Volunteer role: Online Support Group Facilitator for Faith to Faithless

Faith to Faithless, part of Humanists UK, provides dedicated support to individuals who leave high-control religious groups.

The service is led largely by people with lived experience who understand the unique challenges of stepping away from a closed community. Leaving a high-control religion can be a deeply disruptive transition: people often face sudden isolation through the loss of lifelong family and social networks, and the challenge of building an independent life from scratch. In some cases, individuals may also experience other pressures or religious abuses, or struggle to find understanding from public services.

Alongside our awareness-raising, professional training, and campaigning work, we run dedicated peer support services to ensure that nobody has to navigate religious exit alone.

Read more about what Faith to Faithless does.

We are looking for experienced volunteers to join our existing facilitation team for our weekly online peer support sessions, which take place every Thursday from 19:00 to 20:00 via Zoom (with facilitators logging on at 18:45).

Unlike our informal monthly socials, these weekly sessions are structured, topic-led spaces where participants explore the deeper, more challenging realities of leaving a high-control religion.

Facilitators work on a flexible rota, typically facilitating once or twice a month rather than every week.

Take a look at the full role description and person specification (.docx or .pdf) to help you decide whether the role is right for you, and consider what you would get out of the role as well as what you might bring to it.

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