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Clean water a step closer
A project backed by the Quaker Congo Partnership UK has come a step closer to bringing clean water to the community hospital and village of Abeka in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Scottish Conservative delivers poverty lecture
Ruth Davidson, leader of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party and member of the Scottish parliament for Glasgow, delivered the third annual Joseph Rowntree Foundation and Prospect lecture on poverty.
Sibford students attend US conference
Seven sixth form students from Sibford School travelled to the United States this month to attend the nineteenth annual Quaker Youth Leadership Conference.
New roof for Beccles
Friends in Beccles, Suffolk, have replaced the roof of their Meeting house.
New appointment at Woodbrooke
The Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre has announced the appointment of Sally Sadler as the new resident volunteer coordinator. Sally will be responsible for the management and coordination of volunteer Friends-in-residence who provide continuity to the Quaker presence at Woodbrooke and help with operational duties.
Meeting for Sufferings: Private sponsorship of refugees
Friends at Meeting for Sufferings, held at Friends House on Saturday 6 February, addressed the subject of the plight of refugees and how Quakers might respond to the present crisis. Those present were asked to help test whether Quakers might support a private sponsorship scheme that would enable a significant number...
Meeting for Sufferings: Progress on sustainability
Frances Voelcker, a member of the Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) Sustainability Group, spoke to the group’s written report. She stressed that only half of Area Meetings have appointed representatives to attend the Sustainability Gathering at Swanwick, Derbyshire in March, and urged others to get involved.
Meeting for Sufferings: Our Faith in the Future
Meeting for Sufferings continued with its work on the new framework document, Our faith in the future. The focus remained on life in Area Meetings. Friends gathered in ‘home groups’ to consider what Our faith in the future means in practical terms and how they might recognise achievement of the...
Meeting for Sufferings: Britain Yearly Meeting budgeting process
Meeting for Sufferings was informed of a minute from the Church Government Advisory Group (CGAG) held on 14 October 2015 on budgeting and updates to Quaker faith & practice (Qf&p) and their response to a concern over ‘lack of clarity about accountability’.
Meeting for Sufferings: Yearly Meeting 2016
Deborah Rowlands, Yearly Meeting clerk designate, made several suggestions for encouraging Friends to attend Yearly Meeting 2016. She recommended urging new people from Area Meetings to participate, and in particular encouraged the involvement of children and young people. She also stressed a new feature – participants arriving at Friends House on Friday...