Minutes:
SACRE appointed Robin Launder to serve as a Co-opted member with an expertise in Humanism. As a Co-opted member, he will serve as a full member but would not have the right to vote.
Mr Launder trained people to become school speakers, was a teacher and a Humanist School speaker.
The Professional Adviser (Adviser) added that NASACRE had recommended that it was vital to have a Humanist representative on SACRE. It was also nationally recognised that the agreed Syllabus had been broadened to include Humanism (or other non-religious world views).
During discussion, the issue of providing voting rights as a Humanist representative under Committee 1 (Christian Denomination and Other Faiths) was raised. It was highlighted that by law, Humanism could not be listed under Committee 1. The issue of voting rights would therefore have to be explored further and reported back to a future SACRE meeting.
(Cllr Qaseem joined the meeting).
Resolved:
i) That Robin Launder be appointed with immediate effect to 2024, as a Co-opted member to provide expertise as a Humanist representative on Slough SACRE
ii) That further details relating to the guideline on Humanism be provided for SACRE members for information.