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Taunton vigil for peace
Taunton Friends held a vigil for peace on the town’s high street last month, allowing only ‘Quakers for Peace’ banners.
Friend raises climate protest concerns at probationers event
A Cornwall Quaker has prompted probation workers to consider the issue of climate protestors being imprisoned.
Friends House wins venue award
Friends House has won the ‘Best Venue for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion’ award at the London Venue and Catering Awards 2023.
Meeting for Sufferings: 2022 accounts
This month’s Meeting for Sufferings (MfS) began with an unusual first session. Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) was late publishing its 2022 accounts, so all Friends were invited to a midweek online Meeting, in which Paul Whitehouse, treasurer to BYM, and Caroline Nursey, clerk to trustees, introduced the annual financial report.
Meeting for Sufferings: Book of Discipline
Around 100 Friends met on Saturday (sixty or so of them online) for a more typical Meeting. Business began with the usual nominations work, while two new Quaker Recognised Bodies (the Conflict Mineral Campaign, and Rookhow) were acknowledged. Other QRBs were renewed, but not Quaker Concern Over Population. Some Friends have...
Meeting for Sufferings: Review of YM and MfS
After a shuffle break, representatives heard from the group reviewing Yearly Meeting. This group was becoming known as ‘GRYM’ said Sarah Donaldson, the group’s convener, which prompted some non-straightforward laughter in the room.
Quaker MPs reject calls for immediate ceasefire in Gaza
Three Quaker MPs have rejected Friends’ calls for a ceasefire in Gaza.Earlier this month, Britain Yearly Meeting joined American Friends Service Committee, Canadian Friends Service Committee, Friends Committee on National Legislation, and the Quaker United Nations Office, in saying ‘we insist that a ceasefire must be realized along with...
Quakers push loss and damage fund at COP28
Friends have been reminded that ‘the unthinkable can happen when we stand together and apply pressure’, ahead of the twenty-eighth Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28), which began this week.
Quakers explore ‘kinder ground’ with MPs
MPs from Westminster’s three largest parties shared their thoughts on truth and integrity with Quakers last month.
Ramallah Friends School graduates shot in USA
Three college students who were shot and wounded last weekend in Vermont were graduates of Friends School Ramallah.