Meeting for Sufferings: Welfare cuts - A growing concern

Elinor Smallman reports on a lively session of Meeting for Sufferings

by Elinor Smallman 12th July 2013

On Saturday 6 July, Meeting for Sufferings (MfS) discussed a Quaker response to the welfare cuts in a session of passionate contributions from Friends who spoke of their ‘anger’, ‘despair’ and ‘frustration’.  Welfare cuts were discussed at two previous MfSs but there was a strong sense that more needs to be done. However, there was also a lack of clarity regarding what.