Quakers gathered at the Royal Courts of Justice in London last month to witness against a ruling seeking to override juries.
The Quakers in Criminal Justice (QICJ) group met with Quaker Ruth Cadbury, Labour MP for Brentford and Isleworth, last month.
Hampshire & Islands Quakers found a way of gathering together last month, despite the 150 miles between Meetings. The Area Meeting (AM) ‘faces challenges in bringing members…
Friends are gathering to discuss this summer’s Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC) World Plenary. The theme of the meeting in August is: ‘Living the Spirit of…
The number of representatives returning to Meeting for Sufferings in person has been creeping up post-pandemic. This meant that more than half of the attendees were at Friends…
Friends then turned to the use of the word ‘overseer’ in Quaker faith & practice (Qfp). In 2022 MfS asked Area Meetings to cease using the term due to its associations with…
Every year, Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) stays in touch with Friends in other parts of Europe by sending a letter of greeting to each of the other Yearly Meetings. This is written…
The afternoon was devoted to reports from the Group to Review Yearly Meeting, Yearly Meeting Gathering and Meeting for Sufferings (GRYYM).
Discernment of the Stage Three report was noticeably shorter, due to many of the recommendations having been dealt with as part of the Review of Meetings for Sufferings portion of…
A Quaker prison chaplain was banned last month from working at any prison for five years.
A group of Quakers from South West London has formed a group to support Wandsworth Prison. Gillian Ashmore, from Kingston Meeting, had the idea for the Wandsworth Prison…
Edinburgh Friends are supporting a Global Week of Action to prevent the proposed East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) from being insured.
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