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Notice of a public meeting of		North Yorkshire Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education (SACRE)
Date:	Tuesday, 10th September, 2024
Time:	4.00 pm
Venue:	The Grand Meeting Room, County Hall, Northallerton

Members of the public are entitled to attend this meeting as observers for all those items taken in open session. Please contact the Democratic Services Officer, whose details are below, if you would like to find out more.

This meeting is being held as an in-person meeting. The meeting is also ‘hybrid’, which enables people to attend the meeting remotely using MS Teams. Please contact the Democratic Services Officer if you would like to find out more.

Recording is allowed at Council, committee and sub-committee meetings which are open to the public, please give due regard to the Council’s protocol on audio/visual recording and photography at public meetings, a copy of which is available. Anyone wishing to record is asked to contact, prior to the start of the meeting, the Democratic Services Officer. We ask that any recording is clearly visible to anyone at the meeting and that it is non-disruptive.

Business

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Election of Chair and Vice Chair for the 2024-25 Academic Year

The Clerk to invite nominations for Members to serve as the Chair and Vice Chair of the North Yorkshire SACRE for the 2024–25 Academic Year.

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Welcome and Announcements

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Apologies for Absence

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Minutes of the Meeting held on 9 April 2024

(Pages 5 - 8)

Members to approve the minutes of the meeting held on 9 April 2024 as an accurate record.

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Declarations of Interest

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Public Participation

Members of the public may ask questions or make statements at this meeting if they have given notice to Edward Maxwell of Democratic Services (contact details below) and supplied the text by midday on Thursday 5 September, three working days before the day of the meeting. Each speaker should limit themselves to 3 minutes on any item. Members of the public who have given notice will be invited to speak:

· at this point in the meeting if their questions/statements relate to matters which are not otherwise on the Agenda (subject to an overall time limit of 30 minutes);

· when the relevant Agenda item is being considered if they wish to speak on a matter which is on the Agenda for this meeting.

If you are exercising your right to speak at this meeting, but do not wish to be recorded, please inform the Chair who will instruct anyone who may be taking a recording to cease while you speak.

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Member Presentation by Nasr Moussa Emam

Members to hear a presentation from Nasr Moussa Emam.

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Update by the Professional Religious Education Adviser

(Pages 9 - 18)

The Professional RE Adviser to present a report updating members on work undertaken since the last SACRE meeting, and to provide local and national updates.

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Update by the Local Authority

Report to follow.

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10.

Draft SACRE Annual Report - 2023-2024

(Pages 19 - 40)

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11.

Proposed Amendments to the SACRE Constitution

(Pages 41 - 54)

The Clerk to present a report seeking approval for proposed amendments to the SACRE Constitution.

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12.

Work Programme

(Pages 55 - 56)

The Clerk to present the SACRE Work Programme and update members on future issues and agenda items.

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13.

Any Other Items

The Chair to introduce any additional items, which they consider a matter of urgency because of special circumstances.

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14.

Date of Next Meeting

The next meeting of the SACRE will take place on Tuesday 10 December 2024, at 4:00pm. It will be a hybrid meeting, held in The Grand meeting room, County Hall, Northallerton, with the option of attending via Teams.

The following dates are proposed for the next three meetings, and if approved by Members will be added to the public calendar:

a) Tuesday 8 April 2025, 4:00pm (hybrid)

b) Tuesday 9 September 2025, 4:00pm (hybrid)

c) Tuesday 9 December 2025, 4:00pm (hybrid).

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Barry Khan

Assistant Chief Executive

(Legal and Democratic Services)

County Hall

Northallerton

Monday, 2 September 2024

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MEMBERSHIP OF THE STANDING ADVISORY COUNCIL ON

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Group A: Faith Groups
Professor John Adams	Humanist
Sarah Beveridge	Society of Friends
Hayden Cohen	Judaism
Tom Clayton	Methodist
Chris Devanny	Catholic
David Haddock	The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Abhijeet Kulkarni	Hindu
Nasr Moussa Emam	Muslim
Mohinder Singh Chana	Sikhism
Vacancy	Baptist
Vacancy	Salvationists
Vacancy	Buddhist
Group B: Church of England – (Two each nominated by the Anglican Diocese of Leeds and the Diocese of York)
Claire Soderman
Lee Talbot
Vacancy
Vacancy
Group C: Teaching Associations
Tara Askew
Jo Colledge
Sarah Hodgson
Vacancy
Vacancy
Group D: Local Authority:
Councillor Alyson Baker
Councillor Robert Heseltine
Councillor Janet Jefferson
Councillor Annabel Wilkinson
Councillor Simon Myers
Co-opted Member: Academic Expertise in Religious Education
Vacancy