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Meeting for Sufferings: Vibrancy in Meetings project reviewed
In the afternoon session representatives looked at potential next steps for the Vibrancy in Meetings programme. Along with a summary project review from the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) Charities Evaluation Services, Friends were given a report on future options being considered by Woodbrooke and Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM)...
Friends welcome cross-party call to stop arming Saudi
Quakers have welcomed the news that five opposition parties have called for the British government to end arms sales to Saudi Arabia. The letter signed by leaders of the Labour Party, Scottish National Party, Liberal Democrats, Plaid Cymru and the Green Party says the policy has contributed to a catastrophic...
Quaker author shortlisted for prestigious award
The Quaker author Sally Nicholls has been nominated for the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) Carnegie Medal for her Young Adult (YA) novel about three suffragettes.
Alastair McIntosh considers the future of Christianity
Pendle Hill Friends were among an audience of around seventy who came to hear Quaker ecologist and writer Alastair McIntosh ask the question: ‘Does Christianity still matter, and if so why?’
Quakers organise for arms fair protest
Friends gathered at a meeting of the Quaker group Roots of Resistance to plan action against the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) arms fair in September.
Winchmore Hill interfaith art display to ‘celebrate diversity’
Quakers at Winchmore Hill Meeting House have invited other local faith groups to share their ‘Reflections on the Sacred’ for an interfaith art exhibition aimed at bringing people together.
Vibrancy in Meetings gets independent evaluation
Ninety-six per cent of Quakers surveyed have rated the support provided by Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM)’s Vibrancy In Meetings pilot programme as ‘excellent’ or ‘good’.
Quakers uphold New Zealand after terror attack
Quakers joined others in showing solidarity with Muslim people at a London mosque last week, after the mass shootings at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, which claimed fifty lives. The Bishop of London and other faith leaders in London met at East London Mosque to provide an important message...
Amersham Quakers consider roots of violence
Amersham Friends held their last meeting on the subject of ‘Why conflict? Why violence?’ this month.
Luton and Leighton Friends host Turning the Tide talk
Luton and Leighton Area Meeting (AM) organised a Meeting for Learning this month featuring members of staff from Quaker Peace & Social Witness (QPSW). Tobias Wellner, East Africa programme manager, and Lisa Cumming, Turning the Tide (TTT) programme manager, talked about nonviolent methods to build peace and how these can...