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Name: Standing Advisory Council for Religious Education (SACRE)
Start: 2022-03-09T16:00:00Z
End: 2022-03-09T20:00:00Z
Location: Virtual meeting

Standing Advisory Council for Religious Education (SACRE) - Portsmouth City

Agenda

Published

Minutes

Pending

Meeting Times

Scheduled Time

Start:
Wednesday, 9th March 2022
4:00 PM

End:
Wednesday, 9th March 2022
8:00 PM

Actual Time

Started:
Wednesday, 9th March 2022
12:00 AM

Finished:
Wednesday, 9th March 2022
12:00 AM

Meeting Status

Status:
Confirmed

Date:
09 Mar 2022

Location:
Virtual meeting

Meeting Attendees

Chair

Reverend Sam Duddles

(Group B) Church of England

Expected

Committee Member

Councillor Tom Coles

Labour

Expected

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Committee Member

Maria Cole

Group D (local authority)

Expected

Committee Member

Taki Jaffer

Group D (local authority)

Expected

Committee Member

Sarah Coote

(Group A) The Religious Society of Friends (Quaker)

Expected

Committee Member

Sheikh Fazle Abbas Datoo

(Group A) Islam (Shia)

Expected

Committee Member

Syed Aminul Haque

(Group A) Islam

Expected

Committee Member

Elizabeth Jenkerson

(Group A) Baha'i

Expected

Committee Member

Christine McMillan

(Group A) United Reformed Church

Expected

Committee Member

Geoff Wheeler

(Group A) Baptist Union

Expected

Committee Member

Pastor Chris Thomas

Group A (Evangelists)

Expected

Committee Member

Jaswant Singh-Digpal

(Group A) Sikh

Expected

Committee Member

Barbara Spiegelhalter

(Group A) Humanist UK

Expected

Committee Member

Geoff Wade

(Group A) Humanist UK (named reserve)

Expected

Committee Member

Sue Bowen

(Group B) Church of England Representative

Expected

Committee Member

RE & SIAMS Consultant, Portsmouth & Winchester Dioceses

Jane Kelly

(Group B) Church of England

Expected

Committee Member

Kari Laing

(Group C) Post 16 Representative

Expected

Committee Member

Aasha Small

Group C (Primary Schools)

Expected

Committee Member

Debbie Lucas

(Group C) Secondary

Expected

Committee Member

Gemma Self

Group C

Expected

Committee Member

Head Lyndhurst Primary School

Ali Beechurst

SACRE Group C (Primary)

Expected

Co-Optee

Jessi Wilson

Council of Portsmouth Students

Expected

Officer

Head of School Improvement

Debbie Anderson

Expected

Secretary

Lisa Gallacher

Expected

Officer

Patricia Hannam

Professional Adviser (HIAS)

Expected

Agenda

1 Welcome and Introductions

2 Apologies for Absence

3 Moment for Quiet Reflection

4 Declaration of Members' Interest

Members are asked to identify any pecuniary, prejudicial or personal interests on any matters on the agenda.

Note: Should any indication of an interest arise during the meeting, members are asked to declare at that time, as soon as is practicable.

5 Minutes of the Previous meeting held on 3 November 2021

RECOMMENDED the SACRE agrees the minutes of the previous meeting

held on 3 November 2021 as a correct record

Attachments:

Document SACRE 3 November final minutes 28 Feb 2022

6 Matters Arising from the minutes of 3 November 2021

Members are invited to raise any matters from the minutes that are not otherwise identified on the agenda.

7 Membership Update

To receive the Membership Report.

RECOMMENDED that SACRE notes the report.

Attachments:

Document SACRE Membership report March 2022 28 Feb 2022

8 Brief updates or notification of items to be brought to a future meeting

To receive any updates from Members of SACRE.

Note: Items requiring decision will need to be brought to a future meeting.

9 Monitoring Group Report

RECOMMENDED that SACRE notes the findings of the monitoring group meeting.

Attachments:

Document SACRE Monitoring Group report - March 2022 28 Feb 2022

10 Council of Portsmouth Students (CoPS) and SACRE

To receive a verbal update from Patricia Hannam (SACRE's Professional Adviser) regarding the development of more formal links between the Council of Portsmouth Students (CoPS) and SACRE.

11 National and local updates on RE

To receive a report from Patricia Hannam (SACRE's Professional Adviser) on the activities the Religious Education Council (REC) and to appoint representatives to attend The National Association of SACREs (NASACRE) AGM in May as well verbal reports from those who were able to attend the South Central SACRE Hub meetings.

RECOMMENDED that the report is noted and representatives appointed to attend NASACRE AGM in May.

12 Date and venue of the next meeting

Previous Meetings

12th Mar 2025