL, 32 HIGH ST. WEST,                                    DORCHESTER DT1 1UP

biology tee3 Almost all world religions have rigid rules about what is acceptable in terms of our experience and expression of our sexuality. This talk by Jo Adams will explore what a more person-centred model of sex and sexuality might look like.

Jo Adams is a former chair of the National Sex Education Forum, and developed the non-abstinence based “Let’s Leave it Till Later” programme of national training supporting young people delaying early sex – now used throughout the UK and in Ireland. She worked as a consultant for the Department of Health on strategies to reduce teenage pregnancy, to prevent HIV and STIs, and to promote positive sexual health. She is also the author of a number of books relating to self-esteem and the promotion of positive sexual health.

Everyone welcome! Free entry (£2 suggested donation)

Email: westdorsethumanists(at)hotmail.co.uk

Website: www.westdorsethumanists.blogspot.com

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URGENT: East Africa Crisis Appeal

 

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Why we need to help:

•         In some areas the drought is the worst in 60 years according to an analysis by FEWSNET.

•         More than 10 million people have been affected across a wide area of East Africa.

•         Acute malnutrition (GAM) has reached 37% in some parts of north east Kenya, double the 15 % emergency threshold.

•         Child refugees from Somalia are dying of causes related to malnutrition either during the journey or very shortly after arrival.

•         Prices of essential food items have skyrocketed, in some cases more than doubling as the price of the cattle that people are selling to buy grain falls sharply.

•         The number of refugees fleeing from Somalia has increased significantly with 1,700 a day arriving in Ethiopia and 1,400 a day arriving in Dadaab in Kenya.

 

How we can help:

 

The easiest way is by text message:  To donate £5 by mobile, TEXT 70000 with the word HELP in your message.

Otherwise, to donate via the Disasters Emergency Committee, call 0370 60 60 900, or visit any bank or building society and ask to pay into the DEC East Africa Crisis Appeal account.

And here’s the link to the DEC’s secure donations page which allows you to gift aid your donation and increase its value by 25%:

https://www.donate.bt.com/DEC/dec_form_eaca.html?p_form_id=DEC01

Thank you for helping!

West Dorset Humanists’ New Website

WDH site West Dorset Humanists have been working hard to raise their online profile, lately.

Only a couple of days ago, we reported on their new Facebook Page, and we’re pleased to announce that they now have their own website too!

Check it out at:

http://westdorsethumanists.blogspot.com/

We hope these latest developments at WDH will help them reach a much bigger audience, and help humanism to gain many more supporters across our region.

Meet the Humanists at Tolpuddle Martyrs’ Festival and Rally

Tolpuddle 2011

West Dorset Humanists will be representing Dorset’s Humanists at the 2011 Tolpuddle Martyrs’ Festival, this coming weekend.

They plan to be setting up their stall from around 10.00am on Saturday 16th July and are also planning to be there on Sunday too.

More volunteers to help cover their stall will be much appreciated, so if you will be attending Tolpuddle and can help out on the stall  for an hour or two, please contact WDH and let them know. 

If we hear any more details from WDH, we’ll add them to this page.

For more information about the Tolpuddle Festival, check out their website:

http://www.tolpuddlemartyrs.org.uk/

Click here to visit West Dorset Humanists' Facebook page.

West Dorset Humanists on Facebook

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Dorset Humanists are pleased to hear that our friends at       West Dorset Humanists now have their own Facebook page.

Do keep an eye on their page for future updates, as they have some great events planned for the rest of the year, including Jo Adams’ talk,  ‘A Humanist View Of Sex & Sexuality’ at their next meeting on 28th July.

Click here to take a look at the West Dorset Humanists’ Facebook page now.

Spirituality for Skeptics

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Moordown Community Centre,     Coronation Avenue, Moordown, Bournemouth BH9 1TW

Are we sometimes too rational for our own good?

Many people identify themselves as ‘spiritual but not religious’ but can atheists and rationalists really be ‘spiritual’?

David Warden, Chair of Dorset Humanists will lead a discussion on this elusive topic.

Come along and hear David's thoughts on the subject and share your own views and experiences in this interactive discussion.

Everyone welcome!

Free Entry (donations appreciated)

If you can help us promote this event by displaying an A4 poster, please email Dave at DHcensus(at)hotmail.co.uk for a PDF copy.

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July Bulletin and Newsletter

DW 6298984 (crop)  It was Voltaire who said ‘As long as people believe in absurdities they will continue to commit atrocities’.

In this month’s bulletin and my July letter (PDF downloads) we report on Christians who torture children in the belief that they are witches.
Also this month: godless morality, spirituality for sceptics, a humanist view of sex and sexuality, humanism and positive psychology, a surprising development in secularist thinking, and why Richard Dawkins appears to believe in pre-existence. We look forward to seeing you at our debate and cream tea on 9th July, and at our other great events coming up this Summer.

Chris has posted a new updated event programme (to the right of this post under ‘Dorset Humanists Info’) for you to download and don’t forget to keep an eye on the website, our Facebook page and our bulletins for further news and updates.

To receive our newsletters and bulletins every month, just enter your details in the subscribe box on our home page.

Do come and join us at our meetings. We’re a friendly bunch and we have a wide range of stimulating events and activities planned.

See you soon!

David Warden
Chair, Dorset Humanists
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Dorset SACRE Agreed Syllabus for Religious Education 2011

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If you are a RE Teacher who finds the syllabus useful for Teaching Secular Worldviews or if Dorset Humanists can assist you with further resource suggestions, please contact the Dorset Humanists committee.




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Primary Phase Secular World Wiews
Secondary phase, KS3 Secular World Views


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Teaching Secular Worldviews in RE

I've created this new resource for RE teachers in Dorset & elsewhere - 'Teaching Secular Worldviews'.

Our strapline is 'Supporting the teaching of Secular Worldviews such as Humanism, Atheism & Scientific Method in RE'.


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