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d2e is about Christian involvement in 16–19 education, whether its a school sixth form, a sixth form college or a further education college.

d2e is a network of Christians involved in this area of work.

d2e has three aims:

NEW – Inspiring and encouraging Christians to consider ways they can work within 16–19 education and developing new ways of working.
MORE – Encouraging more of what is already happening through the sharing of effective practice and innovative ideas for those involved in their local 16–19 institution.
CONNECT – The development of a network of those working in this area, offering support and encouragement and the development of partnerships.

“d2e developed out of the realisation that Christian input into 16–19 education is extremely limited…”

d2e developed out of the realisation that Christian input into 16–19 education is extremely limited, mostly due to the practical barriers present. Christian groups find it hard to flourish in FE colleges where students may only be present part time and where even finding a meeting space can be a huge challenge. Unlike in primary and secondary education, RE is not a compulsory part of the curriculum and is only taught as an ‘A’ level or other academic qualification. Chaplaincies exist in FE but are not as widespread or established as in the Higher Education sector. The rapid turnover of students on short courses also makes long term input difficult. Even in school sixth forms there are huge challenges in finding the right strategy to serve and interact with students.

In 2001, The Jerusalem Trust, part of the Sainsbury family of trusts, brought together a small group of practitioners to look at these issues and see what could be done. A grant from The Jerusalem Trust enabled an initial conference to take place in 2002 drawing together over 60 Christians working in this area, including youth workers, teaching staff, chaplains and representatives from interested organisations.

Since that initial conference, the planning team have continued to meet and promote further work and initiatives, with the further sponsorship of The Jerusalem Trust.

These have included:

a second conference held in 2004.
a research project exploring young people’s views about spiritual beliefs and the Christian faith.
a trial project using film to explore values and beliefs among 6th form students in Luton, UK.
the purchase and development of an existing resource ‘The Labyrinth’ for a 16 to 19 context.
a trial project in using art to explore Christian beliefs among 6th form students in a school sixth form and an FE college.
opportunities to observe innovative 6th form RE events to share and inspire similar practice.
the publication of a guide on how to run a 6th form RE conference.
the publication of a guide on how to run Christian groups in an FE setting.

Read about our planning group.

dare2engage

For chaplains, teaching staff, youth workers and all those wanting to make a Christian contribution in 6th forms and FE colleges.

schoolswork.co.uk

If you’ve stopped by lately, you’ll have noticed this site has been lacking regular updates. We’re hoping to change all that in 2010. The dare2engage site is being transferred over to schoolswork.co.uk, a new national project to support Christian work in education. It’ll still have it’s own section, but it’ll be much expanded and more easily updated. We hope it’ll be a big improvement!

Recent articles

All change

This site is being replaced by a brand new set of web resources in partnership with schoolswork.co.uk, coming early in 2010.
In addition there’s also a new site devoted to ‘breathe’ with lots of information about this ground breaking resource. You can visit the new site at www.breatheresource.org.uk.
National Director for breathe

We’ve just posted an ad with JobSearch for someone to take on breathe over the next few years. It’s exciting to see this project take such giant steps…. so much more than we ever imagined when we started thinking about developing the idea. Schools, colleges and young people alike seem to get so much from […]
Global Students Forum

This is a STOP PRESS announcement from Damaris Trust - the last chance for schools to buy tickets for the Global Student Forum on the theme ‘Everybody wants a Peace’. The Global Student Forum is open to all sixth formers - 2 teachers from schools and sixth form colleges are invited to bring 10 students […]
Chaplaincy for All

Meeting students’ spiritual needs in the multi faith context of Further and Higher Education
One day conference
15th January 2008
At Church House - London
Very well attended over 180 people there for the keynote addresses.
There was a good representation from the FE sector. There was opportunity in the day to discuss the topics raised and feed back plus […]
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Recent publications

God and Evil

God and Evil
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Slideshow used in the Where is God RE day, from Lat and David’s sessions at the October conference.
Final session presentation

And in the End…
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The presentation by Lat at the final session of the October conference.
Body Torn Slideshow

Body Torn Slideshow
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Slideshow used in the Body Theology RE day, from Lat and David’s sessions at the October conference.
Man Dancin

Man Dancin
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A summary of LCET’s 6th form RE day based on the film ‘Man Dancin’.
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