John Lampen reports on a recent trip to Uganda to support the work of Central England Quakers’ Hope Project: For years our adult students in the Ibanda Literacy Schools [ILS] have asked to take their learning further and acquire skills Read More …
Several Central England Quakers were very involved with Footsteps’ recent interfaith event ‘Tread Lightly on this Earth – Exploring Food, Faith & Living Sustainably’ Read More …
Chris Martin, Clerk to Central England Quakers’ Low Carbon Committment Forum, reports on a national event which highlighted the latest research and ideas for action on climate change. This report is an account of my personal experience of the European Read More …
Claire Bowman, Ecumenical and Interfaith Coordinator for Central England Quakers reports on a recent event in Birmingham: ‘Invest in Peace’. On Tuesday October 30th amid tight security I attended an extraordinary event at the Singers Hill Synagogue in Birmingham, organised Read More …
When the then Home Secretary Theresa May said in 2012 that “The aim is to create, here in Britain, a really hostile environment for illegal immigrants” she may not have foreseen that her words would result in a cultural environment Read More …
Claire Bowman, Ecumenical & Interfaith Coordinator for Central Engalnd Quakers reports on the latest meeting woith Birmingham City Churches together: On Thursday the 19th of June I met with church leaders from other Birmingham city centre churches on behalf of Read More …
‘A Future for All … Implementing the Christian imperative to care for our World’, held on Saturday 14 July 2018, was the first ecumenical Eco Church conference and was organised by the Central England Quaker Low Carbon Commitment forum and Read More …
In Spring 1660 Margaret Fell rode to London with a declaration to appeal to Charles II to end the persecution and suffering of Quakers. She declared: “We do … inform the governors of this nation, high and low, that we Read More …
Pacifists making guns: the Galtons of Birmingham and Britain’s industrial revolution. If you didn’t get a chance to attend this lecture from Professor Priya Satia (Stanford) delivered at the University of Birmingham, the university has posted the full video to Read More …
Alistair Heslop, a Quaker from Northamptonshire, introduces the work of this project that aims to help Quaker meetings handle conflict better. “I have heard some Friends deny their anger in a silent ‘peace’ where there is no understanding of each Read More …