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Meeting for Sufferings: Political engagement
Jessica Metheringham outlined her work in her first few months as parliamentary engagement officer for Britain Yearly Meeting and talked about the importance of political engagement. She described her role as ‘Speaking Truth to Power’ and said her work was ‘forty per cent parliamentary and political engagement; forty per...
Meeting for Sufferings: Vibrancy initiative
Friends across Britain were encouraged at Meeting for Sufferings to take part in an initiative to foster increased vibrancy in Meetings. Lizzie Rosewood, recently appointed as the Programme Developer for the Vibrancy in Meetings Initiative, spoke enthusiastically about her work and her visits in the past three months to...
Meeting for Sufferings: New trustees at Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Two new faces will be joining as trustees of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Friends were told at Meeting for Sufferings in the afternoon session. The search group – three people appointed by Meeting for Sufferings (currently Jonathan Dale, Sarah Richards and Deborah Rowlands) plus three trustees clerked by Tony Stoller –...
Meeting for Sufferings: YMG 2014 clerks
The Committee on Clerks will bring forward the following names for nomination to Yearly Meeting Gathering in Bath:
Meeting for Sufferings: Fair wealth T-shirts
Lancaster Meeting has designed T-shirts based on a graphic from the New Economics Forum showing how the welfare budget is spent (see above).
Meeting for Sufferings: Quaker UN Committe
A change has been made in the way in which people are appointed to the Quaker United Nations Committee. Following the 2012 review of the relationship between the Quaker United Nations Office in Geneva (QUNO) and Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM), Meeting for Sufferings (MfS) has been asked to take on...
Journey Home at the Geffrye Museum
Friends were well represented at the Geffrye Museum in east London on Saturday 25 January at an event to launch a new, improved version of the Journey Home board game. The event also celebrated an agreement between the producers of Journey Home and The Big Issue Foundation that gives fifty...
Lobbying Bill: call for changes
Christian Aid chairman Rowan Williams has called on the government to make changes to the Lobbying Bill. Civil society groups, including the Religious Society of Friends, have argued that the proposed Bill threatens to curtail the freedom of charities across the country.
Peace activists on trial
The trial of five peace activists who were arrested at the London Defence Security and Equipment International (DSEi) 2013 exhibition last September takes place on Monday 3 and Tuesday 4 February at Stratford Magistrates Court in London.
A Testament of Devotion
A new Spanish translation of Thomas Kelly’s A Testament of Devotion has been welcomed by Robin Mohr, executive secretary of the Section of the Americas of Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC).