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Philippines appeal
More than $20,000 has been raised by Friends worldwide to help victims of the earthquake and Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.
Digital Voices in Wales
Friends throughout Wales are responding to a concern that the Quaker voice should be clearly heard among the many activities to commemorate the centenary of the first world war.
YM Gathering bookings open
Bookings for Yearly Meeting Gathering, to be held in Bath in August 2014, are now open. Friends House have provided information on their website that gives background and guidance for those Friends who wish to attend the largest Quaker gathering of 2014. It states that ‘online bookings can be made at...
Appeal for school governors
Up to one in four school governor positions is vacant in some schools in rural and deprived areas of England. SGOSS – Governors for Schools, the educational charity, has revealed that one in ten of the 300,000 governor positions across the country is not filled.
Meeting for Sufferings: Quaker values in education
A major theme of Meeting for Sufferings, held on Saturday 7 December at Friends House, London, was that of ‘Quaker values in education’. Friends were ‘making a start on a very broad and complex subject’ and the aim was to see what support ‘we might give to those involved in...
Meeting for Sufferings: Report of Britain Yearly Meeting trustees
Property dominated the report on the work of Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) trustees. The report was given by the clerk of BYM trustees, Jennifer Barraclough. Having realised that she had spent the last twenty years living in Quaker properties, she commented that our buildings are significant opportunities to show...
Meeting for Sufferings: The Light
The decision to give an additional name – ‘The Light’ – to the Large Meeting House was raised by Jennifer Barraclough, clerk of Britain Yearly Meeting trustees, at Meeting for Sufferings. A Friend described the choice of the new name as inappropriate. Another person commented that the name was a public...
Meeting for Sufferings: The Light
Friends at Meeting for Sufferings were told that a decision has been made to give an additional name to the Large Meeting House in Friends House.
Meeting for Sufferings: Tabular statement
Paul Parker, recording clerk for Britain Yearly Meeting, told Meeting for Sufferings how Friends House had responded to a request by Yearly Meeting 2013 to look at the tabular statement. He said it was an important data collection exercise that helped to inform decision-making.
Meeting for Sufferings: Canterbury Commitment Group interim report
The Canterbury Commitment Group presented their interim report. The group told Meeting for Sufferings that there had been widespread approval of the decision to publicly disinvest in fossil fuels. They said that BYM was the first institution to do this as a body.