Harrow Meeting donate £1million David Crick legacy
'Meeting decided to donate funds to a number of Quaker and peace organisations.'
Harrow Meeting has discerned how to use the significant legacy of just under £1 million from former member of the Meeting David Crick. Following research by the Meeting’s treasurer, Sandy Horsfall, and an extended period of discernment, the Meeting decided to donate funds to a number of Quaker and peace organisations. These include: Quaker Social Action, Woodbrooke, Bradford Peace Museum, the Campaign against the Arms Trade and the Peace Pledge Union. The largest gift was made to Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM), specifically to fund the local development worker and local youth development worker roles in London for the next five years.
Stephen Wright, clerk of Harrow Meeting, said: ‘David was a long-standing member of the Society of Friends who sadly died in May 2021. He was passionately committed to peace and Quaker work. This generous legacy was left to Harrow Meeting. But as Harrow is a small Meeting, we decided to go through a discernment process to decide how the gift could best be used in the spirit David would have wished: to ensure that Quaker work is well resourced.’
BYM recording clerk Paul Parker said: ‘We are deeply grateful for the care and the deep discernment process that Friends in Harrow have gone through. Through this gift, David’s legacy will have a lasting impact on hundreds of Quakers and help ensure that the Quaker community he loved will thrive in years to come.’
Comments
thank goodness for this discernment. Britain Yearly Meeting is short of funds. How often is Britain Yearly Meeting denied funds that would benefit all Quakers because the legacy is to a local or area meeting who somehow see themselves as a separate body from Quakers in Britain. “We are a separate charity” I have heard many times. And Woodbrooke too. Hooray ... Quakers must put Quakers first if Quakers are to be sustained.
thank you Harrow Meeting best wishes David Fish Rugby Quaker Meeting
By davidfishcf@msn.com on 1st August 2022 - 21:57
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