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Meeting for Sufferings: Letter of greeting to Ireland YM
Meeting for Sufferings approved a letter that is to be sent to Ireland Yearly Meeting on behalf of Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM). Ireland Yearly Meeting will be held at the Dromantine Conference Centre, in Northern Ireland, from 9 to 12 April. The 2015 letter described the four main strands of BYM’s work...
Meeting for Sufferings: Tabular statement concern
Gloucestershire Area Meeting brought to Meeting for Sufferings the suggestion that the Religious Society of Friends might cease to ask its members and attenders to declare a specific gender in forthcoming tabular statements. The invitation to consider the idea, contained in a minute for Sufferings, followed discernment among Friends at...
Meeting for Sufferings: The end of the triennium
Meeting for Sufferings ended with prayerful reflection and thanksgiving for Friends’ service over the past three years.
Friend joins Burghfield blockade
Emma Anthony of Oxford Area Meeting was one of seven protesters who formed a blockade at Burghfield Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) on Monday 30 March. The protesters arrived at Burghfield at 6.30am, chained their hands together and lay in the gateway to prevent vehicles from entering the base.
Historic double wedding
Two same sex couples held a joint Meeting for Marriage at Oxford Meeting House on Saturday 28 March. Jon Brown and Steve Hope, and Sandra Figgess and Jill Green, said that they intended the Meeting ‘to celebrate not only our relationships, but also the contribution of the Society of Friends in...
FWCC welcomes new member
The Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC) welcomed the New Association of Friends at the Section of the Americas annual meeting in Mexico City in March.
Friends’ carbon footprint efforts pay off
Camden Climate Change Alliance has recognised Friends House as a Carbon Champion. The Carbon Champion mark is awarded to organisations in Camden, or working in Camden, that are taking the lead and demonstrating to others how to succeed at carbon management and reduction. Organisations are required to produce a carbon...
Friends fly kites
Sixteen members of Bournemouth Coastal Area Meeting took to Swanage beach for kite flying on 21 March, as part of the Fly Kites Not Drones campaign. Friends decided to take part when they realised that the Area Meeting coincided with the worldwide call to draw attention to the use of armed...
Red plaque day for QSA
Quaker Social Action (QSA)’s Made of Money project has received a ‘Red Plaque’ from Comic Relief. The plaque recognised QSA’s work in financial education. Made of Money encourages people to talk through their experiences with money. Activities include workshops that help parents to tackle consumerism, spending habits and...
‘The Light’ shortlisted for architectural award
The refurbished Large Meeting House in Friends House, which was rebranded for public bookings as ‘The Light’, has been shortlisted for a RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) London 2015 award. John McAslan + Partners were the project architects for the £5 million renovation. Their work involved retaining key heritage features and adding...