Faith to Faithless
@faith2faithless.bsky.social
Faith to Faithless is a Humanists UK programme dedicated to supporting people leaving high-control religious groups.
Struggling? Ring our helpline: 0800 448 0748
For info about the programme visit faithtofaithless.com
Struggling? Ring our helpline: 0800 448 0748
For info about the programme visit faithtofaithless.com
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It's #CultAwarenessDay. So, if you didn't know...
We help people who have left, or are leaving, high-control religions and cults through @faith2faithless.bsky.social
Watch our animation and share it too. You can can help us reach someone in desperate need of help.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMNa...
We help people who have left, or are leaving, high-control religions and cults through @faith2faithless.bsky.social
Watch our animation and share it too. You can can help us reach someone in desperate need of help.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMNa...
Introducing Faith to Faithless | Helping people leaving high-control religious groups
YouTube video by Humanists UK
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November 18, 2025 at 4:04 PM
It's #CultAwarenessDay. So, if you didn't know...
We help people who have left, or are leaving, high-control religions and cults through @faith2faithless.bsky.social
Watch our animation and share it too. You can can help us reach someone in desperate need of help.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMNa...
We help people who have left, or are leaving, high-control religions and cults through @faith2faithless.bsky.social
Watch our animation and share it too. You can can help us reach someone in desperate need of help.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMNa...
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MPs and peers celebrated the huge contribution humanists make to communities across the UK.
At a meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Humanist Group, parliamentarians heard directly from volunteers and practitioners who support people at key moments in their lives 🧵
humanists.uk/2025/11/13/m...
At a meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Humanist Group, parliamentarians heard directly from volunteers and practitioners who support people at key moments in their lives 🧵
humanists.uk/2025/11/13/m...
MPs and peers celebrate humanists’ contribution to the community
Yesterday humanist MPs and peers met to celebrate humanists’ contribution to the community as the All-Party Parliamentary Humanist Group (APPHG) heard directly from celebrants, pastoral carers, school...
humanists.uk
November 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
MPs and peers celebrated the huge contribution humanists make to communities across the UK.
At a meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Humanist Group, parliamentarians heard directly from volunteers and practitioners who support people at key moments in their lives 🧵
humanists.uk/2025/11/13/m...
At a meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Humanist Group, parliamentarians heard directly from volunteers and practitioners who support people at key moments in their lives 🧵
humanists.uk/2025/11/13/m...
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Our @faith2faithless.bsky.social volunteer Aseel spoke powerfully about leaving a high-control religion, finding community, and now supporting others through meet-ups and our helpline. Our helpline has already received nearly 800 contacts from people seeking support. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMNa...
Introducing Faith to Faithless | Helping people leaving high-control religious groups
YouTube video by Humanists UK
www.youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Our @faith2faithless.bsky.social volunteer Aseel spoke powerfully about leaving a high-control religion, finding community, and now supporting others through meet-ups and our helpline. Our helpline has already received nearly 800 contacts from people seeking support. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMNa...
“Another council gets embroiled with London’s ‘cult-like’ church” via The Londoner
👉 The article reveals serious concerns about the UCKG’s practices in London - control, pressure on donations, and links with public institutions.
www.the-londoner.co.uk/another-coun...
👉 The article reveals serious concerns about the UCKG’s practices in London - control, pressure on donations, and links with public institutions.
www.the-londoner.co.uk/another-coun...
Another council gets embroiled with London’s 'cult-like' church
Plus: the best pub in Angel, TfL fines for rollerskaters and the woman known as Mother Thames, all in today's Monday briefing
www.the-londoner.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 5:10 PM
“Another council gets embroiled with London’s ‘cult-like’ church” via The Londoner
👉 The article reveals serious concerns about the UCKG’s practices in London - control, pressure on donations, and links with public institutions.
www.the-londoner.co.uk/another-coun...
👉 The article reveals serious concerns about the UCKG’s practices in London - control, pressure on donations, and links with public institutions.
www.the-londoner.co.uk/another-coun...
"Freedom is having the choice to live out by your convictions"
Tamara Mathieu, former Twelve Tribes member and author of "All Who Believed" which tells of her time in the cult.
Tamara Mathieu, former Twelve Tribes member and author of "All Who Believed" which tells of her time in the cult.
November 4, 2025 at 10:29 AM
"Freedom is having the choice to live out by your convictions"
Tamara Mathieu, former Twelve Tribes member and author of "All Who Believed" which tells of her time in the cult.
Tamara Mathieu, former Twelve Tribes member and author of "All Who Believed" which tells of her time in the cult.
🌿 Manchester Social – Every Other Month! 🌿
Left a high-control religion or cult? Meet others who get it.
Share experiences, make friends, and find community 💛
📍 Manchester
💌 Email info@faithtofaithless.com
for registration details
Left a high-control religion or cult? Meet others who get it.
Share experiences, make friends, and find community 💛
📍 Manchester
💌 Email info@faithtofaithless.com
for registration details
October 30, 2025 at 9:21 AM
🌿 Manchester Social – Every Other Month! 🌿
Left a high-control religion or cult? Meet others who get it.
Share experiences, make friends, and find community 💛
📍 Manchester
💌 Email info@faithtofaithless.com
for registration details
Left a high-control religion or cult? Meet others who get it.
Share experiences, make friends, and find community 💛
📍 Manchester
💌 Email info@faithtofaithless.com
for registration details
Did you grow up not being allowed to read certain books, not being allowed to question doctrines/leaders?
Humans are not meant to be controlled. It's normal if you still feel the effect of coercive control
We offer peer support weekly&socials throughout UK. You don't have to be alone
Register:
Humans are not meant to be controlled. It's normal if you still feel the effect of coercive control
We offer peer support weekly&socials throughout UK. You don't have to be alone
Register:
October 29, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Did you grow up not being allowed to read certain books, not being allowed to question doctrines/leaders?
Humans are not meant to be controlled. It's normal if you still feel the effect of coercive control
We offer peer support weekly&socials throughout UK. You don't have to be alone
Register:
Humans are not meant to be controlled. It's normal if you still feel the effect of coercive control
We offer peer support weekly&socials throughout UK. You don't have to be alone
Register:
New revelations about the Jesus Army: Sexual/domestic abuse + unpaid labour in communal houses.
We’re proud that solicitor Kathleen Hallisey, who is representing many survivors and spoke at our apostasy conference, continues fighting for justice.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
We’re proud that solicitor Kathleen Hallisey, who is representing many survivors and spoke at our apostasy conference, continues fighting for justice.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
New allegations of sexual and domestic abuse made against Jesus Army cult
Survivors fear closed church’s £25m in assets could end up in abusers’ hands
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2025 at 12:09 PM
New revelations about the Jesus Army: Sexual/domestic abuse + unpaid labour in communal houses.
We’re proud that solicitor Kathleen Hallisey, who is representing many survivors and spoke at our apostasy conference, continues fighting for justice.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
We’re proud that solicitor Kathleen Hallisey, who is representing many survivors and spoke at our apostasy conference, continues fighting for justice.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Celebrating the work of @faith2faithless.bsky.social & its recent apostasy conference, focusing on the real, often hidden, mental health toll of exiting high-control groups. Thank you to staff & volunteers who offer an essential lifeline. humanists.uk/2025/10/03/a...
Apostasy Conference 2025 spotlights mental health impact of religious abuse
On Wednesday, Humanists UK’s Faith to Faithless programme hosted the Apostasy Conference 2025 in Covent Garden in London. The event was a huge success, welcoming nearly 100 attendees including academi...
humanists.uk
October 13, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Celebrating the work of @faith2faithless.bsky.social & its recent apostasy conference, focusing on the real, often hidden, mental health toll of exiting high-control groups. Thank you to staff & volunteers who offer an essential lifeline. humanists.uk/2025/10/03/a...
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Last Monday, we at Oxford Humanists were honoured to host @faith2faithless.bsky.social and @recoveringfromreligion.org for a special event featuring Dr Darrel Ray!
A sincere thank you to everyone who joined us. We look forward to seeing you at our next event!
#humanism #atheism #religioustrauma
A sincere thank you to everyone who joined us. We look forward to seeing you at our next event!
#humanism #atheism #religioustrauma
October 10, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Last Monday, we at Oxford Humanists were honoured to host @faith2faithless.bsky.social and @recoveringfromreligion.org for a special event featuring Dr Darrel Ray!
A sincere thank you to everyone who joined us. We look forward to seeing you at our next event!
#humanism #atheism #religioustrauma
A sincere thank you to everyone who joined us. We look forward to seeing you at our next event!
#humanism #atheism #religioustrauma
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Our service @faith2faithless.bsky.social – which supports people leaving high-control religious groups – continues to grow! We brought together nearly 100 academics, therapists, journalists, and people directly affected to share vital info for better support 🧵
humanists.uk/2025/10/03/a...
humanists.uk/2025/10/03/a...
Apostasy Conference 2025 spotlights mental health impact of religious abuse
On Wednesday, Humanists UK’s Faith to Faithless programme hosted the Apostasy Conference 2025 in Covent Garden in London. The event was a huge success, welcoming nearly 100 attendees including academi...
humanists.uk
October 6, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Our service @faith2faithless.bsky.social – which supports people leaving high-control religious groups – continues to grow! We brought together nearly 100 academics, therapists, journalists, and people directly affected to share vital info for better support 🧵
humanists.uk/2025/10/03/a...
humanists.uk/2025/10/03/a...
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Dr Gillie Jenkinson (Hope Valley Counselling) arguing that therapists need specialist training for dealing with eating disorders; the same is true for dealing with somebody who is leaving a cult.
#AposCon25
www.hopevalleycounselling.com
#AposCon25
www.hopevalleycounselling.com
Hope Valley Counselling — Counselling for Coercive, Cultic and Spiritual Abuse
We provide specialist therapeutic services to help those who have experienced coercive, cultic, spiritual abuse and religious trauma.
www.hopevalleycounselling.com
October 1, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Dr Gillie Jenkinson (Hope Valley Counselling) arguing that therapists need specialist training for dealing with eating disorders; the same is true for dealing with somebody who is leaving a cult.
#AposCon25
www.hopevalleycounselling.com
#AposCon25
www.hopevalleycounselling.com
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Ex-cult followers or leavers from high-control religions can have so little interaction with the outside world, they quite literally cannot cope with a supermarket because they've never been and the choice is overwhelming.
#AposConf25
#AposConf25
October 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Ex-cult followers or leavers from high-control religions can have so little interaction with the outside world, they quite literally cannot cope with a supermarket because they've never been and the choice is overwhelming.
#AposConf25
#AposConf25
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This Sunday, our very own volunteer Ffion, will talk about her journey from Islam and her home country at the Leicester Secular Society.
📢 How Did It Feel to Be in My Shoes? A Woman’s Journey from Silence to Strength.
Join us this Sunday, 5th Oct at 6:30pm at Secular Hall, for a powerful personal talk on navigating patriarchy, faith, and resilience in an Islamic Mediterranean society.
Join us this Sunday, 5th Oct at 6:30pm at Secular Hall, for a powerful personal talk on navigating patriarchy, faith, and resilience in an Islamic Mediterranean society.
October 2, 2025 at 2:39 PM
This Sunday, our very own volunteer Ffion, will talk about her journey from Islam and her home country at the Leicester Secular Society.
Our keynote speaker Dr Darrel Ray taking to the stage to discuss how religion impacts the brain. It’s fascinating and horrifying in equal measure to hear about the effect of purity culture and shame on individuals in high-control religious groups.
October 1, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Our keynote speaker Dr Darrel Ray taking to the stage to discuss how religion impacts the brain. It’s fascinating and horrifying in equal measure to hear about the effect of purity culture and shame on individuals in high-control religious groups.
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I could not be more honoured to be at the first ever in-person @faithtofaithless.bsky.social conference, on Apostasy and Mental Health, joined by incredible therapists, academics, survivors & activists. #AposConf25
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Watch our video youtu.be/zMNayPn26YY?...
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Watch our video youtu.be/zMNayPn26YY?...
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October 1, 2025 at 10:03 AM
I could not be more honoured to be at the first ever in-person @faithtofaithless.bsky.social conference, on Apostasy and Mental Health, joined by incredible therapists, academics, survivors & activists. #AposConf25
www.faithtofaithless.com
Watch our video youtu.be/zMNayPn26YY?...
www.faithtofaithless.com
Watch our video youtu.be/zMNayPn26YY?...
And we’re off with #AposConf25!
Faith to Faithless is ten years old this year, and we’re celebrating with our first in-person conference, focusing on the mental heath impacts of leaving high-control religions, and we have an incredible line-up of international experts.
Faith to Faithless is ten years old this year, and we’re celebrating with our first in-person conference, focusing on the mental heath impacts of leaving high-control religions, and we have an incredible line-up of international experts.
October 1, 2025 at 11:07 AM
And we’re off with #AposConf25!
Faith to Faithless is ten years old this year, and we’re celebrating with our first in-person conference, focusing on the mental heath impacts of leaving high-control religions, and we have an incredible line-up of international experts.
Faith to Faithless is ten years old this year, and we’re celebrating with our first in-person conference, focusing on the mental heath impacts of leaving high-control religions, and we have an incredible line-up of international experts.
We are delighted to have so many therapists, researchers, survivors, and activists with us today for our first in-person conference, celebrating an incredible ten years of Faith to Faithless.
Looking forward to @faith2faithless.bsky.social's Apostasy Conference 2025 (a service of @humanists.uk)
#AposConf2025
#AposConf2025
October 1, 2025 at 11:01 AM
We are delighted to have so many therapists, researchers, survivors, and activists with us today for our first in-person conference, celebrating an incredible ten years of Faith to Faithless.
We’re thrilled to host solicitor Kathleen Hallisey to speak at the Apostasy Conference in London 1 Oct.
Kathleen defends survivors of abuse in religious settings and campaigns for legislation change to protect people from coercive cultic abuse.
Tickets: humanists.uk/events/apost...
Kathleen defends survivors of abuse in religious settings and campaigns for legislation change to protect people from coercive cultic abuse.
Tickets: humanists.uk/events/apost...
September 25, 2025 at 10:54 AM
We’re thrilled to host solicitor Kathleen Hallisey to speak at the Apostasy Conference in London 1 Oct.
Kathleen defends survivors of abuse in religious settings and campaigns for legislation change to protect people from coercive cultic abuse.
Tickets: humanists.uk/events/apost...
Kathleen defends survivors of abuse in religious settings and campaigns for legislation change to protect people from coercive cultic abuse.
Tickets: humanists.uk/events/apost...
We can't wait to welcome back our friend @apostatealex.bsky.social Alexander Barnes-Ross, former Scientologist and activist to talk at the Apostasy Conference on 1 Oct in London.
Limited tickets still available: humanists.uk/events/apost...
Limited tickets still available: humanists.uk/events/apost...
September 23, 2025 at 2:44 PM
We can't wait to welcome back our friend @apostatealex.bsky.social Alexander Barnes-Ross, former Scientologist and activist to talk at the Apostasy Conference on 1 Oct in London.
Limited tickets still available: humanists.uk/events/apost...
Limited tickets still available: humanists.uk/events/apost...
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Leaving religion can come at a high personal cost – not only socially or culturally, but mentally and emotionally. Yet the psychological impact of religious trauma and deconversion remains one of the most overlooked issues in mainstream mental health discourse. 🧵
humanists.uk/events/apost...
humanists.uk/events/apost...
Apostasy Conference 2025 | The effect of apostasy on mental health
humanists.uk
September 18, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Leaving religion can come at a high personal cost – not only socially or culturally, but mentally and emotionally. Yet the psychological impact of religious trauma and deconversion remains one of the most overlooked issues in mainstream mental health discourse. 🧵
humanists.uk/events/apost...
humanists.uk/events/apost...
This year marks 10 years of Faith to Faithless 💛
For a decade, we’ve supported people leaving high-control religions — often at great personal cost.
Help us keep going for the next 10 years. Every gift makes a difference.
👉 www.humanists.uk/ftf-fundraiser2025
For a decade, we’ve supported people leaving high-control religions — often at great personal cost.
Help us keep going for the next 10 years. Every gift makes a difference.
👉 www.humanists.uk/ftf-fundraiser2025
September 18, 2025 at 11:30 AM
This year marks 10 years of Faith to Faithless 💛
For a decade, we’ve supported people leaving high-control religions — often at great personal cost.
Help us keep going for the next 10 years. Every gift makes a difference.
👉 www.humanists.uk/ftf-fundraiser2025
For a decade, we’ve supported people leaving high-control religions — often at great personal cost.
Help us keep going for the next 10 years. Every gift makes a difference.
👉 www.humanists.uk/ftf-fundraiser2025
Exciting news!
Psychotherapist & researcher Dr Gillie Jenkinson, a leading voice in recovery from cults & high-control religions, will speak at the Apostasy Conference 2025 in London on 1 Oct.
🎟 Tickets: humanists.uk/events/apost...
Psychotherapist & researcher Dr Gillie Jenkinson, a leading voice in recovery from cults & high-control religions, will speak at the Apostasy Conference 2025 in London on 1 Oct.
🎟 Tickets: humanists.uk/events/apost...
September 17, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Exciting news!
Psychotherapist & researcher Dr Gillie Jenkinson, a leading voice in recovery from cults & high-control religions, will speak at the Apostasy Conference 2025 in London on 1 Oct.
🎟 Tickets: humanists.uk/events/apost...
Psychotherapist & researcher Dr Gillie Jenkinson, a leading voice in recovery from cults & high-control religions, will speak at the Apostasy Conference 2025 in London on 1 Oct.
🎟 Tickets: humanists.uk/events/apost...
Leaving a high-control religion can feel like starting from scratch. You rebuild.
Then life throws another hardship, and it feels like you’re starting again – again.
But you’re not. Each time you rise, your strength and resilience grow. You’re building your safety net.
Then life throws another hardship, and it feels like you’re starting again – again.
But you’re not. Each time you rise, your strength and resilience grow. You’re building your safety net.
September 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Leaving a high-control religion can feel like starting from scratch. You rebuild.
Then life throws another hardship, and it feels like you’re starting again – again.
But you’re not. Each time you rise, your strength and resilience grow. You’re building your safety net.
Then life throws another hardship, and it feels like you’re starting again – again.
But you’re not. Each time you rise, your strength and resilience grow. You’re building your safety net.