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Friends on ‘how we live together’
Two Friends from Oxford Meeting appeared in The Guardian newspaper last month talking about their experiences of sharing a home. In the interview for the ‘How we live together’ section on 25 January, Friends Marie and Lynette described how they became housemates through networks at Oxford Meeting House.
Salisbury Friends host repair café
A ‘repair café’ hosted by Salisbury Meeting has saved over 200 kilograms of waste from landfill, according to local Friends.
Meeting for Sufferings: New clerks
Opening her first Meeting for Sufferings (MfS) as clerk, Margaret Bryan welcomed members and introduced the new assistant clerk, Robert Card.
Meeting for Sufferings: QCEA report
Josh Habgood-Coote, one of two Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) representatives to the Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA) General Assembly, presented the organisation’s triennial report to MfS.
Meeting for Sufferings: Trustees report
Caroline Nursey, clerk of BYM trustees, began by noting that trustees had not met since the last MfS. ‘So I haven’t got anything new to bring back and discuss with you.’ Instead she hoped the session would be a chance to get input on some of the matters trustees...
Meeting for Sufferings: Speaking out
In 2014, MfS adopted procedures for ‘speaking out’ by Yearly Meeting and other Meetings and groups. While the procedures are clear, what Friends speak about and whether speech is the right way to address a given issue can be less clear.
Brexit statement: ‘Be truthful but tender’
Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) and Ireland Yearly Meeting (IYM) have reaffirmed their shared friendship and unity, as the United Kingdom takes the historic move to leaves the European Union (EU). In a joint statement that recognises Brexit as ‘a step’ in relations, and not ‘an endpoint’, the Meetings write: ‘Regardless...
Quakers line up against Prevent list
Several Quakers have spoken out about the police counter-terrorism briefing that lists a host of nonviolent social justice groups, including: Extinction Rebellion, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Campaign Against Arms Trade and Greenpeace. The guide has been distributed to medical staff and teachers as part of anti-extremism training for Prevent, the...
Australian Friends give thanks for support
Australian Friends have issued a letter thanking Quaker support in the wake of the devastating bush fires that have left thousands of people displaced. The letter, which can be read in full on the Friends World Committee for Consultation’s website, tells Quakers that ‘your care for us is a...
London meeting to ‘protect our planet’
Seven Friends from Blackheath Meeting shared their experiences with Quakers this month of running an event about sustainability commitments. Forty Friends from Meetings across Greater London met at Friends House on 11 January to hear about the Meeting’s September gathering ‘Protecting our Planet – yes we can’.