Magical moments

Imran Tyabji speaks to Elinor Smallman about summer events for Young Friends

by Elinor Smallman 30th March 2012

It’s the end of a long, tiring day. A hundred teenagers and volunteers come together, sitting on chairs, cross-legged or lying down… the floor is a sea of flickering candlelight. Someone begins to sing, strumming gently on a guitar. Later a torch is switched on and somebody else reads a poem. Ministry flows. Here is a place where the young start to feel safe, where they share what is really bothering them.