St Albans Diocesan Education Centre

Open: Monday - Friday 8.30 am - 4.30 pm

We provide resources for schools, youth work, voluntary children's work in churches, general parish stationery and a wide range of Christian books. There are two main sections to the Resources Centre. One contains items for loan - books, posters, videos, slides and cassettes. The education resources are available to Anglican Church Schools, Catholic Schools, Community Schools and Independent Schools alike. The other section includes items for purchase - books, videos, cards and parish stationery such as baptism registers, banns books.

The RE Centre, Bromley (formerly, Rochester RE Centre)

Open: Wednesdays in term time from 9am - 6 pm.

The RE Centre was set up almost 5 years ago, and is still going strong. It is a joint project between Rochester Diocese and Bromley LEA, serving Bromley schools and Rochester church schools and churches. Being situated at the Education Development Centre, Bromley schools get most use from it; and Bromley RE courses and SACRE events are held there. We have a large range of books and videos for inspection, and we loan out RE Boxes (of artefacts, books, posters and teachers' notes) each half term. Jan is usually available for free consultancy on RE and Worship and runs free RE Centre Twilight courses at least every half term, with topics such as Halloween or All Saints?, Godly Play, Hinduism for Beginners. Schools pay £20 per year to be part of the loan scheme.

Winchester Diocesan Resource Centre

Open: Monday - Friday 9.00 am - 5 pm

The main aim of this Centre is to support parishes and Church of England schools in the Diocese of Winchester but other users in the area are also welcome. There is a wide range of resources available, with particular emphasis on work with children and young people, all-age worship and multi-faith artefacts.

Slough & District RS Studies Centre

Open: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 3.30 - 5.30 pm

As an independent charity, we loan from our wide selection of multi-faith resources to schools, churches and individual members in the area around Slough.

Suffolk Inter-Faith Resource

Open: Mon - Fri 9 - 12.30, 1 - 4.30

Norwich Youth & Children's Diocesan Resources Centre

Open: Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm. Evening and weekend visits are possible by prior arrangement.

The Resource Centre offers a wide range of material to support work with children and young people in church, school and community, to encourage Christian learning and worship, and to enable clergy and lay leaders in their under 18s ministry: Sessions and lessons for group work, RE support and assemblies, all-age worship and music, Godly Play and Puppets, Craft, Puzzles and Drama, Communion and Confirmation, Child Protection and Parenting, Bible Study, Visual Media, Large Games and equipment. The Centre is open to anyone working with under 18s and most items are available on loan free of charge. The Resource Centre is based on the northern edge of the Norfolk Broads at The Horstead Centre, the diocesan residential activity centre.

Ely Diocesan Resources Centre

Open: Mon - Thurs 9 - 1 and 2 - 5

Bath and Wells Resource Centre

Open: Monday - Thursday 9 am - 5 pm & Friday 9 am - 4 pm

Anyone who lives or works in the Diocese of Bath and Wells can borrow from our Centre free of charge. We hold a stock of over 7000 books, DVDs, videos, CDs, study packs, posters and artefacts on all aspects of Christian life and faith, and on World Faiths. We specialise in providing:

Please note our new online catalogue is also now available on our website.

Hants County RE Centre

Open (term time only): Mon & Thurs 9.30 am - 5.00 pm, Tues & Wed 9.30 am - 2.30 pm

The County RE Centre houses an extensive collection of resources related to RE, collective worship and spiritual, moral, social and cultural development. The resources include books, videos and posters, teaching packs, reference materials, CD-ROMs, and artefacts. The Centre also produces in-house resources available for purchase. The Centre has artefact and topic boxes covering all the major world religions, which are available for schools to borrow. These boxes contain key items relating to the symbols, worship, celebrations and festivals of each religion. (There is an additional charge for the loan of artefact boxes.)

Resources are available on loan to schools which subscribe to the Hampshire Inspection & Advisory Service curriculum centre scheme. If you would like to find out more about subscribing, please telephone 01962 845828.

Gloucester Diocesan Resource Centre

Open: Monday to Friday 12 noon to 5 pm.

The Centre welcomes and seeks to assist all involved in Religious and Christian Education including those involved in Christian ministry in Church and community, teachers in schools, church members and students. The library loans books, videos, artefacts, posters, OHTs and slides, CDs and equipment and a delivery service is provided to Gloucestershire schools. Several resources for Primary Schools are published by the Centre. These can be viewed on the Diocesan website.

RS Resource Centre - Bluecoat School

Opening hours during normal school day but by appointment.

N E Religious Learning Resources Centre

Open: 10am - 5.30pm weekdays. Closed 12.30 - 1.30. Also open Saturday once a month.

The Resources Centre is an independent charitable company. As 'one centre on two sites' (in Durham City and Percy Main, North Shields), we offer a specialist collection of religious learning resources and training to the North East. Most of our stock is available for loan for a modest annual subscription. We have over 30,000 individual items including both practical and academic resources in a variety of media: books, DVDs, posters, artefacts, CDs and Godly Play materials to name but a few. We currently have members from many different parts of the community including: teachers, students, youth workers, Sunday school teachers, inter- and multi-faith groups and organisations, academic theologians and those interested in Christian formation and ministry.

The Resources Centre began in 1974. It has an Anglican foundation but takes pride in its ecumenical and multi-faith approach to religious learning and education. Anyone within the region is welcome to be a member.

David Hope RE Centre

Open: Mon - Thurs 8.45-9.30, Fri 8.45-7, Sat 9-5, Sun 2-7, Vacations 9-5

Housed in the Fountains Learning Centre at York ST John University. The David Hope Centre is a nationally recognised collection of religious education resources. The centre was renamed in 2004 to mark the retirement of David Hope, Archbishop of York and to honour his commitment to religious education and his support of the centre's work. The centre houses a wide range of resources including books, CD Roms, artefact kits, contemporary film. There is wide selection of Agreed and Diocesan syllabuses. Anyone can browse and use the centre as a research and reference library without prior notice. For groups of teachers or students it may be wise to call the centre first. If you wish to borrow resources you will need to register as a borrower at the Fountains Learning Centre.

Sheffield Diocesan Resources Centre

Open: Mon - Fri 9.30 - 4.30

Banbury R E Centre

Open: Mon 3 - 5.30, Thurs 3 - 4.30, Sat 10 - 12.

Offers loans of books, artefacts, posters, videos etc and serves schools, churches and individuals in the geographical area around Banbury but is open to anyone on a subscription basis. Contact Centre manager for details of Inter-faith discussion evenings.

All Saints Resource Centre, Bristol

Open: Tues - Friday 11 - 4 or by appointment.

As part of the Bristol diocesan board of Education, All saints Resource Centre offers a large selection of resources to support religious Education in Schools, Churches and the local community. Books, videos, CDs, cassettes, posters, icons, artefacts are available, together with resource boxes to support the teaching of RE in schools.

Hereford DBE Resource Centre

Open: Monday - Friday 9 am - 1 pm

As part of the Hereford Diocesan Board of Education the resources centre was set up to provide support for people on their spiritual journey. The library offers a large selection of resources for Christian education in schools, churches and the community. Books, videos, DVDs, CDs, posters, icons, slides, artefact boxes for all faiths; Godly Play and Young Children and Worship story boxes are all available for loan. A travelling library calling at all sites round the Diocese is also in operation.

Croydon RE Resource Centre

Open: Tues, Weds, Thurs 9.30 - 5.30 and first Sat of month.

A subscription based multi-faith lending library of resources for Schools, Churches, other faith organisations and individuals. Resources include multi-faith books, artefacts, posters, videos tapes and CDs suitable for Community Youth Work, Sunday Schools, Inter-faith Groups, Adult House Groups, Students, multi-faith courses, and more Advanced Theological Study.

Leo Baeck College

Open: Mon - Thurs 9am - 5pm, Friday 9am - 1pm.

We offer a variety of Jewish resources, mainly for loan, including books, cds, videos, and posters. We sell our own publications for use in primary and secondary schools to aid the teaching of Judaism and we also have a Book Service which sells Jewish books for both teachers and children. We also offer consultancy and training.

Guildford Diocesan Resource Centre

Open: Monday - Friday 9.30 am - 5 pm

We provide resources for all aspects of religious education and worship in parishes and schools. Membership is free and the majority of resources can be borrowed or hired.



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