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More renovations at Friends House
The first floor meeting rooms at Friends House in London will be refurbished between June and September.
News of Gold mark travels far
Friends House’s Catering Mark Gold Standard has been featured on the website of Oregon Tilth, an American organisation dedicated to supporting and advocating organic food and farming.
Britain Yearly Meeting 2016: Reading Quaker faith & practice
Friends were encouraged to engage with the rich mixture of inspiration and wisdom contained in Quaker faith & practice in a lunchtime event held in the Friends House Library on Sunday.
Britain Yearly Meeting 2016: Passport loss fails to derail Swarthmore Lecture
This year’s Swarthmore Lecture, Mending broken hearts; rebuilding shattered lives: Quaker peacebuilding in Eastern Africa, was delivered in one voice, rather than two, as planned. Cécile Nyiramana of Rwanda Yearly Meeting was to be one of the joint lecturers. Despite having her visa granted in good time, she...
Britain Yearly Meeting 2016: Centrally managed work
The wide range of centrally managed work done in the name of Friends by Britain Yearly Meeting staff was the subject of an informative session on Friday afternoon. A number of staff gave inspiring short talks.
Britain Yearly Meeting 2016: Behind the scenes
The dedication and hard work of employees of the Friends House Hospitality Company (FHHC), who look after all aspects of the security, cleaning, reception, catering and running of Friends House, was commended by Nick Francis, a member of the FHHC board of trustees.
Britain Yearly Meeting 2016: Building a new economy
Quaker Peace & Social Witness (QPSW) hosted a lively interest group on Saturday 28 May entitled: ‘Building a new economy: simple, equal, economic stewardship.’
Britain Yearly Meeting 2016: United against Trident
Quaker Peace & Social Witness (QPSW), the Northern Friends Peace Board (NFPB) and Young Friends General Meeting (YFGM), brought together by a shared witness against nuclear weapons, hosted a session at Yearly Meeting that urged Friends to take anti-Trident action.
Britain Yearly Meeting 2016: Mindful approach works for Quaker Social Action
Mindfulness is part of the toolkit Quaker Social Action (QSA) deploys in its This Way Up (TWU) project, which aims to help people set achievable goals and develop coping strategies.
Britain Yearly Meeting 2016: Ethical Landlords Association
The dramatic increase in the number of people relying on private rented accommodation was highlighted in an interest group on ethical landlords. The session, which was used to launch a constitution for the newly formed Ethical Landlords Association, considered the growing ‘power imbalance between landlords and tenants’.