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The Executive comprises the four elected honorary officers: Chair, Vice Chair, Treasurer and Secretary, and eight other people elected by member SACREs at the annual meeting. The Executive has the power to co-opt up to three additional people. Also in attendance is the editor of SACRE News and the immediate past Chair, acting as Executive Assistant.

The Executive is responsible for policy and planning of events and activities in fulfilment of the aims of the association. It meets each term to plan events and discuss policy and operational issues as they arise.

The current members of the executive for the year 2009-10 are:

Chair:
Bill Moore

Vice-Chair:
Bruce Gill

Secretary:
Julie Grove

Treasurer:
Michael Metcalf

Executive Assistant:
Densie Chaplin

Admin Assistant:
Yvonne Cameron

Executive members

Helen Harrison
Jo Fageant
Khadijah Knight
Rick Lee
Tricia Martin
Debbie Tibbey
Katherine Wedell
Harbhajan Singh

Co-opted

Tristram Jenkins
Philip Davies
Robin Kanarek

Newsletter Editor

Geoff Teece

Web Manager

Paul Hopkins

Bill Moore
Chair
Bruce Gill
Vice-Chair
Julie Grove
Secretary
Michael Metcalf
Treasurer
Denise Chaplin
Exec. Assistant
Helen Harrison
Exec. Mem
Jo Fageant
Exec. Mem
Khadijah Knight
Exec. Mem
Rick Lee
Exec. Mem
Tricia Martin
Exec. Mem
Debbie Tibbey
Exec. Mem
Katherine Wedell
Exec. Mem
Harbhajan Singh
Exec. Mem
Tristram Jenkins
Co-optee
Philip Davies
Co-optee
Robin Kanarek
Co-optee
     
Geoff Teece
Newsletter editor
     

Executive members and officers also:

  • represent the interests of SACREs at meetings of the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF), the Qualifications and Curriculum Development Authority (QCDA) and in communications with Ofsted;
  • represent the association at meetings of both the Religious Education Council of England and Wales (REC) and the Inter Faith Network UK (IFNUK);
  • initiate and maintain contact with faith community representatives across the faith spectrum;
  • respond to national consultations, national reports and published articles relating to the work of SACREs;
  • attend national conferences, seminars and discussion groups; NASACRE was represented in both the writing group for the non-statutory National Framework for Religious Education (DfES 2004) and on its steering group; it also contributed to both the Reference Group for the new primary curriculum and the Steering Group for the new RE Guidance (2008/9);
  • contribute to curriculum development with other national bodies;
  • are involved in the current national roll out of the training programme for new SACRE members from faith communities, having participated in the delivery of REC pilot training courses during 2006/7;
  • administer the on-going Young People’s Faith Forum initiative, in partnership with the Westhill Endowment Trustees, and monitor current projects;
  • are involved in planning and organising conferences for SACRE members with national bodies, for example, the QCDA and the IFNUK;
  • respond to enquiries from SACRE chairs, clerks and individual members, both by telephone and email; members of the executive also visit the meetings of member SACREs when they are invited and are able;
  • liaise with the Association of RE Inspectors, Advisers and Consultants (AREIAC) and the National Association of Teachers of Religious Education (NATRE) with which NASACRE has close links.

As the role NASACRE plays nationally is evolving all the time, so the executive develops to meet new challenges. For specific details of activity during the past year, please see Annual Meeting Reports.

To contact the executive please mail to executive@nasacre.org.uk.

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