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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
via the menu 

RE Showcase

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

Dates for the 2026 AULRE / AREIAC 
conference are June 15th-16th, 2026. More details, proposals and bookings now available on the conference page

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.

Download the constitution of AREIAC

Download a flyer about AREIAC

UPCOMING EVENTS / NEWS

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  • Culham St Gabriel's are running Stories Focus Week - see this link to details

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

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

  • Curriculum and Assessment Review

  • ​AULRE Webinars - 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.

​​March, 2026​​​​​​​​​

  • BAHA'I: The Baha'i Feast 2nd-20th

  • CHINESE: Lantern Festival, 3rd

  • JEWISH: Purim, 3rd

  • HINDU: Magha Puja, 3rd

  • JAPANESE: Hinamatsuri, 3rd

  • HINDU: Holi, 3rd

  • SIKHI: Hola Mohalla, 4th

  • CHRISTIAN: Women's World Day of Prayer, 6th

  • ZOROASTRIAN: Fravardigan, 11th

  • SIKHI: New Year, 14th

  • BUDDHIST: Honen MemorialDay, 15th

  • CHRISTIAN: Mothering Sunday, 15th

  • MUSLIM: Lailat-ul-Qadr, 16th

  • NATIONAL: St Patrick's Day, 17th

  • JAPANESE: Higan, 17th

  • MUSLIM: Ramadan Ends, 18th

  • CHRISTIAN: St Jospeh's Day, 19th

  • JAPANESE: Shun No Hi, 20th

  • PAGAN: Spring Equinox, 20th

  • MUSLIM: Eid-ul-Fitr, 20th

  • ZOROASTRIAN: Jamsheedi Noruz, 21st

  • BAHAI: Naw-Ruz, 21st

  • CHRISTIAN: Passion Sunday, 22nd

  • ZOROASTRIAN: Ava Mah Parab, 22nd

  • CHRISTIAN: The Annunciation of the Lord, 25th

  • ZOROASTRIAN: Khordad Sal, 26th 

  • HINDU: Rama Naval, 26th

  • CHRISTIAN: Holy Week, 29th

  • CHRISTIAN: Palm Sunday, 29th

  • JAIN: Mahavira Jayanti, 31st

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.

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