5th May 2023

Yearly Meeting 2023: All-together’ Meeting for Worship

by Rebecca Hardy, Elinor Smallman, Joseph Jones

Sunday morning saw a distinct change in tone. This was an ‘All-together’ Meeting for Worship, and those who made it to Friends House were greeted with a table full of art…

Yearly Meeting 2023: Session 4 - Truth and Integrity
5th May 2023

Yearly Meeting 2023: Session 4 - Truth and Integrity

by Rebecca Hardy, Elinor Smallman, Joseph Jones
5th May 2023

Yearly Meeting 2023: Session 5 - Looking at Meeting for Sufferings

by Rebecca Hardy, Elinor Smallman, Joseph Jones

As Sunday afternoon’s Session Five opened in worship, one Friend lamented the way people had been talking about committee work in Saturday’s session. ‘One of the things that…

Yearly Meeting 2023: Session 6 - Required business; as led
5th May 2023

Yearly Meeting 2023: Session 6 - Required business; as led

by Rebecca Hardy, Elinor Smallman, Joseph Jones
5th May 2023

Yearly Meeting 2023: Session 7 - Our all-age community, closing session

by Rebecca Hardy, Elinor Smallman, Joseph Jones

Session Seven, YM’s last, contained quite a lot of required business. But some of it was ‘really lovely’, said Fred Langridge, assistant clerk. It would deal with the YM…

Hundreds of Friends at ‘The Big One’
28th April 2023

Hundreds of Friends at ‘The Big One’

by Febecca Hardy
Quaker says Churches Together must evolve
28th April 2023

Quaker says Churches Together must evolve

by Rebecca Hardy
28th April 2023

Friend highlights plight of hospices

by Rebecca Hardy

A Bolton Quaker has called for more funding for hospices, highlighting the financial strain many face. The call echoes warnings from Hospice UK that many providing end-of-life…

28th April 2023

Friends spread the word on voter ID

by Rebecca Hardy

Britain Yearly Meeting has urged Friends to highlight the issue of voter ID. Writing in the Quake! newsletter, BYM said: ‘The government is bringing in voter ID, starting with…

Yearly Meeting 2023 Preparatory sessions
28th April 2023

Yearly Meeting 2023 Preparatory sessions

by Elinor Smallman
Norton Friends in rewilding project
21st April 2023

Norton Friends in rewilding project

by Rebecca Hardy
21st April 2023

Friends mark Stephen Lawrence anniversary

by Rebecca Hardy

Quakers have been speaking out on the thirtieth anniversary of Stephen Lawrence’s murder this month. The killing of the eighteen-year-old in Eltham, southeast London, on 22 April…