19th July 2024

Yearly Meeting 2024: Preparation - part eleven

by Lis Burch, Rebecca Hardy, Imi Hills, Joseph Jones, Alastair Reid, and Elinor Smallman

With the historical injustices of colonialism on the agenda for Yearly Meeting, Reparations and working in partnership: the Quaker Africa Interest Group (QAIG) Approach was an…

19th July 2024

Yearly Meeting 2024: Preparation - part twelve

by Lis Burch, Rebecca Hardy, Imi Hills, Joseph Jones, Alastair Reid, and Elinor Smallman

In Woodbrooke: the next phase of our vision, Simon Best introduced sixteen Friends to Mandy Cooper, Woodbrooke’s new CEO. She was impressed by Friends’ enthusiasm and drive,…

19th July 2024

Yearly Meeting 2024: Preparation - part thirteen

by Lis Burch, Rebecca Hardy, Imi Hills, Joseph Jones, Alastair Reid, and Elinor Smallman

At Friends Trusts Ltd, John Dash introduced thirteen Friends to the work of the organisation that holds the ownership of most Quaker properties. While Area Meetings (AMs) are…

19th July 2024

Yearly Meeting 2024: Preparation - part fourteen

by Lis Burch, Rebecca Hardy, Imi Hills, Joseph Jones, Alastair Reid, and Elinor Smallman

A Yearly Meeting (YM) preparation session on Building and maintaining our Yearly Meeting community was hosted by Yearly Meeting Agenda Committee and the Group to Review Yearly…

19th July 2024

Yearly Meeting 2024: Preparation - part fifteen

by Lis Burch, Rebecca Hardy, Imi Hills, Joseph Jones, Alastair Reid, and Elinor Smallman

A preparation session on Truth and integrity in public life was held by Yearly Meeting Agenda Committee (YMAC). The seventy-six Friends who gathered first watched a video…

19th July 2024

Yearly Meeting 2024: Preparation - part sixteen

by Lis Burch, Rebecca Hardy, Imi Hills, Joseph Jones, Alastair Reid, and Elinor Smallman

In Peace Works Zimbabwe (PWZ), Don Rowe, clerk to the group, elaborated to a select nine Friends on the work he introduced at the previous QAIG gathering. After the closure of the…

19th July 2024

Yearly Meeting 2024: Preparation - part seventeen

by Lis Burch, Rebecca Hardy, Imi Hills, Joseph Jones, Alastair Reid, and Elinor Smallman

A special interest group on Engaging with the new government was led by BYM’s public affairs team. Grace Da Costa and Billy Vaughan said the team was keen to be involved in…

19th July 2024

Yearly Meeting 2024: Preparation - part eighteen

by Lis Burch, Rebecca Hardy, Imi Hills, Joseph Jones, Alastair Reid, and Elinor Smallman

On Wednesday, Quaker chaplains were out in force, beginning with Quaker chaplaincy: What Quaker chaplains do and are you interested in being one? Naomi Major, of Quaker Life,…

12th July 2024

Yearly Meeting 2024: Preparation - part one

by Writing by: Rebecca Hardy, Imi Hills, Joseph Jones, and Elinor Smallman
12th July 2024

Yearly Meeting 2024: Preparation - part two

by Writing by: Rebecca Hardy, Imi Hills, Joseph Jones, and Elinor Smallman

At a session on Alternative forms of Quaker community, Jude Acton and Rachel Matthews, of Quaker Life, talked about what central support was available for Friends whose Quaker…

12th July 2024

Yearly Meeting 2024: Preparation - part three

by Writing by: Rebecca Hardy, Imi Hills, Joseph Jones, and Elinor Smallman

A dozen Friends gathered on Saturday morning for Footsteps on the crag: Pardshaw Quaker Centre. David Day and Dave Moll, trustees of the Grade II-listed Meeting house, told…