29th October to 4th November 2012

Non-Prophet week is the week where irreligious people raise money and help charities. This will be The AHS’s third Non-Prophet week. We have chosen to endorse Survivors Voice Europe as our suggested charity this year. They are a relatively new charity targeted at helping the victims of abuse (particularly by Catholic clergy) and are still quite small, so the money we raise has the potential to make a huge difference to both the charity and people’s lives.

If you feel you or your members are more enthusiastic about another charity, you are welcome to support them instead… and it doesn’t have to be just raising money. In the past people have planted trees, donated blood and collected clothes to give to a charity shop as alternatives to or alongside fundraising. Be as creative as you want and we will support and help you as much as we can.

We are hoping you’ll be even more creative than last year and show that you don’t have to be religious to be charitable.

Who can take part?

Anyone can take part. If you are part of an AHS society, then this is the perfect time to do something charitable together. If you are not an AHS society or a member of one, you are still welcome to take part, either as an individual or with another group (e.g. local humanist/secular groups or Skeptics in the Pub). For example, the British Humanist Association Choir has taken part in the previous Non-Prophet Weeks.

If you have any questions or would like to take part, please get in touch.

Good luck and have fun!

Calender of Events

All week

  • The University of Southampton Committee are going Vegan for the week! Sponsor them here.
  • Emily Cooper of the University of Birmingham Atheist, Secular and Humanist Society is giving up swearing, meat and alcohol.
  • Oxford Atheists, Secularists and Humanists and Oxford Brookes Atheists, Secularists and Humanists members will be dressing as Prophets.
  • Carl Bednall from the University of Bradford Atheist and Humanist Society will be spending the day dressed as a pink sheep!

Monday 29th October

  • The University of Southampton will be running a Pub Quiz
  • The University of Birmingham Atheist, Secular and Humanist Society will also be running a Pub Quiz
  • University College Cork Atheists, Agnostics, Secularists & Humanists Society will be running a Clothes Swap/Sale and Good Without God Debate.
  • Durham University Humanist and Secularist Society will be running a cake sale.
  • Reading University Atheist, Humanist and Secularist Society will have two pots, either donate to insult them or donate to recieve a compliment from them.

Tuesday 30th October

  • Dundee University Atheist Society will be viewing some classic South Park and raising money for Survivors Voice Europe.
  • The University of Bristol Atheist, Agnostic and Secular Society will be having a film night.
  • Durham University Humanist and Secularist Society will have a Halloween themed QuizCrawl.

Wednesday 31st October

  • Nicola Jackson, Non-Prophet Week Coordinator is having a ‘Halloween Gunge’.
  • University College Cork Atheists, Agnostics, Secularists & Humanists Society will be running a Bake Sale & Coffee Morning and a Movie screening.
  • The University of Edinburgh Humanist Society will be running a Bake Sale.
  • Bradford Atheist and Humanist Society will be running a Halloween face painting booth.

Thursday 1st November

  • University College Cork Atheists, Agnostics, Secularists & Humanists Society will be planting trees, Irish Traditional Music gig and a Masquerade ball.
  • Members of Bradford Atheist and Humanist Society will begin growing my mustaches for Movember.
  • The University of Bristol Atheist, Agnostic and Secular Society have invited Martin Poulter to speak.
  • Robert Gordon Freethought Society will be running a Pub Quiz.
  • Reading University Atheist, Humanist and Secularist Society will have two pots, either donate to insult them or donate to recieve a compliment from them.

Friday 2nd November

  • Bradford Atheists and Humanist Society will be running a Cake Sale.
  • University College Cork Atheists, Agnostics, Secularists & Humanists Society will be having ‘Free hug Friday’ and selling Cadbury crunchies for charity.
  • Queen Mary’s Atheism Society will be ‘stripping off’ to reveal parishes where clergy were ‘moved on’ because of child abuse allegations. They’re target is £500.
  • The University of Bristol Atheist, Agnostic and Secular Society will be having a Pub Quiz, followed by a Bar Crawl.
  • Durham University Humanist and Secularist Society members will be giving blood.

Saturday

  • Bradford Atheist and Humanist Society will be running a Charity Pool Tournament.
  • Liverpool University Humanists will be un-preaching in Liverpool town centre.
Sunday
  • Jessica Vautier (AHS President) will be swimming 2 miles for Jersey Hospice. Sponsor her here.

Other events

  • The University of Birmingham Atheist, Secular and Humanist Society will be running Bake Sales to raise money for the One Law for All campaign.
  • Robert Gordon University Freethought Society will be holding a stall to raise awareness and money for Survivors Voice Europe.
  • Liverpool University Humanists will be running a film screening.
  • Oxford Atheists, Secularists and Humanists, and Oxford Brookes Atheists, Secularists and Humanists will be holding a film night.
  • Atheist Society of St Andrews University will be running a bake sale.
  • Atheist Society of St Andrews University will be having a pub quiz.