Thought for the Week: Community together

Ann Lewis shares Disley Friends' initiative to connect with their local community

by Ann Lewis 14th July 2017

When intolerance, hate crime and anti-Semitism raised its head in 2016, Disley Quakers felt led to figure out what they could do in the community to stand against it. We wanted to build bridges with people we didn’t know. We had contacts with some of the churches and the Women’s Institute, so out of a very small beginning grew a group called Disley Community Together. This led to planning a ‘taster’ day, where people could come together to do something positive for others.