Eye - 21 July 2023
Friends of a feather
Friends of a feather
Friends flock together for many reasons, and some groups become a Quaker Recognised Body of Britain Yearly Meeting.
Here you’ll find a selection of these groups. Eye hopes it inspires you to take a look at the relevant webpage and connect with any of them that tickle your fancy: www.quaker.org.uk/our-organisation/quaker-groups. With over seventy groups focused on a wide variety of shared interests – including healing, history, criminal justice, and disability equality – what will you discover?
Across
5. This group promotes integrity in workplaces (3,8)
6. Times gone by are the focus of this Society (10)
8. A Network that keeps choral and chamber weekends alive? (5)
10. Friends finding fellowship in tents (7)
11. Which trust supports the University of Bradford in the study of one of Friends’ testimonies? (5,7)
12. An experimental group seeking to renew and deepen Quaker spiritual practices (3,8)
13. This Quaker concern advocates for furry Friends (3,7)
Down
1. Quaker _ Action builds community on working retreats (9)
2. This project organises gatherings and resources to support sustainability witness (6,7)
3. Which ‘Relations’ group helps individuals and Meetings to better
understand and handle conflict? (9)
4. This group responds to the Defence and Security Equipment International arms fair in a creative way (6,5)
7. Formerly known as the Bedford Institute, this organisation enables people on low incomes to find solutions to issues affecting their lives (6,6)
9. This museum cares for the creative output of countless needles (8)
