Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) treasurer Linda Batten introduced the budget for 2020. ‘Quakers matter, and the work that Quakers do matter,’ but membership is decreasing and so…
Meeting for Sufferings agreed to register the Quaker Women Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse as a Quaker Recognised Body.
Assistant clerk Margaret Bryan reminded Friends that ‘this Meeting marks the end of Anne [Ullathorne]’s service as clerk of Meeting for Sufferings (MfS), having been the…
Christian, Muslim and Jewish faith leaders have created a prayer for the seventy-fifth anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. The prayer for Holocaust Memorial Day…
Darlington Friends lit up their Meeting house in orange last month to mark the UN’s International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. The day, on 25 November,…
Bring back Sure Start, charge double council tax for second homes and end the five-week wait for first payment for Universal Credit. These are just some of the key recommendations…
The Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA) has released a new booklet arguing that policing should be reframed so it aspires to be ‘the largest human rights profession’…
Most of the morning was taken up with reports from central committees. First, Emma Roberts, clerk of QLCC, spoke to the committee’s report, which offered highlights from the year.
The QPSW Central Committee report offered a snapshot of QPSW work. This included coverage of the Sanctuary Everywhere programme in support of refugees and migrants, with…
Ann Floyd, of QWRC, talked about how Britain Yearly Meeting was just one small part of a world family. Quakers around the world shared many concerns – sustainability, privilege,…
QCCIR had been involved with the biggest recent news story in the Society. Hannah Brock Womack, of Sheffield & Balby Area Meeting, had been selected as a presidential nominee…
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