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Category: Bournville

Lunchtime Concerts at Bournville

Posted on01/11/202302/11/2023AuthorCentral England Quakers

Bournville Quakers are happy to announce that their Lunchtime Concerts are soon to start up again. The date of our first concert is this Friday (3 November). To launch our new series of fortnightly concerts, we’re delighted to welcome Birmingham celebrity Read More …

CategoriesBournville, Outreach, Save the Date

Climate Justice Vigils for Quaker Week

Posted on04/10/202304/10/2023AuthorCentral England Quakers

Quakers in Central England marked Quaker Week with a series of climate vigils. A regular silent vigil is held by Quakers every Wednesday 1.30 – 1.45pm outside St Phillips Cathedral (aka Pidgeon Park), central Birmingham. It is timed so that Read More …

CategoriesBournville, Bull St, Climate Emergency Action, Cotteridge, Event Report, Outreach, Selly Oak, Sustainability

Five people hold a large banner 'War Starts Here' in front of the Excel Centre where the DSEI arms fair is held. A banner on the ground reads 'Quakers for Peace'.

Quakers witness at the Arms Fair

Posted on14/09/202314/09/2023AuthorCentral England Quakers

Several Central England Quakers travelled down to the Excel Centre in London to witness and protest against this year’s Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) biennial arms fair. Coventry Friend Pete Duckworth reflects on his experiences alongside Maggie McHale and Read More …

CategoriesBournville, Bull St, Coventry, Event Report, Find out more, Peace, Personal Reflection

Climate Justice Vigils during Quaker Week

Posted on14/09/202314/09/2023AuthorCentral England Quakers

Quaker Support for Climate Action (QS4CA), which evolved from the Big One protests in April, is inviting Quakers across the country to hold vigils during Quaker Week.  The call to hold climate vigils reflects the theme of this year’s Quaker Read More …

CategoriesBournville, Bull St, Cotteridge, Outreach, Save the Date, Selly Oak, Sustainability

Green & Blue Plaques remember Quakers

Posted on24/08/202324/08/2023AuthorCentral England Quakers

17th and 20th Century Quakers are being publicly commemorated though historic plaque schemes. On Thursday 22nd June a number of Hartshill Quakers joined other Friends from Leicestershire at Fenny Drayton Church for the unveiling of a plaque commemorating the significance Read More …

CategoriesBooking Open for Event, Bournville, Event Report, Hartshill, Heritage & History, Outreach

Could you help at Heritage Open Days?

Posted on06/07/202306/07/2023AuthorCentral England Quakers

Bournville Quaker Meeting House will again be opening for Heritage Day, and we would be delighted to welcome Friends to join us as volunteers.  There will be many hundreds of visitors, and some of them are interested to talk about Read More …

CategoriesBournville, Bull St, Heritage & History, Outreach, Request for helpers, Save the Date

Could you volunteer on Heritage Open Day?

Posted on11/08/202211/08/2022AuthorCentral England Quakers

Bournville Friends are opening again for the Heritage Day on Saturday 10th September, 10:00 – 4:00. We’re always a popular venue for visitors and we’d love as many local Friends as possible to join us as volunteers.  If we have lots Read More …

CategoriesBournville, Heritage & History, Request for helpers

Getting Creative for Climate Justice

Posted on08/09/202108/09/2021AuthorCentral England Quakers

Quakers around our Area Meeting have been getting creative to highlight climate justice in the lead-up to the COP26 UN climate conference in November. Bournville Quakers have transformed the giant cedar tree in their grounds with a knitted cosy to Read More …

CategoriesBournville, Climate Emergency Action, Events, Newsletter, Peace Hub, QPSW, Stourbridge, Sustainability

Can you help with HOD at Bournville?

Posted on17/08/202118/08/2021AuthorCentral England Quakers

Anne Giles of Bournville Quakers, and Roderick Keefe of CEQ Outreach Committee are seeking some extra helpers for Heritage Open Day (HOD) on 11th September 2021: Bournville Quaker Meeting House has opened for the September Heritage Day very successfully for Read More …

CategoriesBournville, Events, Heritage & History, Outreach, Request for helpers

Quaker insights in the context of ecological crisis

Posted on01/10/202008/10/2020AuthorCentral England Quakers

Prior to lockdown, Bournville Meeting was hosting a monthly gathering on the second Wednesday of each month working its way through a nine-part series of study sessions entitled “Quaker Insights in the context of Ecological Crisis” devised by Stuart Masters Read More …

CategoriesBournville, Save the Date, Sustainability

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