19th October 2018

Meeting for Sufferings: Four specific proposals on sustainability

by George Osgerby

It has been ‘a long journey’ for Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) on the issue of sustainability, Anne Ullathorne, clerk of Meeting for Sufferings (MfS), said on 6 October at…

19th October 2018

Vibrancy in Meetings: Beyond the pilot

by George Osgerby

The pilot programme of the Vibrancy in Meetings project will come to an end in December 2019, Meeting for Sufferings (MfS) heard on 6 October.

19th October 2018

Meeting for Sufferings: Cautious optimism for Circles UK

by Elinor Smallman

Meeting for Sufferings welcomed an update from Claire Cooper, parliamentary engagement officer for Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM), on the status of Circles of Support and…

Friends rally round for ‘Stansted Fifteen’
12th October 2018

Friends rally round for ‘Stansted Fifteen’

by Rebecca Hardy
12th October 2018

MPs advised on ‘positive’ military values

by Rebecca Hardy

The government is advising MPs to say they associate the military with ‘positive values’ such as ‘loyalty, resilience, courage and teamwork’, according to Britain Yearly…

12th October 2018

Sheila Hancock speaks out against indefinite detention

by Rebecca Hardy

Quaker actor Sheila Hancock delivered an impassioned indictment of the use of indefinite immigration detention in the UK when she joined Jeremy Irons, Zoe Wanamaker, Christopher…

12th October 2018

Thank you from Rwanda Yearly Meeting

by Rebecca Hardy

Rwanda Yearly Meeting has thanked Friends throughout the world for supporting its appeal for funding to help install thirty-five lightning rods required by a government decree.

12th October 2018

Jordans Quakers highlight prison issues and restorative justice

by Rebecca Hardy

JordanS Quaker Centre held a workshop on Prisons and Justice last month, with contributions from past prisoners and a prison governor.

12th October 2018

Quaker art in exhibition with Design Museum protesters

by Rebecca Hardy

The Quaker artist Jill Gibbon was among the artists included in an exhibition made up of work withdrawn from the Design Museum’s ‘Hope to Nope’ exhibition.

12th October 2018

‘Votes for women’ costume performance

by Rebecca Hardy

Pakefield Friends in Suffolk performed a play-reading of a historic public meeting discussing the subject of ‘Votes for Women’.

12th October 2018

Meeting for Sufferings: ‘A simple church supported by a simple charity’

by George Osgerby

‘We have a huge agenda today,’ Anne Ullathorne, clerk of Meeting for Sufferings (MfS), observed on Saturday 6 October in Friends House, London. The Young People’s…

12th October 2018

Meeting for Sufferings: Sufferings to include four places for Young Adult Friends

by Elinor Smallman

Friends enthusiastically welcomed a proposal to create four places reserved for Young Adult Friends (YAFs), aged under thirty-five, at Meeting for Sufferings for the remainder of…