10th April 2015

QCEA hosts drones group

by Tara Craig

The Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA) hosted the first meeting of a new informal group for NGO workers with an interest in issues relating to armed drones.

10th April 2015

Ninth Low Carbon Commitment Forum

by Tara Craig

Eleven Central England Friends met recently in Birmingham to discuss ways to reduce their Meetings’ carbon footprints.

10th April 2015

Trident briefing for Scottish Friends

by Tara Craig

A short guide for Quakers in Scotland on Trident and the general election 2015 has been prepared by Britain Yearly Meeting. The new document is supplementary to the larger General…

10th April 2015

Friend speaks out at ‘Bairns not Bombs’

by Tara Craig

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…

10th April 2015

New Quaker music group

by Tara Craig

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…

3rd April 2015

Meeting for Sufferings: The plight of asylum seekers

by Tara Craig

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…

3rd April 2015

Meeting for Sufferings: BYM trustees

by Ian Kirk-Smith

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…

3rd April 2015

Meeting for Sufferings: Muslims in Britain

by Tara Craig

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…

3rd April 2015

Meeting for Sufferings: Q-CAT report

by Ian Kirk-Smith

‘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…

3rd April 2015

Meeting for Sufferings: Letter of greeting to Ireland YM

by Tara Craig

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…

3rd April 2015

Meeting for Sufferings: Tabular statement concern

by Ian Kirk-Smith

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…

3rd April 2015

Meeting for Sufferings: The end of the triennium

by Ian Kirk-Smith

Meeting for Sufferings ended with prayerful reflection and thanksgiving for Friends’ service over the past three years.