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AREIAC is an organisation for specialist educationalists, all qualified teachers, providing advice, challenge, leadership, training and support for multi-faith religious education in schools and colleges.

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It is a conduit supporting the trainers / leaders / advisers of RE and the home of expertise for anybody involved in the teaching of RE.

 

It has an organising committee and regional groups which meet to share and develop resources, to support teachers and to discuss national issues around excellent religious education.

Report on the
2025 conference

Regional AREIAC groups
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RE Showcase

The Young Ambassadors for RE project has now ended but read about it here.

RE Hubs is a one-stop shop for teachers & professionals of RE/RVE/R&W to find high-quality resources & support in your local area

The dates for the 2026 AULRE / AREIAC conf. have been set for June 15th-16th, 2026.

Towards Consensus: Ensuring space for diverse voices in a national curriculum for RE

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A short online conference (13:00-18:00) which will focus on the question of  who are the gatekeepers in RE and whose voices should / need to be heard?

 

A range of speakers will explore a number of questions. This mini-conference is aimed at those who are already or are aspiring to be leaders in the world of RE/RVE.

 

Keynote Speaker: Krys McInnis​

More details on the conference page.

UPCOMING EVENTS / NEWS

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  • Some interfaith support materials from Interfaith Week (Nov) can be found at this link.

  • January 27th is Holocaust Memorial Day - The theme for 2026 is "Bridging generations"

  • Newsletter Autumn/Winter 2025 - this is now available for download in the Newsletters Page (members)

  • Curriculum and Assessment Review

  • ​AULRE Websinars - a series of webinars from AULRE led by research leads - see this link

  • RE Toolkit the REC have produced their religion and worldviews approach to RE toolkit - download

  • NATIONAL CONTENT STANDARD - AREIAC executive has endorsed the NCS for RE - link

  • ​JOB OPPORTUNITIES - See Opportunities Section in REsources tab (members only)

  • CPD opportunity: A series of webinars during the year. All are free for AREIAC members, non-members please mail the chair (chair@areiac.org.uk) 

  • Future Dates for your Diary: ​

 

Other links and information that may be useful can be found on the RE-HUBS calendar.

January, 2026​​​​​​​​​​

  • HINDU: Sarasvati Puja, 23rd

  • CHRISTIAN: Conversation of St Paul, 25th

  • CHINESE: Laba Festival, 26th

  • NATIONAL: Holocaust Memorial Day, 27th

  • ZOROASTRIAN: Jashn-e Sadeh, 30th

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February, 2026​​​​​​​​​

  • PAGAN: Imbolc / Candlemas, 1st

  • JEWISH: T B'Shevat, 2nd

  • CHRISTIAN: The Presentation of the Lord, 2nd

  • JAPANESE: Setsuban / Bean Scattering, 3rd

  • MULSIM: The Night of Forgiveness, 3rd

  • BUDDHIST: Parinirvana, 8th (or 15th)

  • BUDDHIST: Nirvana Day, 15th

  • HINDU: Mahashivrati, 15th

  • CHINESE: Yuan Tan / New Year Festival, 17th

  • CHRISTIAN: Shrove Tuesday, 17th 

  • BUDDHIST: Sonam Losar, 18th 

  • CHRISTIAN: Ash Wednesday, 18th 

  • CHRISTIAN: Beginning of Lent, 18th 

  • MUSLIM: Start of Ramadan, 18th

  • JAPANESE: Emperor's Birthday, 23rd 

The dates for the calendar are provided by the Shap Working Party (www.shapworkingparty.org.uk) where you can order your own festival wallchart or eCal.

Download the constitution of AREIAC

Download a flyer about AREIAC

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