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SACRE Membership

SACRE is made up of four groups of members representing:

  • Group A: Faith groups and Christian denominations other than the Church of England
  • Group B: The Church of England (Christianity)
  • Group C: Teachers’ Associations
  • Group D: The Local Authority

In addition, members are co-opted to the group to include people with particular expertise in the areas of religious education or to represent other groups.

Luton SACRE membership (January 2025)

  • Group A (23 members) Representative religions
    • Ahmadiyya : vacancy
    • Baha'i: Farzad Forghani
    • Buddhism: vacancy
    • Churches Together: vacancy
    • Council of Faiths: Ryad Khodabocus
    • Free Church: Lawrence Patterson (vice-chair)
    • Hinduism: Yogesh Mistry
    • Humanism: Charles Baily
    • Jainism: vacancy
    • Judaism: Carol Green
    • Luton Council of Mosques: Masood Akhtar, Sujel Miah, Muhammad Rayhan
    • Pentecostal: Paul Quinton
    • Quakers: Kevin Smith
    • Rastafarianism: vacancy
    • Roman Catholic: Pauline Cuddihy, vacancy
    • Shia, name: vacancy
    • Sikhi: Jasvinder Nagra Singh
    • Sunni: Saraj Qazi for Imam Qazi Abdul Aziz Chishti (or other representative)
    • Zoroastrian: vacancy
  • Group B (three members) Church of England
    • Church of England: Ryan Parker, Reverend Peter Farquhar, Reverend Luke Larner
  • Group C (eight members) Associations representing teachers
    • Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL): vacancy
    • National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT):Mark Sherwin-Peddie
    • National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT): Elif Ucar,Sharon Welburn,Grietje Reid
    • National Education Union (NEU): Tazeen Rashid, David Mingay, Aalia Hussain
  • Group D- (six members) Local Authority
    • Conservative:Councillor Aziz Ambia
    • Labour: Councillor Mahmood Hussain, Councillor Maria Lovel, Councillor Ghulam Abbas
    • Liberal Democrat: Councillor Gillian Fry
    • Local Authority Representative: Caroline Dawes, Head of Standards and Effectiveness in Education
  • Co-opted Members as needed
    • Luton Education Service: Clare Hodgson
    • Luton Sixth Form College: Kay Kokabi
    • Chair: John Williams
  • Clerk
    • Clerk: Patricia Hyman
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