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Friends rally for ‘Stop the Rights Raid’ week
Quakers are getting ready to take part in a week of action highlighting an increase in legislation undermining human rights.
Meeting for Sufferings: Welcome
October 2, morning session You could sense the smiles under the masks as representatives arrived at Friends House for the first Meeting for Sufferings (MfS) there since the pandemic struck. It was a blended Meeting, with most attendees sticking to Zoom, but around thirty Friends gathered in The Light to see...
Meeting for Sufferings: Trustees report
After some membership admin and appointment of new Quaker Recognised Bodies (Bamford Quaker Community and the ‘Quakers in the World’ web portal), the clerk of Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) trustees, Caroline Nursey, gave a report. Trustees had been delighted to meet face-to-face again, she said – so much so that they...
Meeting for Sufferings: IICSA report
Deputy recording clerk Juliet Prager introduced a session on safeguarding by acknowledging that the subject made people worried, and consequently reluctant to discuss it. It was important to understand that each of us had different experiences, she said, and that the issue could trigger anxiety.
Meeting for Sufferings: Amendments to Quaker faith & practice
Amendments to the book of discipline were simple to approve, said clerk Margaret Bryan, since Yearly Meeting had decided they should happen. But one Friend objected to a sentence about the role of trustees – the Friend seemed to have some expertise in the matter. The phrasing needed to be re-examined...
Meeting for Sufferings: Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
Friends in Surrey and Hampshire sent a minute to MfS about the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, which is currently before parilament. They were ‘very concerned’ about ‘the impact on freedom of assembly and of expression, and the right to peaceful protest’. Recording clerk Paul Parker presented a...
Quaker midwife highlights City fossil fuel investment
A Quaker midwife who took part in the Extinction Rebellion (XR) protests in London last month has said that she was partly motivated by the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report.
Friends celebrate new Yorkshire Centre
Friends in the north are celebrating the Quakers in Britain Yorkshire Centre, which will pilot new ways of working.
George Fox shortlisted for green plaque
George Fox has been nominated for a green plaque award run by a local council. John Catt of Loughborough and John Spencer of Gravesend, Kent, independently put forward the Quaker founder’s name to be awarded one of six green plaques from Leicestershire City Council.
Quakers join action for climate loss and damage
Quakers joined other organisations in launching a new Make Polluters Pay campaign, as part of the first ever international Loss and Damage Awareness Day.