page_title: Humanists UK
section_title: Annual award
hierarchical_section_title: Humanists UK / Annual award
caption_attribution_description: English: Alf Dubs (right) pictured alongside Andrew Copson (left) and Pavan Dhaliwal (middle) as he is awarded Humanist of the Year by Humanists UK (then known as the British Humanist Association) in London in 2016
context_page_description: Humanists UK, known from 1967 until May 2017 as the British Humanist Association, is a charitable organisation which promotes secular humanism and aims to represent "people who seek to live good lives without religious or superstitious beliefs" in the United Kingdom by campaigning on issues relating to humanism, secularism, and human rights. It seeks to act as a representative body for non-religious people in the UK.
  The charity also supports humanist and non-religious ceremonies in England and Wales, Northern Ireland, and the Crown dependencies and maintains a national network of accredited celebrants for humanist funeral ceremonies, weddings, and baby namings, in addition to a network of volunteers who provide like-minded support and comfort to non-religious people in hospitals and prisons. Its other charitable activities include providing free educational resources to teachers, parents, and institutions; a peer-to-peer support service for people who face difficulties leaving coercive religions and cults; work to promote tolerance and understanding between religious communities and the non-religious; and work to promote understanding of humanism.
context_section_description: From 2011 Humanists UK presented an annual award for special contributions to Humanism. It is known as the Humanist of the Year Award, having been known prior to 2014 as the Services to Humanism Award. The award was customarily presented during Humanists UK annual conference (or, in 2014, the UK-hosted World Humanist Congress). Since 2016 it has been presented at a special reception event. Past winners are:
  2011: Philip Pullman, Services to Humanism Award
  2012: Richard Dawkins, Services to Humanism Award
  2013: Terry Pratchett, Humanist of the Year Award
  2014: Gulalai Ismail and Wole Soyinka, International Humanist of the Year Award (both presented as part of World Humanist Congress)
  2015: Alice Roberts, Humanist of the Year Award
  2016: Lord Dubs, Humanist of the Year Award
  2017: Joan Bakewell, Humanist of the Year Award
  2018: Northern Ireland Humanist Campaigners (Laura Lacole, Eunan O'Kane, Steven McQuitty, Ciaran Moynagh, Caolfhionn Gallagher QC, Janet Farrell, and Sarah Ewart accepting), Humanists of the Year Award.
  Earlier awardees include A.J. Ayer, Leo Igwe, Polly Toynbee, and Julian Huxley.
caption: Alf Dubs pictured alongside Andrew Copson and Pavan Dhaliwal as he is awarded Humanist of the Year by Humanists UK in 2016
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