Recruitment and Training
Minutes:
Gordon Anderson informed the SACRE that he had attended a meeting for SACRE Chairmen and officers, in Lewisham, which had focused on two main issues; recruitment and training.
Training
A grant had been made available to train Group A SACRE representatives on community cohesion matters and a pilot training scheme had been launched. The scheme involved a two day training session however, places were limited to 30 delegates from SACREs across the pilot area of Greater London.
Recruitment
It had been acknowledged that the most common SACRE vacancies were for representatives of the Sikh and Buddhist faiths.
Jo Fageant informed the SACRE that two volunteers had come forward to represent the Buddhist faith on local SACREs and it had been suggested that one join Bracknell Forest’s. Gordon Anderson agreed to contact the Bracknell volunteer.
The Department for Children, Schools and Families had made additional funding available to support SACREs and existing SACRE members. Part of this funding would be used to organise a series of one day conferences across the country and Jo Fageant would be circulating details shortly.