'Ideally, all schools should provide space for the children to grow.' Photo: Mark Stevens / flickr CC.
Open spaces
Patricia Gosling considers the value of Quaker schools
by Patricia Gosling
24th August 2018
The editor of the Friend, when reflecting on the importance of listening to people who hold different positions and views, once wrote in a ‘Thought for the Week’: ‘The challenge, surely, is to create spaces for people to grow. Not box them in… We need to protect these “open spaces” and, throughout its history, the Friend has offered one for Quakers.’
