Andrew Copson is the Chief Executive of Humanists UK, the national charity advancing humanism through advocacy and community services such as ceremonies, pastoral care, and education, and support services benefiting over a million people every year. His work in cohesion and integration has largely focused on religion and belief, including work as chair of a Standing Advisory Council on RE, as a member of the Commission on Religion and Belief in British Public Life, and at Humanists UK, where he introduced new dialogue programmes and has led campaigns against religious segregation and discrimination in public services such as state schools.