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July 2026 As members of the Scottish Government’s Faith and Belief Representative Group. The Scottish Pagan Federation are publishing and endorsing this statement. The Scottish Government’s Faith and Belief Representatives’ Group Statement of Solidarity with Racially Minoritised Communities Following Recent Incidents  The Scottish Government’s Faith and Belief Representatives’ Group expresses deep concern over the recent […]

May 2026 Wednesday the 13th of May 2026 was the Kirking of the Scottish Parliament. The Kirking of the Scottish Parliament is an old tradition where the incoming Scottish Parliament is blessed. Traditionally, this was done by the church. In recent years this has included an interfaith element where members of the diverse faith and […]

June 2025 The Edinburgh Interfaith Association invited the Scottish Pagan Federation to again be involved with their Interfaith training panel for Police Scotland probationers. The first of these type of panels took place in March 2025 and the second in June 2025. These panels are for new officers to develop an understanding of different faiths […]

June 2025 SPF are excited to be offering a conference on Saturday, 25th October 2025 at The Pleasance, Edinburgh, 10am-11pm. This conference is suitable for ages 16+.   Our Theme The theme this year is Lifting the Veil. Our theme will explore Samhain, death, dying, ancestors, grief, divination, and the associated deities and psychopomps such as […]

April 2025 The SPF send our love and support to our trans community. You will always be recognised as who you are by us. The trans community will always be recognised by SPF. Many ancient stories of spirits and deities speak of transforming between genders and one of our three principles is recognition of a […]

November 2024 The Scottish Government held it’s first ever Faith, Belief, and Community Cohesion Conference in Edinburgh on the 30th of October 2024. The First Minister and Minister for Equalities attended the event with contributions from BBC Radio Scotland and representatives from the Church of Scotland, Sabs, and Edinburgh Interfaith Association. The even brought together […]

May 2024 Paganism is now the 4th biggest religion in Scotland.   The 2022 Scottish census results on religion have finally been released.   After over a decade of the Scottish PF campaigning for a Pagan Tick Box, to better capture the number of Pagans here in Scotland more accurately, we now have our figures […]

May 2024 The next Scottish Pagan Conference is taking shape! The theme this year is the Exoteric, intended for or likely to be understood by the general public. Spirituality can be part of common life and doesn’t always need to reside in occult and hidden meanings. Everyday mundane rituals can be and are as powerful […]

July 2023 Over the last year the Scottish Pagan Federation has been an active member of the Scottish Government’s Faith and Belief Representative Group. The group’s purpose is for different faith communities within Scotland to be able to discuss issues facing their communities and how we can work together to address these. Our Deputy Presiding […]

By Matt Cormack, June 2023   It is with a great sense of joy that I am able to share some important news with you. The SPF will be having our first in-person conference since 2019!    Our last in-person SPF conference was in 2019. In 2020 and 2022 we hosted online conferences due to […]