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First event in Large Meeting House
The Large Meeting House at Friends House hosted its first post-refurbishment event, for Birkbeck College, on 30 September.
Mount School menu success
The Mount School in York has been awarded a prestigious national food industry award. James Goodwin, chef manager at The Mount, won the accolade of Independent School Caterer of the Year at the annual EDUcatering Awards at the Royal Garden Hotel, Kensington.
Meeting for Sufferings: ‘A visionary and prophetic body’
Representatives of Meeting for Sufferings (MfS), who had travelled to London from every corner of Britain to meet in the George Fox Room at Friends House on Saturday 4 October, were able to take a rare opportunity to look in a mirror. The main question on the agenda was: What is...
Meeting for Sufferings: Contributions significantly down
There has been a dramatic fall in contributions this year of some sixteen per cent from individuals and Meetings towards the work of Britain Yearly Meeting. Peter Ullathorne, BYM treasurer, spoke to Sufferings about the state of the finances of Britain Yearly Meeting. He said that the finances were in...
Meeting for Sufferings: ‘Courage to Save the Planet’
Devon Area Meeting sent a minute to Meeting for Sufferings for adoption and publicising among Friends. Minute 55/2014: ‘Courage to Save the Planet’ suggests that Friends are asked to hold politicians in the Light for a minute each evening at 9.00pm, ‘seeking to influence them to have the courage and leadership...
Meeting for Sufferings: BYM trustees’ report
Jennifer Barraclough, clerk of Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) trustees, reported to Meeting for Sufferings on the trustees’ meeting that had taken place the previous day. She highlighted three main areas. The first of these concerned risk awareness. An important part of a trustee’s role, she told Friends, was ‘not...
Meeting for Sufferings: Lobbying Act
As part of the BYM trustees’ report, Jennifer Barraclough spoke to Friends about the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014, known as the Lobbying Act. While the ultimate decision over whether to register rests with trustees, she wanted to put it to Meeting for Sufferings for...
Quakers march for climate change
Friends across Britain have helped draw attention to climate change ahead of this week’s UN Climate Summit in New York. More than fifty Quakers were among an estimated 40,000 marchers who came together in central London on Sunday 21 September, also International Day of Peace, to protest. The gathering was one...
Cadbury visit echoes Sibford history
Caring and respect were highlighted recently by Mark Cadbury as central to the atmosphere of a Quaker school. He made the remark on his first visit to Sibford School, where he was guest speaker at the school’s Evening of Celebration on 11 September. The annual event acknowledges the success of...
Requiem at Bootham
Bootham School’s director of music has written a requiem mass to commemorate the outbreak of the first world war. Deeds of Angels, by Paul Feehan, was premiered on Sunday 14 September at the school theatre. It was accompanied by the Bootham Sinfonia. Participants in the event came from all over...