Quaker communities news
This page contains news about running local and area meetings and other Quaker communities.
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Pendle Hill Quakers share their history to celebrate George Fox’s 400th
13 June 2024
Quakers in the north-west of England, the birthplace of Quakers, are sharing their landscape with others around the globe as they celebrate one of the 400th birthday of one of their founders, George Fox's.
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Quakers busy in preparation for upcoming election
6 June 2024
Quakers are political due to our faith commitments. With the general election on 4th July, Quakers up and down the country are engaged in preparations – from chairing general elections hustings to lobbying prospective MPs and much more besides.
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Planning for children and young people at Yearly Meeting
28 May 2024
Behind the scenes, teams of young people, adult volunteers and staff are working together to create programmes for joyful, interactive programmes for children and young people at Yearly Meeting, where there is something to welcome all ages. Bookings are still open for Children's Programme and Young People @ Yearly Meeting. We hope these will offer nurturing, expansive and joyful explorations on our themes of love and truth, linking in with the wider Yearly Meeting theme of truth and integrity.
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Sun shines for west youth residential at Spiceland
21 May 2024
in early May, a group of young Quakers from Bristol and Bath, set out for Spiceland Meeting house in Devon for their first camp out under the stars of 2024. It was organised by Zephyr Blofeld, west youth development worker in grateful collaboration with Spiceland Quakers in mid Devon.
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New edition of the Handbook for trustees of Quaker meetings
16 May 2024
Quaker Life is now responsible for supporting area meeting charities and giving them advice and guidance on good governance. They have recently finished a 2024 edition of the trustees handbook.
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Teaching Peace in Schools
3 May 2024
Quakers in Bristol have been working with the BYM Peace Education Team to learn how to train primary school children to mediate playground issues with their peers. Since doing the training earlier this year, Bristol Quakers are now lined up to work with their first primary school in June, and there is quite a buzz about developing more opportunities to teach skills for peace to more Bristol children.
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Malvern Meeting restart children's meeting
24 April 2024
Malvern Local Meeting have recently started a regular children's meeting, to coincide with their monthly shared lunch. A group of Friends has been busy planning and organising, with support from their Local Development Worker. The first children's meeting was in January 2024. Children's meeting is now every fourth Sunday at 10.30am.