Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education Vacancy, Wiltshire Council

New members are very welcome on Wiltshire’s Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education (SACRE). Serving on a SACRE can be very rewarding and supports your local community in an important way. Wiltshire SACRE, with its diverse membership from faith groups and schools, allows members to be strategic and creative in making a valuable contribution to the quality of religious education that pupils experience in Wiltshire schools.

What is the purpose of SACRE?

A SACRE is unique. The law says that religious education must be taught in all schools and SACRE’s role is to advise the local authority on what needs to be done to improve religious education in its area. This is because RE is not part of the National Curriculum; it is a local responsibility. SACRE has the opportunity to influence directly what pupils learn in RE by advising the local authority on:

• the locally agreed syllabus which is produced by SACRE. The agreed syllabus sets out what should be taught to pupils in all key stages and that standards expected of them. It has to be reviewed every five years

• the choice of teaching materials and aspects of teacher training in RE

• monitoring schools' provision for RE and collective worship

• general matters connected with religious worship in LA Maintained schools.

For more information and to apply for the post, please visit HERE.

Volunteer Chaplains, YMCA

Could you be a Volunteer Chaplain and add real value to the work we do?

Our mission is to help children and young people have a fair chance to be who they want to be. We do this by providing a safe home, increasing life skills and self-confidence, and improving emotional wellbeing and mental health.

We are looking for volunteer chaplains to help take part in informal weekly chaplaincy evenings to support the residents living in our Support Housing projects.

We house young people, aged 16-25, most of whom stay around 2 years. Our young people face many barriers; we provide a place and space for young people to feel safe through our projects that will lead to better life chances and a positive future. Our volunteers are at the heart of our work to support and encourage young people to turn their lives around.

YMCA DownsLink Group has a Christian foundation and inclusive vision. Our chaplaincy service helps ensure our YMCA supported accommodation is unique. Our multi-faith chaplains make a difference to the lives of young people in our supported accommodation by providing a space to be heard, to have fun and to eat together.

We are looking for people of faith or belief who are kind, good listeners, non-judgemental, with a sense of humour and a love of young people. We have a Christian Foundation and inclusive vision and we welcome applications from people of all faiths and beliefs. As a volunteer chaplain you will work as part of a team and spend time with the residents in their projects, cooking and eating with them, chatting, playing board games, and generally just being there for them. You will also receive training and support from one of our paid Chaplains.

We ask for a commitment of one evening (approximately 2 hours) every 2-3 weeks.

We are looking for Volunteer Chaplains in the following areas:

• Guildford and East Sussex

• Horsham and Crawley, West Sussex (one to two days a month preferably on Tuesday or Thursday evenings)

• Brighton & Hove

To find out more about our chaplaincy service click here and/or please contact:

Elly McKay-Smith – East Sussex Chaplain email Elly.Mckay-Smith@ymcadlg.org mobile. 07884549308

Danielle Fray – West Sussex Chaplain email Danielle.Fray@ymcadlg.org mobile. 07912271164

Isaac Watson – Brighton & Hove Chaplain email Isaac.Watson@ymcadlg.org mobile. 07590 446066 

How to Apply

Please get in touch with one of the employed chaplains (contact details above) who will be able to talk with you about the roles and the application process or visit YMCA Website.

The application form can be found HERE 

SACRE Representative (voluntary)

 “There are vacancies for suitable people to serve on Standing Advisory Councils for Religious Education (SACRE), with the following Borough Councils:   

• Bath & Somerset

• Leicester

• Wiltshire

• Hammersmith and Fulham

• Kensington and Chelsea

• Sandwell

• Kent

• Milton Keynes

• Bolton

Volunteers need to be denominational members of the Free Churches Group, have an interest in education and religious education in particular. They can be lay or ordained but must live or work in the respective boroughs to which they wish to be nominated as shown above. The SACRE meets once every school term (with perhaps an occasional sub-meeting) at Council offices. This is a challenging and rewarding role which will provide a great deal of satisfaction to those interested in providing advice, debating issues and guidance in regard to the school curriculum.

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Contact Sabina Williams
sabina.williams@freechurches.org.uk
0203 651 8334