Quaker Disability campaigner Nuala Watt took to the stage at the ‘Bairns not Bombs’ demonstration in Glasgow on Saturday 4 April. Nuala argued that the welfare state is a form…
Westminster Meeting’s Mike Brooks hopes to start a new Quaker music group. The new group will be open to musicians of all abilities. All instruments are welcome. The group’s…
The plight of destitute asylum seekers was one of the subjects highlighted at Meeeting for Sufferings held in the George Fox Room at Friends House on Saurday 28 March. Sheila…
Meeting for Sufferings was thanked by the clerk of Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) trustees, Jennifer Barraclough, for its contribution to creating a productive relationship between…
A brief written introduction was given on the subject of Muslims in Britain. Friends wishing to know more were encouraged to use resources such as the internet, local libraries or…
‘Torture weakens the civil society that condones it’ was one of the phrases from an introduction to a report on the work of the Quaker Concern for the Abolition of Torture…
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…
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…
Meeting for Sufferings ended with prayerful reflection and thanksgiving for Friends’ service over the past three years.
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.
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