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Meeting for Sufferings: Report of Britain Yearly Meeting trustees
Property dominated the report on the work of Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) trustees. The report was given by the clerk of BYM trustees, Jennifer Barraclough. Having realised that she had spent the last twenty years living in Quaker properties, she commented that our buildings are significant opportunities to show...
Meeting for Sufferings: The Light
The decision to give an additional name – ‘The Light’ – to the Large Meeting House was raised by Jennifer Barraclough, clerk of Britain Yearly Meeting trustees, at Meeting for Sufferings. A Friend described the choice of the new name as inappropriate. Another person commented that the name was a public...
Meeting for Sufferings: The Light
Friends at Meeting for Sufferings were told that a decision has been made to give an additional name to the Large Meeting House in Friends House.
Meeting for Sufferings: Tabular statement
Paul Parker, recording clerk for Britain Yearly Meeting, told Meeting for Sufferings how Friends House had responded to a request by Yearly Meeting 2013 to look at the tabular statement. He said it was an important data collection exercise that helped to inform decision-making.
Meeting for Sufferings: Canterbury Commitment Group interim report
The Canterbury Commitment Group presented their interim report. The group told Meeting for Sufferings that there had been widespread approval of the decision to publicly disinvest in fossil fuels. They said that BYM was the first institution to do this as a body.
Meeting for Sufferings: News in Brief
The Operational Plan and Budget for 2014 were received by Meeting for Sufferings (MfS).
First Stephen Pittam awards given
The first winners of the Stephen Pittam Social Justice Award have been announced in Northern Ireland. Justine Kouame of the Northern Ireland Community for Refugees and Asylum Seekers (NICRAS) and Grace Cassidy of the Belfast Mental Health Rights Group (BMHRG) were given the award for breaking new ground in...
George Gorman lecturer 2014 announced
Next year’s George Gorman lecturer will be Jessica Metheringham, Britain Yearly Meeting’s new parliamentary engagement officer.
Vigil for climate justice
Victims of Typhoon Haiyan were remembered at a vigil outside Friends House on 21 November organised by climate change campaign group 350.org.
Death of two pioneers
Frederick Sanger, the distinguished biochemist, and Grigor McClelland, a founding director of the Manchester Business School, have died.