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Meeting for Sufferings: TTIP concern
Meeting for Sufferings received a minute from West Somerset Area Meeting regarding the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). It was suggested that it be forwarded to Quaker Peace & Social Witness Central Committee.
Meeting for Sufferings: The Book of Discipline
Lesley Richards, clerk, gave a verbal report on the work of the Book of Discipline Revision Preparation Group.
Meeting for Sufferings: News in Brief
European Yearly Meetings Reports were received from Friends who attended 2015 European Yearly Meetings as representatives of Britain Yearly Meeting. Yearly Meetings attended included Belgium and Luxembourg, France and Switzerland.
Friends witness at Paris climate change conference
Quakers came from all over the world to attend the international climate change conference (COP21) held this week in Paris.
Europe – a castle or a community?
The Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA) and Quaker Peace & Social Witness (QPSW) are holding a joint conference in Brussels from 4 to 6 December entitled ‘Castle or community? Quakers’ role in building the new Europe’.
Friends join climate justice call
Quakers were among hundreds of thousands of people around the world who marched ‘for climate, justice and jobs’ on Sunday 29 November.
Kingston Quaker Centre scoops architecture award
The new Kingston Quaker Centre, designed by Tectus Architects, has won the ACE/Royal Institute of British Architects award for religious architecture.
Pilgrimage brings understanding
Twenty young people took part in a Quaker pilgrimage to the 1652 Country at the end of October. They were aged between twelve and fifteen.
US Quaker activist visits UK
Eileen Flanagan, clerk of the Earth Quaker Action Team, will speak at Friends House on 14 December.
Liverpool Friends in sustainability move
New photovoltaic panels have been purchased for Liverpool Meeting House. The social enterprise café that was opened in 2014 has contributed to significantly higher electricity bills for the Meeting house.