Information for Schools

ACCESS ministries has been serving the Victorian Community for over 40 years. Providing chaplains, Christian religious education (CRE) curriculum and resources, ACCESS ministries welcomes the opportunity for your school to learn more about our role and values.

Fact sheets

ACCESS ministries welcomes the current debate about the way Special Religious Instruction and Chaplaincy is conducted in government schools, while emphasising the importance of a constructive, well-informed debate based on facts. With these principles in mind we provide the following facts about SRI. ACCESS ministries will continue to review and update this information periodically.

• Special Religious Instruction fact sheet
• Chaplaincy fact sheet

More Information

• Information for Schools about CRE

• Information for Schools about chaplaincy

• Our Core Values and Mission Statement

'What we found when the CRE program started in our school was more than we had expected.The impact was not only the support the CRE teachers gave us but the role model they provided.' Helen Storr, Principal

'There is a push from the government for us to teach values; these are reinforced through the CRE program.' Cheryl Hallett, Principal

'CRE teaches children to think about what they do and the choices they make through their own life experience.' Ken McCarthy, School Council President

'I didn’t know what to expect, but CRE has opened up discussions at home; raised positive questions. I’m thankful the school system has this in place.' Kath Cadman, Parent

'Our school looked into the CRE syllabus and was impressed by the fact that it is not about indoctrination, but education about the Christian faith. If we want our children to have an understanding of what under girds the values of our Australian culture, then this is a great place to start.' Richard Condie, School Council Vice-President