Unique Quaker building gains award
17th October 2014

Unique Quaker building gains award

by Tara Craig
17th October 2014

Meeting for Sufferings: New terms for sustainability group

by Tara Craig

Terms of reference for a new Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) Sustainability Group were brought to Meeting for Sufferings last week. In June the Minute 36 Group had recommended that a…

Quakers witness for peace
17th October 2014

Quakers witness for peace

by Tara Craig
17th October 2014

Palestinian statehood

by The Friend Newsdesk

A motion to recognise Palestine as a state was backed by 274 votes to 12 in the House of Commons on Monday 13 October. The motion, put forward by Labour MP Grahame Morris, urged…

Bruce Kent speaks at Bury St Edmunds
17th October 2014

Bruce Kent speaks at Bury St Edmunds

by Tara Craig
17th October 2014

First event in Large Meeting House

by Tara Craig

The Large Meeting House at Friends House hosted its first post-refurbishment event, for Birkbeck College, on 30 September.

17th October 2014

Mount School menu success

by The Friend Newsdesk

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…

10th October 2014

Meeting for Sufferings: ‘A visionary and prophetic body’

by Ian Kirk-Smith

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,…

10th October 2014

Meeting for Sufferings: Contributions significantly down

by The Friend Newsdesk

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…

10th October 2014

Meeting for Sufferings: ‘Courage to Save the Planet’

by The Friend Newsdesk

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…

10th October 2014

Meeting for Sufferings: BYM trustees’ report

by The Friend Newsdesk

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…

10th October 2014

Meeting for Sufferings: Lobbying Act

by The Friend Newsdesk

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,…