The Society has had a busy year, as you can see on our ‘previous events’ page and as the Winter Solstice approaches, local groups are organising talks, films, philosophy groups and social evenings all round the country. For more information, please visit the local groups page.

On Tuesday December 4th, The Edinburgh Interfaith Association has invited Ivan Middleton, the former Secretary of the HSS and now East of Scotland Ceremonies Coordinator, to participate in a Round Table Dialogue with representatives of various faith groups from across the city to consider and respond to the question ‘To what extent should religion seek to impose its views on society’, an event which may be reported in The Herald newspaper.

Next week, Perth based celebrant Jane Bechtel will be reporting back from Warsaw, where she is attending the first ever Humanist wedding in Poland as a guest of the Polish Rationalist Society who are celebrating their 100th anniversary with a conference on the 8th and 9th.

Demand for wedding ceremonies continues to outstrip the supply of wedding celebrants, but twelve new candidates will be taking our next training course with Mary Wallace on Monday 28th of January 2008 who, will be authorised by the Registrar General from April 1st, bringing the number of our wedding celebrants to 42.

The Society’s next major event will be the Annual General Meeting, which will take place on April 20th at the McRobert Centre in Stirling. There will be more information about how to stand for election or nominate candidates early in 2008.