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Events are archived in reverse date order with the most recent archived items appearing at the top:

  • The Archbishop of Canterbury hosted an Inter Faith Week event at Lambeth Palace for faith leaders and Trustees of the Inter Faith Network at which a joint statement was signed - link
  • Faiths in Action, - Grants of up to £6000 available to support inter faith activity within local communities - download - link
  • Update from the QCDA - the Autumn 2009 update from the newly renamed Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency - read
  • Constitutions and terms of reference - a question was raised to NASACRE about this issue and here are some of the thoughts of the executive - read
  • Accord has today announced the launch of the Accord Award, a prestigious new prize that recognises the achievements of primary and secondary schools that celebrate diversity of religious and non-religious beliefs - link
  • Examination results for 2009 - RE results (provisional) are now published these may be useful for your SACRE reports - more
  • Conference Keynote by Geoff Teece (University of Birmingham) is available to download see Events section for more details.
  • London SACREs meeting July 3rd - Two documents which you might find useful in your own response to the feedback. London SACRE Oral response and London Comments on Consultation.
  • A very interesting new website has launched called 'The Art of Integration' about Islam in modern Britain - link
  • James Hemming Essay Prize - The three winning essays from the 2008 contest are available on the website, where there is also news of the 2009 competiiton. If you would like a phamplet with work of the three winners then please contact pepper@humanism.org.uk
  • Response to consultations - NASACRE's final responses to the curriculum may be of interest to the membership. RE Final - PSHE Final - Primary Curr. Final
  • The NASACRE AGM 2009 took place on the 4th June - papers can be found in the events section
  • Faith to Face - a new network launched by the Tony Blair Faith Foundation and partnered by Warwick University - more
  • The latest REC newsletter: is now available information and updates from around the RE world. Check this out for items for your next SACRE agenda - link
  • The JUST1 campaign against world poverty is asking for schools and SACREs to become involved in the stand up campaign in October - more
  • The Cambridge Primary Review report on the primary curriculum has now been published
  • Look at the "Building your SACRE's capacity" section for details of the recruitment and training programme that has been set up.
  • Interview with Sadiq Khan MP, about the situation in Gaza by two young Muslims - link
  • Collective Worship.com a new site commissioned by DCELLS - link
  • The Transforming Lives Project - link
  • A resource from The 3 faiths forum to help understand the current conflict in Gaza - go
  • So you're joining your local SACRE... A handbook for SACRE members. The booklet has been rewritten and reprinted - more
  • Briefing paper on the development of 1/94 update - download
  • Report by Jim Rose on the Primary Curriculum - link
  • The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion is an academic research enterprise based at St Edmund's College, Cambridge. One of our aims is to provide courses on how science and religion interact - more information
  • Learning Outside the classroom (LOtC) quality badge is now on offer - more
  • In case you have not already seen it, the Runnymede Trust has today published the results and conclusions of a two year research study on faith schools and community cohesion - download
  • A report on community cohesion from Alan Brine
  • The Religious Education Council is starting an e-bulletin if you would like to receive this please send contact details to bulletin@religiouseducationcouncil.org
  • James Hemming Essay Prize for AS/A2 students promoted by the BHA - link
  • EFTRE Newsletter: RE news from the European scene - download
  • Conferences for Primary Schools are taking place in Lancashire in January
  • QCA update on RE: Autumn 2008 - download
  • REC leaflet : A new leaflet promoting RE can be downloaded from this link. Multiple printed copies of the leaflet are available free of charge to individuals and organisations who can make use of them in helping to increase public understanding of the nature and value of religious education. To place an order, please email your request to info@religiouseducationcouncil.org
  • Reports from the YPFF projects from Lewisham and Hampshire are in the projects section. Have a read and consider your own possible project.
  • The excellent Shap working party calendar of religious festivals and dates is now availble - must for the office or the home. See www.shap.org for more details
  • Annual Subscriptions for 2008/9 - more
  • See the SACRE agenda section for Notes on Community Cohesion from Denise Chaplin
  • Right Here Right Now will help support schools in the effective teaching of human rights, including the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, within Key Stage 3 citizenship - link
  • Check the new networks' page for access to the London network and news of some new networks.
  • Presentation from Alveena Malik from iCoCo given at Islam Expo to Muslim SACRE members available for download along with other materials from the Expo.
  • Presentation from Denise Chaplin on the development of 1/94 available for download
  • A new free CD-ROM resource, "Jewish way of life" has been launched. For more details, for support materials and to order your copy of the resource see www.jwol.org.uk
  • A new website Bishops in Action has been launched by the Church of England to coincide with the 2008 Lambeth conference - website
  • AGM 2008: Held on Thursday 8th May - papers in the events section of the website
  • Inter-Faith dialogue by e-mail? A new book by Jackson, Ipgrave and McKenna as part of the REDCo project - more
  • NASACRE's responce to the DCLG's face-to-face consultation - download
  • The BBC has reported on The Runnymede Trust's interim findings from a consultation on the establishment of community cohesion in particular areas of the country and what the phrase and its impact mean to the people in these areas. See the BBC article. and the link to the trust’s interim report can be located below. This interim report by Professor Audrey Osler presents some initial observations from the faith schools and community cohesion project. It draws upon a series of community consultation workshops that took place with local stakeholders around the country in summer 2007. The report highlights shared challenges as well as diverse and particular responses to ways in which a school system that includes faith schools successfully prepares young people for living in a multicultural society.
  • Two new documents from QCA: A new reporting format for SACREs and guidance for ASC conferences.
  • Christine Gilbert [Ofsted] has replied to NASACRE's comments on the long report - download
  • The Information booklet "All about NASACRE" has been electronicised - download
  • Teachers' TV programme: The big debate. An interesting programme on the place of religion in school 'starring' Richard Dawkins and Barry Sherman - link
  • Article on RE in the Independent, Jan 11th "Keeping the faith" - link
  • You might find, in light of current developments, access to Ciricular 1/94 useful; you can find it here
  • The Watson report on Humanism in SACREs and ASCs - download
  • Some key reports have been published:
  • News from the interfaith network - view
  • Over the summer, the officers have drafted a response to the HMI long Report on RE - for this statement please see the Autumn 2007 newsletter p.4
  • NASACRE's response to the Community Cohesion Consultation
  • A statement from QCA on the reorganisation on their website
  • The Haringey-Hounslow Project - Report on a pilot project on the use of the AREIAC RE subject self-evaluation framework ©Denise Chaplin 2007 - click here [228kb]
  • The OfSTED report on RE is now available
  • Check the REC website for news of the Strategy Proposals
  • A DfES consultation on Community Cohesion has been published which SACREs might like to respond to - guidance - responce