The Big Questions, BBC1, in London on Sunday 5th January

From: JMann@mentorn.tv
Date: Dec 9, 2013 11:44:10 AM
Subject: The Big Questions, BBC1
To: interfaith@nbo.org.uk

Hi there,

I’m contacting you from the BBC1 television programme, The Big Questions.

We will be starting our seventh series in London on Sunday 5^th January and would like to invite members of your organisation to be part of the audience.

We will also be travelling to cities all over the country over 6 months so it would be great if you could forward this to your members throughout the UK as chances are we will be visiting somewhere near them.

We are in the process of finalising all locations, so at this stage I would be keen if you could ask anyone who may be interested to register their interest with their location so that they may be contacted once we have confirmed our venues.

Once the series has started, I may be back in touch to find audience members for our local shows.

Just to give you some background on the programme, 'The Big Questions' is BBC1's flagship live moral and ethical debate show presented by Nicky Campbell and we are about to start our seventh series. Each week, three topics are discussed on the show – these are ethical or moral questions connected to the week’s news headlines. Some topics have included: Is it irresponsible to have more than two children? Do some criminals deserve death? Should we have a right to privacy? And can the Bible and Darwin both be right?

The show features specially invited front-row speakers who have a particular interest, expertise or personal story that relates to one of the week’s topics. The front-row speakers discuss these topics in front of a wider studio audience and there may be an opportunity for the audience to put a question forward to the speakers.

For the first episode we will be filming two shows one at 10am – this will be a live broadcast and the audience will be needed on location at 8:30am. The second show is at 2pm – this will be a pre-recorded show and audience members would be needed on location at 12:30pm. If you would like a seat in either of the audiences, please contact me, making sure to leave a contact phone number. You can reach me on JMann@mentorn.tv or 0141 611 9630. Most of the subsequent shows will be filmed live at 10am, with the audience required for 8:30am (with the odd exception).

The Big Questions is broadcast on BBC1 between 10am and 11am on a Sunday morning.

Please do not hesitate to get in touch with any questions.

Kindest Regards,

Jon Mann

Jonathan Mann

Audience Researcher - The Big Questions

Suite 3a Third Floor, 227 Ingram Street, Glasgow

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0141 611 9630

Update from the Board Of Directors Alliance of Bhikkunis, November 21, 2013

Dear friends of Alliance for Bhikkhunis:

Beginning on the full moon day of September 21^st, 2013, we have been engaged with this year’s 3^rd Annual Bhikkhuni Day (IBD).  We are happy to report that this year’s worldwide celebration was once again a great success!  At last count, there were sixteen events hosted across the globe. This year, the AFB board of directors elected to remember and honor the contribution of the Seven Sisters (Theris), a remarkable story of spiritual friendship and accomplishment in the time of the Buddha that laid the foundation for today’s regeneration of the bhikkhuni sangha. Your generous contribution of time, energy and money during this year’s event and over the last six years is greatly appreciated.  Please visit our new website at: http://www.bhikkhuni.net. There you will find full information about this year’s IBD as well as past year’s happenings.  You will also find a map of this year’s reported IBD events.

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NATIONAL INTER FAITH WEEK 2014

NATIONAL INTER FAITH WEEK

www.interfaithweek.org

Inter Faith Week      Sunday 17 – Saturday 23 November

National Inter Faith Week begins this Sunday, 17 November in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. This is its fifth year. The Week’s aims are:

• Strengthening good inter faith relations at all levels
• Increasing awareness of the different and distinct faith communities in the UK, celebrating and building on the contribution which their members make to their neighbourhoods and to wider society
• Increasing understanding between people of religious and non-religious beliefs

Many different kinds of organisation will be holding events to mark the Week: faith community bodies; inter faith organisations; non-religious belief bodies; schools and Standing Advisory Councils on Religious Education (SACREs); universities and colleges; local authorities and Police and Fire and Rescue Services; hospitals; businesses; voluntary organisations; chaplaincies; and others. 

"How people of different faiths and beliefs interact and cooperate is of enormous importance in our society. Inter Faith Week is an opportunity for people to come together for inter faith dialogue, learning and action. It’s a time for extending existing bonds of cooperation and friendship and creating new ones. We hope that this year sees even wider circles of involvement and wish all taking part success in their events and projects."  - The Revd Bob Fyffe and Vivian Wineman, Co-Chairs Inter Faith Network for the UK

A map showing events is at http://www.interfaithweek.org/events/events/main-events-calendar, and new events are being added to this daily.  Just a few examples of local events:

• Kirklees Faiths Forum ‘Focus on Faith’ lecture by Baroness Warsi at the University of Huddersfield, hosted by the Bishop of Pontefract
• Special launch events in Coventry, Preston, Sutton and a number of other cities, towns and boroughs
• Reading Inter Faith Open Day with seven Christian, Hindu, Jewish, Muslim and Sikh places of worship welcoming in visitors
• An ‘exchanging pulpits’ project in Leicester between Christian and Muslim clergy arranged by Leicester Cathedral, St Philip's Centre, Near Neighbours, and Masjid-Al Husayn
• ‘Voices of Faith: Religion, War and Peace’ -  an evening of inter faith dialogue with Christian, Jewish, Muslim and Buddhist speakers at the Multi Faith Chaplaincy of Northumbria University
• Collecting food and packing boxes to support Norwich Food Bank, organised by the Council of Christians and Jews Norfolk branch to mark Mitzvah Day and Inter Faith Week 
• Inter faith discussion and crime prevention presentation in Barking organised by the Safer Transport Team of the Metropolitan Police
• Inter faith embroidery workshop in the London Borough of Brent
• ‘Women and Faith’ organised by Woking People of Faith
• Discussion on the ethics of biotechnologies, organised by Birmingham Council of Faiths, Christians in Science (Birmingham) and University of Birmingham Atheist,  Secular and Humanist Society
• A ‘Meet the Mormons’ open house event in Kidderminster
• Launch of a hospital inter faith network at University Hospital Southampton, with Southampton Council of Faiths
• Inter faith minibus tour of faith venues in Bute Town, Cardiff, visiting eight venues across two days -  South Cardiff Interfaith Association and C3SC
• Cornwall Faith Forum - ‘sharing and shaping inter faith in a rural setting’
• A youth SACRE in Thurrock
• A conference on ‘Forgiveness’,  with contributions from six faiths - Wolverhampton Inter Faith and Regeneration Network
• St Peter’s by the Waterfront, Ipswich, Storytelling around the faiths for primary school children – Suffolk Inter Faith Resource
• A Week long series of talks run by Slough Faiths Partnership on aspects of Fear: Fear of Change;  Fear through Faith; Fear of Secularism, Fear of Extremism;  Fear and Freedom of Speech; and Overcoming Fear.
• An event to celebrate Inter Faith Week and raise awareness of Cheltenham’s different faith communities hosted by Cheltenham Inter Faith, Cheltenham Borough Council and the University of Gloucestershire
• Celebrating Our Diversity in Medway -  Medway Inter Faith Forum
• Bradford Cathedral, with Touchstone, exhibition in a ‘yurt’ of stories of local people sharing why faith matters to them

Other types of events include: film screenings; inter faith cricket; family faith trails; ‘inter faith talent contests’; short, speed-dating style dialogues between people of different faiths and beliefs; multi faith music making and choirs; fairs and cultural events; charity fundraising events; exhibitions; arts and crafts themed events; classroom activities, visits and assemblies; and combined Inter Faith Week/Mitzvah Day events (‘Interfaith Mitzvah Days’). 

The Near Neighbours Programme is involved with multiple events during this year’s Inter Faith Week. http://www.cuf.org.uk/near-neighbours/Inter-Faith-Week-2013 

The Week will also see the launch of ‘Together in Service’, a new grant programme funded by the Department for Communities and Local Government and led by Faith Action highlighting and supporting multi faith social action projects.

Notes to editors:

1.      Enquiries: ifnet@interfaith.org.uk, tel 020 7730 0410

2.      Twitter: www.twitter.com/IFWeek | Facebook: www.facebook.com/IFWeek | Pinterest: www.pinterest.com/IFWeek

3.      The Inter Faith Network for the UK (www.interfaith.org.uk), was founded in 1987. It works to promote good inter faith relations in the UK. It manages the Inter Faith Week website: www.interfaithweek.org   and links the involvement in the Week of the different participating nations. It also leads on the Week in England.  In Wales, the lead is taken by the Inter Faith Council for Wales (www.interfaithwales.org), and in Northern Ireland, the lead is taken by the Northern Ireland Inter-Faith Forum (http://niinterfaithforum.org).

4.      Inter Faith Week was established in England and Wales in 2009. Scottish Interfaith Week has taken place since 2004 and is led by Interfaith Scotland (www.interfaithscotland.org)  This year it begins on Sunday 24 November.

5.      Sunday 17 November, the first day of Inter Faith Week, is also Mitzvah Day (www.mitzvahday.org.uk) - a Jewish-led day of social action involving people of all faiths and none working together in their local communities.  Many events are being jointly held to mark both Inter Faith Week and Mitzvah Day. 

Alliance For Bhikkhunis, Update from the President, Susmita Barua

Update from the President, Susmita Barua
Alliance For Bhikkhunis
November 11, 2013

Dear friends of Alliance For Bhikkhunis:

It is my great pleasure and privilege as the president of the Alliance For Bhikkhunis (AFB) to connect with you.  I’d like to share with you some background information about me, and how I came to serve the bhikkhuni sangha.
My own birth and identity as a vanishing minority of Buddhists in Calcutta, India was very much hidden, as there were hardly any other Buddhists in my neighborhood, school or college.  My father devotedly worked for the preservation of the Bengal Buddhist Association, Kolkata, founded in 1892 by my great grandfather Ven. Kripasaran Mahathero.  My father also impressed upon me the urgency of upholding dharma and our disappearing family lineage in my own life.  Now the twists and turns of life have reconnected me to the rich diversity of Buddhadharma here in the West in unique ways, one of which is my involvement with organizations initiated by outstanding Buddhist nuns and women.
It was at the 12th Sakyadhita Buddhist Women’s Conference in Bangkok, where I came to know AFB founder Susan Pembroke and the first Theravadan nuns from my own Bengali community!  Susan Pembroke founded the Alliance for Bhikkhunis in 2006 with the mission of supporting monastic Theravadan women in the United States and abroad who are seeking ordination or are fully ordained.  Her journey to understanding the need for bhikkhuni support began in 2006 when she travelled to Malaysia to attend a Sakyadhita Conference. She was also inspired by her teacher Venerable Ayya Khema’s example and her enduring concerns for the revival and support of bhikkhuni sangha.
The four-fold sangha as envisioned by the Buddha for the proper establishment of dhamma in human society for the benefit of all beings, includes both male and female monastics and lay practitioners: bhikkhus, bhikkhunis, upasakas and upasikas. The rich legacy and contributions of the bhikkhuni sangha, especially relating to early-enlightened Arahant Theris from times of Buddha, extending to times of King Ashoka, are not widely known to this day. Forces of materialism, Brahmanism, and patriarchy intensified along with corruption of collective mind through greed, hatred and ignorance. Eventually the dhamma declined in its land of origin along with the demise of the feminine pillars of the sangha.
The nurturing and healing presence of bhikkhus and bhikkhunis in society is a constant reminder to the rest of us that a simple happy life of peace, freedom and benevolence is possible without accumulation, overconsumption, self-harm, exploitation of nature and oppression of people. This sangha of the Blessed One’s disciples is worthy of gifts, hospitalities, offerings, and reverential salutation as they represent the unsurpassed field of merit in a world split by war, violence, poverty, destruction of environment and injustice.  I thank each of you for being part of a worthy social cause and vision.
I’m excited to tell you about a couple of important happenings with AFB. First, our newly upgraded our website (http://www.bhikkhuni.net) is fully functioning and live!  There you will find new content, uplifted design and easier navigation.  A tremendous amount of love and hard work by our volunteers have created this more dynamic, informative and helpful site for you to enjoy and share.
Secondly, I would like to mention International Bhikkhuni Day (IBD), which began on September 21st, 2013 is still happening around the world.  I will explain more in detail next week in a follow-up email on the happenings for this year.  In the mean time, you can find an interactive map of IBD event locations celebrated by individual IBD ambassadors, sanghas and other participating organizations on our web page here: http://www.bhikkhuni.net/map-international-bhikkhuni-day-celebration-locations/
In closing, I am asking you to support AFB in any way that suits you. Become a volunteer, contribute money to us here at AFB, or find a bhikkhuni monastery near you to donate to directly.  AFB cannot provide the critical support to the bhikkhuni sangha without the help of our great volunteers and your financial support.  We have made it easy for you to contribute to AFB. Just go to our donation/dana page on our website at: http://www.bhikkhuni.net/support/ .  Your generosity is greatly appreciated.
If you wish to contact me, you can do so at:  president@bhikkhuni.net. Until next week, I wish you peace and metta,

Susmita Barua, President
Alliance for Bhikkhunis

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http://www.secularism.org.uk/uploads/religious-education-briefing-paper.pdf

And here is what the National secular Society has got to say about Religious Education, to put things in context

http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/resources/religious-education-realising-potential

Religious education: realising the potential

06 Oct 2013
Ref: 130068
Religious education (RE) makes a significant contribution to pupils’ academic and personal development. It also plays a key role in promoting social cohesion and the virtues of respect and empathy, which are important in our diverse society. However, the potential of RE was not being realised fully in the majority of the schools surveyed for this report.
The report identifies barriers to better RE and suggests ways in which the subject might be improved. The report is written for all those who teach RE, for those who lead the subject, and for headteachers of primary and secondary schools.

A Review of RE in England 2013 : summary

RE Review report is now published following eighteen months of development work and consultation. The full report includes the curriculum framework, a discussion of the wider context for RE and a series of questions to inform future work and development, as well as the recommendations of the Expert Panel report. A summary report includes the introduction and the curriculum framework. Both versions are available in printed form as well as free to download. Go to the RE Review report page.

New framework for RE in England outlines best practice

The Religious Education Council for England and Wales (REC) publishes new guidelines for RE today. The revised teaching framework for RE in schools replaces subject guidance last given in 2004.
The framework has been developed as part of an 18 month long independently funded subject review led by the REC, in partnership with professional associations and a wide spectrum of major faith and belief communities. It has been backed by the Secretary of State for Education, Michael Gove.
An Ofsted report Religious Education: Realising the potential published on October 6th criticised the levels of RE provision in schools, placing responsibility for improvement with the government. The REC has taken the initiative in commissioning this review and now calls on the Department for Education to play its part by providing a plan to support the subject review.

Key recommendations of the new RE national curriculum framework are:

1. RE syllabuses should now take account of the new framework.   It has been designed to work in parallel with the new national curriculum and emphasises high standards, coherence and essential knowledge.
2. Schools should regard the framework as a national benchmark. Local authorities, academies and faith groups have the flexibility to adapt what is taught.  In line with this approach, the review calls for RE specialist teachers to use their greater freedom to devise a curriculum supported by this clear set of standards.
3. Whilst no change to the status of religious education is proposed, as the structures governing RE were settled in 1944, the review calls for open discussion on how best to provide good quality RE locally and nationally in the 21st century.

With a new RE teaching framework, children and young people will develop:

• strong, core knowledge of religions and worldviews through varied experiences, approaches and disciplines including investigative teaching and enquiry
• written and spoken skills to interpret and make sense of religion and belief, as well as to reflect on and express their own and others' ideas with clarity
• a strong subject understanding: with an increasing ability to respond to religions and worldviews in an informed, rational and insightful way.

Media release

Dissemination events will be held in York, London, Liverpool, Oxford and Bristol during November. For further details and to book a place click here.
Learn more

http://religiouseducationcouncil.org.uk/public-engagement/media-releases/new-re-review-aims-to-reverse-subjects-decline

Interfaith Week November 2013

Inter Faith Week 2013 17–23 November
 
An opportunity to:
 
• Strengthen good inter faith relations at all levels
• Increase awareness of the different and distinct faith communities in the UK, celebrating and building on the contribution which their members make to their neighbourhoods and to wider society
• Increase understanding between people of religious and nonreligious beliefs 


REFLECT/DEBATE/COOPERATE/LEARN/QUESTION/RESPECT/APPRECIATE/MAKE FRIENDS/CELEBRATE

www.interfaithweek.org

New RE review aims to reverse subject’s decline

New RE review aims to reverse subject’s decline

New framework for RE in England outlines best practice

The Religious Education Council for England and Wales (REC) publishes new guidelines for RE today.  The revised teaching framework for RE in schools replaces subject guidance last given in 2004.

The framework has been developed as part of an 18 month long independently funded subject review led by the REC, in partnership with professional associations and a wide spectrum of major faith and belief communities. It has been backed by the Secretary of State for Education, Michael Gove.

An Ofsted report ‘Religious Education: Realising the potential’ published on October 6th criticised the levels of RE provision in schools, placing responsibility for improvement with the government. The REC has taken the initiative in commissioning this review and now calls on the Department for Education to play its part by providing a plan to support the subject review.

Key recommendations of the new RE national curriculum framework are:

1. RE syllabuses should now take account of the new framework.   It has been designed to work in parallel with the new national curriculum and emphasises high standards, coherence and essential knowledge.

2. Schools should regard the framework as a national benchmark.  Local authorities, academies and faith groups have the flexibility to adapt what is taught.  In line with this approach, the review calls for RE specialist teachers to use their greater freedom to devise a curriculum supported by this clear set of standards.

3. Whilst no change to the status of religious education is proposed, as the structures governing RE were settled in 1944, the review calls for open discussion on how best to provide good quality RE locally and nationally in the 21^st century.

With a new RE teaching framework, children and young people will develop:

•       strong, core knowledge of religions and worldviews through varied experiences, approaches and disciplines including investigative teaching and enquiry

•       written and spoken skills to interpret and make sense of religion and belief, as well as to reflect on and express their own and others' ideas with clarity

•       a strong subject understanding: with an increasing ability to respond to religions and worldviews in an informed, rational and insightful way.

John Keast, chair of the Religious Education Council of England and Wales comments:

“The new framework is an important step in securing the future of RE in our schools. Some schools boast good and outstanding RE yet many cannot. In recent years RE has fallen into a vacuum. Falling back on the safety net of statutory provision is not enough to ensure consistent high standards, strong teaching, adequate examination provision and clarity on what the subject covers. Having a thoroughly reconsidered national Curriculum Framework is a means of changing both practice and attitudes to RE.”

Teachers, school leaders and subject experts participating in the review were united in the view that the new teaching framework cannot, on its own, change a subject. 

The review sets out the need for direct and effective attention to be given to the shortage of properly trained RE teachers in the classroom.  Again, RE teacher training bursaries have been withdrawn and the number of places available to those who want to train as RE teachers has been cut.

John Keast adds: “All the elements of good RE provision, from the recruitment of specialist teachers, to their role in the classroom and the training and resources given to them, are underpinned by the structure of locally agreed syllabuses, academy syllabuses and faith school provision, protected by national, statutory arrangements. As the state-funded education landscape changes, it could well be time to look again at how best to provide and support RE, so that teachers are well-trained, pupils are well taught, and the subject remains fit for purpose in schools and society today.”

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Media enquiries: Colin Hallmark / Harriet Johnson, 3:nine Communications

Tel: 0207 736 1888; 07745 914170 ; 07837 053 207 ; email: info@3nine.co.uk

The Religious Education Council of England & Wales (REC:  Established in 1973, the REC is a national organisation that represents a range of religions and beliefs. Members include the Church of England, the Catholic Church, the Free Churches, the Buddhist, Hindu, Jewish, Muslim, Sikh, Jain, Zoroastrian and Bahá’í faiths, and the British Humanist Association alongside professional associations including the National Association of RE Teachers (NATRE). www.religiouseducationcouncil.org/

Published on 23rd October 2013 The National Curriculum Framework for RE sets out the purpose and aims of RE; the contribution of RE to the school curriculum; and the breadth of study of RE.  Guidance is included for early years; the knowledge, understanding and skills for key stages 1-3; and an overview  for key stage 4 and 16-19 .

RE Directory: An overview of religious education (2013)

http://www.theredirectory.org.uk/overview

An overview of religious education (2013)

These pages are designed to provide an overview of the legislation and guidance affecting RE provision for schools in England and Wales.
It is also important to distinguish between what are the statutory requirements for RE and what forms the non-statutory guidance.
The links below provide more information on all aspects of these:

ENGLAND
Statutory requirements for RE

Curriculum

RE is a statutory subject which is part of the basic curriculum.
RE is not designated a national curriculum subject because for schools within the remit of the local authority, the subject is determined locally by the SACRE (Standing Advisory Council on RE). The SACRE's locally agreed syllabus is a statutory document which must be followed in maintained schools unless they have a designated denomination ('faith schools').  Once adopted by the LA, the agreed syllabus sets out what pupils should be taught and can include the expected standards of pupils’ performance at different stages.  Every locally agreed syllabus must reflect that the religious traditions of Great Britain are in the main Christian, while taking account of the teaching and practices of the other principal religions represented in Great Britain. Look here for more detail on statutory requirements for agreed syllabus RE.
There are specific curriculum and inspection arrangements for RE in different types of school.

Inspection

The law requires school inspections and these are carried out under Section 5 of the Education Act 2005 by the Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted). Further information on Ofsted can be found here.
The current inspection framework was introduced in April 2013. In addition to the Framework this reference contains guidance for the assistance of inspectors and copies of the main inspection documents.
The emphasis in current inspection procedures is on the effectiveness of a school and self-evaluation. Guidance on preparing for an inspection can be found here.

Grade descriptors, exemplars of good practice and recent Ofsted reports

Ofsted carries out visits to gather exemplars of good practice in RE. A link to these exemplars can be found here on the Ofsted website.
This link gives access to information about generic grade descriptors and supplementary subject-specific guidance for making judgments about RE as well as links to recent Ofsted reports on RE including:

• 2007 Making Sense of Religion
• 2010 Transforming Religious Education

Inspection in different types of school

There are different and specific inspection arrangements for RE in different types of school.
A general briefing for Ofsted inspectors on inspecting faith schools of different types can be found here. There are also particular requirements for the inspection of schools with a religious foundation, as follows:

• Information on the inspection of Anglican and Methodist Schools
• Information on the inspection of Roman Catholic Schools
• Information on the inspection of Muslim schools
• Information on the inspection of Jewish schools
• Inspection of Sikh schools is organised through the Network of Sikh Organisations
• Inspection of Seventh Day Adventist schools is organised through the Education Department of the British Union Conference of the Seventh-day Adventists

Non-statutory guidance on RE

In January 2010 the DCSF published new Guidance on Religious Education in English schools. This replaced the last major governmental guidance for RE (within Circular 1/94) and is an important document in the interpretation of current legislation and its application for all concerned with Religious Education.
In recent years there have also been three curriculum documents produced by government agencies that have had an important impact on the RE curriculum:

• The 2004 Non-Statutory National Framework for Religious Education continues to be influential in England and Wales. This document received a broad consensus of approval across the RE communities and has been used in the design of most subsequent agreed syllabuses. 
• RE in the New Secondary Curriculum, 2007. The National Curriculum for England at Key Stages 3 and 4 was published by the (then) QCA in 2007 and implementation started in September 2008. RE was included as a statutory subject with non-statutory guidance. 
• The Proposed Primary Curriculum, 2010. Although curriculum documents relating to a new primary curriculum were sent to all English primary schools in the early part of 2010, a change of government in May that year meant that the curriculum did not pass into law.

Following the change in government in 2010, a new curriculum review was ordered. The government's intention is that new programmes of study for all subjects which are either to form part of the new National Curriculum or to have non-statutory programmes of study will be available to schools by September 2013, with teaching in maintained schools from September 2014.
Religious education has not been included in the review. Instead, existing arrangements for the subject are to continue. The RE Council has initiated a subject review for RE and its report is due to be published in September 2013.

WALES
Statutory requirements for RE

Specific curriculum and inspection arrangements for RE in different types of school

The statutory position of RE is similar to that for England (see above), with specific requirements for curriculum and inspection according to the type of school.
Specific information on the law and national guidelines for RE in Wales can be found at: wncre.bangor.ac.uk/wasacre/chap1.php.en This is available online in both Welsh and English versions.

RE and the curriculum (including non-statutory guidance)

The National Framework for RE in Wales and other supporting documents can be found at:
http://wales.gov.uk/topics/educationandskills/schoolshome/curriculuminwales/arevisedcurriculumforwales/religiouseducation/ 
Information about the Wales Association of SACREs can be found at http://www.wasacre.org.uk/  

RE and inspection

Information on the inspection of RE in Wales can be found at the website of Estyn: http://www.estyn.gov.uk/   This includes the section RE in secondary schools. Training material (for inspectors) and a large scale survey, RE in secondary schools: June 2013.

Other significant information about RE

Reports on SACRE contributions to RE and collective worship
RE: history and legislative background