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Yearly Meeting Gathering (YMG), 2021
Session One ‘We are not seeking a consensus, we are seeking the will of God,’ Friends were told at Session One, as 545 screens were filled. This reading (from Quaker faith & practice 2.89) set the tone for the session, which Clare Scott Booth, clerk of Yearly Meeting (YM), introduced before nominations...
Friends pilgrimage for COP 26
South West Friends were the latest Quakers to take part in a national relay aiming to shine a spotlight on the upcoming 26th UN Conference of the Parties (COP26).
Quakers lobby against Yemen arms sales
The Scottish Quaker parliamentary engagement officer Andrew Tomlinson is urging Friends to support a parliamentary motion on the Yemen crisis: The motion submitted by Alex Rowley MSP in July highlights the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Yemen and raises concerns about the way in which the UK is enabling this conflict...
Romford Quakers plant seeds for Hiroshima Day
Romford Friends marked Hiroshima Day by planting seeds from a ginkgo biloba tree that survived the atomic bomb blast in 1945.
Quakers highlight vision for climate talks
Quaker Peace & Social Witness (QPSW) has released a video based on a climate workshop it held this summer. The presentation on YouTube outlines the importance of the COP26 climate talks in November and how Quaker activism and lobbying can help. According to the presentation, the talks since 2016 have focused...
Chichester Friends host Philip Gross workshop
The Quaker poet Philip Gross ran a workshop last month with Chichester Friends as part of the Chichester Festival. The two ‘Words and Silence’ sessions on 3 July also included a reading from the TS Elliot Prize winner’s own poetry and his book Between the Islands.
Yearly Meeting Gathering (YMG), 2021: Fringe and preparatory events
Many thanks must go to the committees, staff, groups and individual Friends who have been able to put together, and support, such a full Community and Fringe programme. Several of these groups were available for conversation at the Groups Fair, which ran over Saturday afternoon and Sunday night. Friends could...
Quakers lobby for ‘climate income’
Milton Keynes Quakers are celebrating their council’s decision to call on the government to consider the merits of introducing a ‘climate income’.
Cuba Meeting speaks on embargo and violence
Cuba Yearly Meeting has issued a statement after thousands of Cubans took to the streets, driven by food shortages, high prices and other anti-government grievances.
Half of furloughed spent 2020 out of work
Almost half of the people made workless under the 2020 furlough scheme remained out of work for the rest of the year, according to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF).