Diocese of Norwich Youth & Children's Resource Centres

Easton Resource Centre Open: Monday - Friday, 9.00am - 5pm.

Loddon Resource Centre (St John's Church, George Lane, Loddon, NR14 6NB) Open: Mon & Friday 10am-4pm. Tues, Wed & Thurs 10am-1pm. but please Tel: 01508 521179 in advance to confirm your visit.

The Resource Centres offer 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 18's 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 Resource Centres are open to anyone working with under 18s and most items are available to loan free of charge. The Library catalogue can be accessed at: www.dioceseofnorwich.org/churches/children/resource/resource-centres

Hampshire 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, DVDs, videos and posters, teaching packs, reference materials, CD-ROMs, and artefacts. The Centre also produces in-house resources available for purchase to support the locally agreed syllabus. 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 e-mail: re.centre@hants.gov.uk.

Plymouth Centre for Faiths and Cultural Diversity

DIFFERENT BELIEFS - DIFFERENT CULTURES - SHARED VALUES

Plymouth Centre for Faiths and Cultural Diversity (PCFCD) was established in 2001 and since its inception, has successfully created thousands of opportunities for children and young people to meet speakers from a variety of faiths and cultural backgrounds in schools and other settings. These encounters allow children to experience the reality of religion as a way of living life and identify the values that all religions teach, thus enabling schools to address the statutory requirements of the 2014 "Engaging With Religion and World Views" Agreed Syllabus for Religious Education, through lively and creative learning. Through diversity they can see the common thread of human and spiritual values that underpin what it means to be human. These values ensure the future security and well-being of our local and international community and support the development of mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs, key aspects of British values and community cohesion.

Winchester Diocesan Resources Centre

PLEASE NOTE: the Resource Room will be relocating from the Education Centre to Wolvesey from January 2021 and may be temporarily unavailable during this time. For more information please call the Diocesan Resource Room Co-ordinator on 01962 710970.

The Resources Room is a joint venture between Winchester Cathedral and the Diocese of Winchester, holding a rich selection of faith-related books, artefacts, DVDs, posters and Godly Play sets that you can look at free of charge or borrow for a modest fee.

RS Resource Centre - formerly at Bluecoat School

To visit the centre you need to book a time via e-mail as the Centre is not staffed each day. The centre does operate out of term times by appointment, please see website

N E Religious Learning Resources Centre

Open: 9.30am - 5.30pm weekdays. Closed 12.30 - 1.30. Also open the first Saturday once a month and at other times by arrangement.

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 38,000 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 welcome 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.

The Open Centre, Derby

Opening times; Monday - Friday, 9am - 4pm

The Open Centre is an independent charity that works with schools, community and adult groups across the Midlands. We organise Faith Trails led by either trained faith practitioners or qualified teachers. Our venues include a Mosque, Mandir, Gurdwara, Baptist Church and Nottingham Liberal Synagogue. Visits to Derby Cathedral can also be added to the itinerary. A range of workshops and faith talks are run at schools as well as CPD sessions for teachers and lecturers. We also hire out a mobile exhibition, supplemented with artefacts and available either as an online package or as a physical exhibit, that covers the Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Sikh, Christian and Humanist traditions. Services are tailored to needs with fees to cover costs. Please call the office for more information.

North East Sikh Service

To supply knowledgeable and experienced Sikhs as Speakers who will go to those people, groups and organisations that would like a Sikh voice.

To supply knowledgeable and experienced Sikhs as 'Hosts' at Gurudwara (Places of Community Worship?) across the North East for any person or group who wishes to visit and wishes for a 'Host'.

To act as a point of reference and information about the Sikh Faith and how it applies to the society in which we all live.

To seek out individuals, groups, committees and organisations who may not know this exists and offer our Service to their work.

Hereford Diocesan Resource Centre

Open: Monday - Friday 9 am - 4 pm
Staffed: Tuesday - Thursday 9am - 1pm

The centre welcomes members of all communities, Inter/multi faith groups, teachers, youth workers and church groups. As part of its remit for ministerial training it also hosts the West of England Ministerial Training Course (WEMTC). Containing a large theological library as well as DVD, CDs, posters, artefacts on all major faiths, Godly Play story boxes and Messy Church material; the library is free to use and available to anyone in the Hereford Diocese and surrounding areas.

Guildford Diocesan Resource Centre

Open: Monday - Saturday 10.00 am - 4 pm (check website for planned closures due to church services)

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

The Global Learning Library, Leicester

The Global Learning Library (managed by the Leicester Masaya Link Group) comprises over 8000 multi-faith resources including books, artefacts and posters available for loan to schools and community groups. The collection specialises in world religions and reflects Leicester's rich diversity. We offer training and tailor-made projects to support work with spiritual, moral, social and cultural development and values education using methodologies that encourage critical thinking skills. Access to the library is by appointment but we make every effort to accommodate your visit (between 8am and 5.30pm), with a late night opening until 6.30pm on the last Tuesday of the month.