Wasacre

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The Standing Advisory Councils on Religion, Values and Ethics / Religious Education for Local Authorities in Wales are members of the Wales Association of SACREs (WASACRE). The purpose of WASACRE is to provide a forum for the exchange of good practice and to represent the aims, work, and views of its member SACs / SACREs.

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June 13th @ Wrexham University

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Projects & Events

WASACRE is involved in many projects which support and promote religion, values and
ethics / religious education and collective worship in Wales.

Meetings

WASACRE holds termly meetings to which each SACRE is entitled to send up to four representatives.

Publications

This section provides access to the following publications of relevance to religion, values and
ethics / religious education in Wales.

News

This section provides access to the latest information of relevance to religion, values and ethics / religious education in Wales.

Useful Links

This section provides access to relevant websites and organisations that support religion, values and ethics / religious education in Wales.

Our Purpose

WASACRE was established in 1995 to provide a forum for the exchange of good practice and to represent the aims, work, and views of its member SACs / SACREs. This is achieved by:

member SACs / SACREs sending representation to the termly meetings of WASACRE
organising relevant national initiatives and projects in the areas of religion, values
and ethics / religious education and
collective worship
speaking on behalf of all SACs / SACREs in Wales through engaging with relevant bodies and
agencies, including the Welsh Government
collating relevant key SAC / SACRE documents
maintaining working relationships with equivalent bodies in England

On this site SACs / SACREs and the wider community can access WASACRE’s publications, projects and events, news items and useful links, as well as information about the Association’s meetings.

Our People

Central to the work of WASACRE are the Association’s main termly meetings, which are attended by representatives from the SACs / SACREs in Wales. The meetings provide an effective forum for presenting, discussing, and responding to issues of relevance to religion, values and ethics / religious education and collective worship in Wales. The work of the Association is also supported and enabled by an Executive Committee which meets three times a year, usually prior to the Association’s main meetings.

The WASACRE Executive Committee currently comprises:

The Revd Dr Tania ap Siôn (Chair, Wrexham)
The Revd Edward J. Evans (Vice Chair, Bridgend)
Alice Parry (Secretary, Bridgend)
Libby Jones (Assistant Secretary, Wrexham)
John Mitson (Treasurer, Powys)
Rachel Samuel (Immediate Past Chair, Neath Port Talbot)
Paula Webber (Immediate Past Secretary and Representative of NAPfRE)

Vicky Barlow (Flintshire)
Cllr Louise Brown (Monmouthshire)
Jennie Downes (Denbighshire)
Mathew Maidment (Rhondda Cynon Taf)
Marged Williams and Tyler Lorraine Saunders (Vale of Glamorgan)
Kathy Riddick (Blaenau Gwent)

WASACRE representatives on other committees:

EFTRE (European Forum for Teachers of RE): Phil Lord
Inter Faith Network for the UK: Libby Jones
RE Council for England and Wales: Tania ap Siôn, Paula Webber

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