SACRE stands for 'Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education'. Every local authority in England and Wales has one. They are a group of people who advise on what school pupils should study in Religious Education lessons at school. But all too often, there is no-one in these groups to represent a humanist viewpoint, and consequently many young people never have the opportunity to learn about humanism.
You can make a difference here! If you're willing to join your local SACRE you'll be helping to ensure our young people are not prevented from learning that there are alternatives to organised religion as a way of living your life.
Does your local authority have a humanist representative on its SACRE? Check below to find out, and if it doesn't why not consider becoming one?
If we are looking for a SACRE rep in your area (or in an area nearby), then please get in touch with us on sacres@humanism.org.uk. Please contact us before contacting the SACRE as sometimes places will have been recently filled and our map might not have been updated.
For more information about the role of SACRE rep, click here.
If you are a SACRE rep and we've not identified that, please get in touch on sacres@humanism.org.uk.
| SACRE | Humanist Rep? | What you can do! |
|---|---|---|
| Barking and Dagenham SACRE | NO | Volunteer for Us! |
| Barnet SACRE | YES | |
| Barnsley SACRE | YES | |
| Bath and North East Somerset SACRE | NO | Volunteer for Us! |
| Bedford SACRE | YES | |
| Bexley SACRE | NO | Volunteer for Us! |
| Birmingham SACRE | YES | |
| Blackburn with Darwen SACRE | NO | Volunteer for Us! |
| Blackpool SACRE | NO | Volunteer for Us! |
| Blaenau Gwent SACRE | YES | |
| Bolton SACRE | YES | |
| Bournemouth SACRE | NO | Volunteer for Us! |
| Bracknell Forest SACRE | NO | Volunteer for Us! |
| Bradford SACRE | YES | |
| Brent SACRE | YES | |
| Bridgend SACRE | YES | |
| Brighton and Hove SACRE | YES | |
| Bristol SACRE | NO | Volunteer for Us! |
| Bromley SACRE | NO | Volunteer for Us! |
| Buckinghamshire SACRE | YES | |
| Bury SACRE | APPLIED | |
| Caerphilly SACRE | APPLIED | |
| Calderdale SACRE | YES | |
| Cambridgeshire SACRE | YES | |
| Camden SACRE | YES | |
| Cardiff SACRE | YES | |
| Carmarthenshire SACRE | APPLIED | |
| Central Bedfordshire SACRE | NO | Volunteer for Us! |
| Ceredigion SACRE | NO | Volunteer for Us! |
| Cheshire East SACRE | YES | |
| Cheshire West and Chester SACRE | YES | |
| Conwy SACRE | NO | Volunteer for Us! |
| Cornwall SACRE | YES | |
| Coventry SACRE | NO | Volunteer for Us! |
| Croydon SACRE | YES | |
| Cumbria SACRE | YES | |
| Darlington SACRE | YES | |
| Denbighshire SACRE | NO | Volunteer for Us! |
| Derby SACRE | NO | Volunteer for Us! |
| Derbyshire SACRE | YES | |
| Devon SACRE | YES | |
| Doncaster SACRE | YES | |
| Dorset SACRE | YES | |
| Dudley SACRE | NO | Volunteer for Us! |
| Durham SACRE | YES | |
| Ealing SACRE | YES | |
| East Riding of Yorkshire SACRE | YES | |
| East Sussex SACRE | YES | |
| Enfield SACRE | APPLIED | |
| Essex SACRE | YES | |
| Flintshire SACRE | NO | Volunteer for Us! |
| Gateshead SACRE | YES | |
| Gloucestershire SACRE | YES | |
| Greenwich SACRE | YES | |
| Gwynedd SACRE | YES | |
| Hackney SACRE | YES | |
| Halton SACRE | NO | Volunteer for Us! |
| Hammersmith and Fulham SACRE | YES | |
| Hampshire SACRE | YES | |
| Haringey SACRE | NO | Volunteer for Us! |
| Harrow SACRE | YES | |
| Hartlepool SACRE | YES | |
| Havering SACRE | NO | Volunteer for Us! |
| Herefordshire SACRE | NO | Volunteer for Us! |
| Hertfordshire SACRE | YES | |
| Hillingdon SACRE | YES | |
| Hounslow SACRE | YES | |
| Isle of Anglesey SACRE | NO | Volunteer for Us! |
| Isle of Wight SACRE | YES | |
| Isles of Scilly SACRE | NO | Volunteer for Us! |
| Islington SACRE | YES | |
| Kensington and Chelsea SACRE | APPLIED | |
| Kent SACRE | NO | Volunteer for Us! |
| Kingston upon Hull SACRE | NO | Volunteer for Us! |
| Kingston upon Thames SACRE | YES | |
| Kirklees SACRE | YES | |
| Knowsley SACRE | NO | Volunteer for Us! |
| Lambeth SACRE | YES | |
| Lancashire SACRE | YES | |
| Leeds SACRE | YES | |
| Leicester SACRE | YES | |
| Leicestershire SACRE | YES | |
| Lewisham SACRE | YES | |
| Lincolnshire SACRE | YES | |
| Liverpool SACRE | YES | |
| Luton SACRE | NO | Volunteer for Us! |
| Manchester SACRE | YES | |
| Medway SACRE | NO | Volunteer for Us! |
| Merthyr Tydfil SACRE | NO | Volunteer for Us! |
| Merton SACRE | APPLIED | |
| Middlesbrough SACRE | NO | Volunteer for Us! |
| Milton Keynes SACRE | YES | |
| Monmouthshire SACRE | NO | Volunteer for Us! |
| Neath Port Talbot SACRE | YES | |
| Newcastle upon Tyne SACRE | YES | |
| Newham SACRE | YES | |
| Newport SACRE | YES | |
| Norfolk SACRE | YES | |
| North East Lincolnshire SACRE | YES | |
| North Lincolnshire SACRE | NO | Volunteer for Us! |
| North Somerset SACRE | YES | |
| North Tyneside SACRE | YES | |
| North Yorkshire SACRE | YES | |
| Northamptonshire SACRE | YES | |
| Northumberland SACRE | YES | |
| Nottingham City SACRE | YES | |
| Nottinghamshire SACRE | YES | |
| Oldham SACRE | NO | Volunteer for Us! |
| Oxfordshire SACRE | NO | Volunteer for Us! |
| Pembrokeshire SACRE | NO | Volunteer for Us! |
| Peterborough SACRE | NO | Volunteer for Us! |
| Plymouth SACRE | YES | |
| Poole SACRE | YES | |
| Portsmouth SACRE | YES | |
| Powys SACRE | NO | Volunteer for Us! |
| Reading SACRE | YES | |
| Redbridge SACRE | APPLIED | |
| Redcar and Cleveland SACRE | NO | Volunteer for Us! |
| Rhondda Cynon Taff SACRE | NO | Volunteer for Us! |
| Richmond upon Thames SACRE | YES | |
| Rochdale SACRE | NO | Volunteer for Us! |
| Rotherham SACRE | YES | |
| Rutland SACRE | YES | |
| Salford SACRE | YES | |
| Sandwell SACRE | NO | Volunteer for Us! |
| Sefton SACRE | NO | Volunteer for Us! |
| Sheffield SACRE | YES | |
| Shropshire SACRE | YES | |
| Slough SACRE | YES | |
| Solihull SACRE | NO | Volunteer for Us! |
| Somerset SACRE | YES | |
| South Gloucestershire SACRE | YES | |
| South Tyneside SACRE | NO | Volunteer for Us! |
| Southampton SACRE | YES | |
| Southend-on-Sea SACRE | YES | |
| Southwark SACRE | YES | |
| St Helens SACRE | NO | Volunteer for Us! |
| Staffordshire SACRE | NO | Volunteer for Us! |
| Stockport SACRE | YES | |
| Stockton-on-Tees SACRE | NO | Volunteer for Us! |
| Stoke-on-Trent SACRE | NO | Volunteer for Us! |
| Suffolk SACRE | YES | |
| Sunderland SACRE | YES | |
| Surrey SACRE | YES | |
| Sutton SACRE | YES | |
| Swansea SACRE | YES | |
| Swindon SACRE | YES | |
| Tameside SACRE | YES | |
| Telford and Wrekin SACRE | NO | Volunteer for Us! |
| Thurrock SACRE | NO | Volunteer for Us! |
| Torbay SACRE | YES | |
| Torfaen SACRE | NO | Volunteer for Us! |
| Tower Hamlets SACRE | YES | |
| Trafford SACRE | NO | Volunteer for Us! |
| Vale of Glamorgan SACRE | YES | |
| Wakefield SACRE | NO | Volunteer for Us! |
| Walsall SACRE | APPLIED | |
| Waltham Forest SACRE | YES | |
| Wandsworth SACRE | YES | |
| Warrington SACRE | NO | Volunteer for Us! |
| Warwickshire SACRE | YES | |
| West Berkshire SACRE | NO | Volunteer for Us! |
| West Sussex SACRE | NO | Volunteer for Us! |
| Westminster SACRE | YES | |
| Wigan SACRE | YES | |
| Wiltshire SACRE | YES | |
| Windsor and Maidenhead SACRE | YES | |
| Wirral SACRE | NO | Volunteer for Us! |
| Wokingham SACRE | NO | Volunteer for Us! |
| Wolverhampton SACRE | NO | Volunteer for Us! |
| Worcestershire SACRE | YES | |
| Wrexham SACRE | YES | |
| York SACRE | YES |
