Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) trustee Danielle Walker Palmour was a panelist on the BBC One programme The BIG Questions this month.
Some find it difficult, while others are grateful for it, but Friends are accustomed to meeting via Zoom videoconferencing now. ‘I can only see twenty-five of you, but know there…
Introducing the report on Arrangements Group, one of its authors, Jane Mace, reminded Friends that the task had not been to review MfS itself, but its arrangements. The recent…
BYM’s recording clerk, Paul Parker, tgave a graphical presentation of some statistics on membership (data on attenders was not included, but showed similar patterns, he said).…
MfS considered a minute from Central Nominations Committee, asking for a review of the prohibition on attenders serving on central committees. Co-clerk Hannah Brock Womack said the…
Last June, MfS reflected on the pandemic and how Friends’ communities were responding. At this meeting, MfS held an open worship session to share what has been learned.…
Quaker Hannah Brock Womack has been recruited as one of six new appointments at Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (JRCT), in a push for a more diverse staff team as it expands its…
Quakers have welcomed a campaign launched by Church Action for Tax Justice to push for more fairness in taxation.
The marriage certificate of Quaker Katherine Barclay and Daniel Bell is being auctioned on the website eBay, with bids starting at £195.
The historic Quaker-founded Penn Club is closing just months after celebrations for its centenary birthday were cancelled. In a statement on its website, the Penn Club board wrote…
Quaker lobbying was praised as the controversial Overseas Operations Bill was debated in the House of Commons last week. The bill passed through the Commons in November despite…
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