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Manchester equality vigil
Manchester and Warrington Area Meeting Social Justice Group held an equality vigil on 17 December. Up to thirty Friends took part on the steps of the Mount Street Meeting House in Manchester.
Taunton Meeting House closes for redevelopment
A nine-month long redevelopment of Taunton Meeting House will lead to ‘a model for how places of worship can be used,’ local Friends hope. The Meeting house closed earlier this week.
OBE for Wandsworth Friend
Quaker and academic Paul Ekins was awarded an OBE in the New Year’s Honours List for services to environmental policy.
International carols for peace
Art complemented campaigning recently, when East Cheshire Friends joined with local peace lobbyists and choirs to sing for peace. Friends, members of Stockport for Peace and representatives of community choirs held an ‘international carols for peace’ event on Sunday 7 December.
Zero-hours vigil at Friends House
Two support vigils were held at Friends House on 19 December, calling for the reinstatement of three former members of the hospitality staff.
Meeting for Sufferings
Meeting for Sufferings took place on Saturday 6 December in the newly refurbished Large Meeting House in Friends House, London.
Meeting for Sufferings: Area Meeting minutes
BYM Budget process Northumbria Area Meeting’s minute brought a concern about Britain Yearly Meeting’s (BYM) budgeting process. They believe ‘there is an ambiguity [in Church Government] about who actually decides on how much money is spent in various areas on behalf of BYM’. The minute asks Sufferings to â€...
Meeting for Sufferings: The Retreat
The Retreat presented its triennial report to Meeting for Sufferings. Clerk to members, John Miles, read Advices & queries 22, explaining to Sufferings that it captures the essence of the Retreat’s approach: ‘Remember that each one of us is unique, precious, a child of God’. He added that The Retreat...
Meeting for Sufferings: Friends and the Lobbying Act
Trustees met during the lunch break at Meeting for Sufferings to decide whether to register Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) for the Lobbying Act. The Act is known in full as the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014. It requires organisations to register as non-party campaigners if...
Meeting for Sufferings: Young Friends participate
Some of the about thirty young people taking part in the Youth Participation Day discussions in the Small Meeting House on 6 December during Meeting for Sufferings.