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QCEA hosts drones group
The Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA) hosted the first meeting of a new informal group for NGO workers with an interest in issues relating to armed drones.
Ninth Low Carbon Commitment Forum
Eleven Central England Friends met recently in Birmingham to discuss ways to reduce their Meetings’ carbon footprints.
Trident briefing for Scottish Friends
A short guide for Quakers in Scotland on Trident and the general election 2015 has been prepared by Britain Yearly Meeting. The new document is supplementary to the larger General election 2015: a guide for Quakers briefing published earlier this year, Mairi Campbell-Jack, Scottish parliamentary engagement officer for Britain Yearly Meeting, explained...
Friend speaks out at ‘Bairns not Bombs’
Quaker Disability campaigner Nuala Watt took to the stage at the ‘Bairns not Bombs’ demonstration in Glasgow on Saturday 4 April. Nuala argued that the welfare state is a form of ‘defence’ for vulnerable people and that the government’s ‘defence’ priorities are all wrong.
New Quaker music group
Westminster Meeting’s Mike Brooks hopes to start a new Quaker music group. The new group will be open to musicians of all abilities. All instruments are welcome. The group’s focus will be improvisational and instrumental, rather than vocal.
Meeting for Sufferings: The plight of asylum seekers
The plight of destitute asylum seekers was one of the subjects highlighted at Meeeting for Sufferings held in the George Fox Room at Friends House on Saurday 28 March. Sheila Mosley of the Quaker Asylum and Refugee Network (QARN) spoke to the paper Asylum Seekers: Destitution. This included minutes from five...
Meeting for Sufferings: BYM trustees
Meeting for Sufferings was thanked by the clerk of Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) trustees, Jennifer Barraclough, for its contribution to creating a productive relationship between the two bodies. A verbal report on the meeting of BYM trustees, which had been held the previous day on Friday 27 March, was given.
Meeting for Sufferings: Muslims in Britain
A brief written introduction was given on the subject of Muslims in Britain. Friends wishing to know more were encouraged to use resources such as the internet, local libraries or bookshops. They were also urged to speak to local Muslims. Friends heard how Muslims account for a disproportionate number of...
Meeting for Sufferings: Q-CAT report
‘Torture weakens the civil society that condones it’ was one of the phrases from an introduction to a report on the work of the Quaker Concern for the Abolition of Torture (Q-CAT) that resonated with representatives of Sufferings. Juliet Morton and Jane Laxton reported on the work of Q-CAT, explained...
Meeting for Sufferings: Long Term Framework
There has been a ‘fantastic response’ to an appeal for initial contributions to the Long Term Framework Working Group, Peter Christy reported to Meeting for Sufferings. He spoke to an interim report and said that there had been some 330 responses from Meetings, groups and individuals. He particularly highlighted the contribution...