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Quakers set up mental health group
Friends have formed a national mental health group in response to the challenges caused by the pandemic. Seventy-seven people attended the second meeting of the Quaker Voices on Mental Health group online on 30 January.
Safeguarding concerns spark review
Safeguarding consultants have concluded that there are no high-risk cases needing further investigation at Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM), after thoroughly reviewing historic safeguarding folders.
North Wales citizens’ forums
A Quaker-backed group started by a local North Wales Friend is organising two online citizens’ forums to debate the climate crisis and how Wales can move to a greener, fairer society.
Asylum crisis grows
The inequalities facing people seeking asylum have got worse in the past year, Friends heard at the first open meeting of the Quaker Asylum and Refugee Network (QARN) in 2021.
Protest on Friends House
HS2 protesters climbed up scaffolding surrounding Friends House last week to unfurl a large banner from the roof.
Stop fossil fuel finance, says BYM
Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has joined sixteen faith bodies to call on the UK government to immediately ban the use of public money to fund fossil fuel projects overseas.
London Friends propose ‘pan charity’
London Quakers are proposing to form a pan-London charity encompassing all London Area Meetings (AMs), in a bid to simplify structures as the number of members of the Society diminishes.
Birmingham climate declaration moves ahead
Quaker discernment has helped Birmingham move a step closer to achieving its aim of being one of the first UK cities to become net-zero-carbon by 2030.
BYM trustee on BBC
Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) trustee Danielle Walker Palmour was a panelist on the BBC One programme The BIG Questions this month.
Meeting for Sufferings: Opening and agenda
Some find it difficult, while others are grateful for it, but Friends are accustomed to meeting via Zoom videoconferencing now. ‘I can only see twenty-five of you, but know there are 104 of you out there,’ said Margaret Bryan, Meeting for Sufferings (MfS) clerk, in her welcome. ‘Nurture is a continuing...