Quaker Antony Barlow shares his new book which takes a personal look at the Friends Ambulance Unit, which treated wounded civilians and soldiers on both sides, during the Second World War: An Exacting Mistress – The Friends Ambulance Unit in Read More …
After a year without our printed newsletter, Central England Quakers Communications Committee has produced a new edition of News from the Centre for February 2021. Barbara Groombridge, Convenor of CEQ Communications Committee writes: I am delighted to offer this Newsletter Read More …
Barbara Forbes, a Bull St Quaker and board member of Friends House Moscow recommends an article on Translating Quaker Texts into Russian in Friend’s Journal (the North American Quaker magazine). “Quakerism, in its fullness, is something impossible to spread with Read More …
(New guidance and templates added 25th June) As we look ahead to the re-opening of our Meeting Houses (for worship and use by hirers) we will need to follow guidance from both the government and Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM). At Read More …
Rhiannon Grant of Bournville Meeting was delighted to take delivery of copies her news book Quakers Do What! Why? Another exciting publication for this prolific Central England Quaker author. Congratulations Rhiannon! The book will be available from August 2020.
Updates on our commitment to sustainability: a new document from QPSW & a local consultation on the environment. New ‘Net-zero’ briefing Quaker Peace & Social Witness have released a new briefing for Quakers ‘Ending the UK’s contribution to climate change‘. Read More …
Food production, packaging and transport make up a big part of our carbon footprint, and many of us are interested in changing our eating habits to help the environment. It can be difficult to know where to begin, so in Read More …
A new edition of News from the Centre has just been published and sent out to meetings so look out for it from this Sunday! This magazine contains highlights of some of the articles published here, plus a few bonus Read More …
Quaker scientist, Richard Tuckett, has just had two peer-reviewed papers published on the science of greenhouse gases and climate change. The first paper is based on Richard’s academic career as a high-resolution gas-phase spectroscopist studying upper atmosphere ‘greenhouse gas’ molecules. Read More …
Update: new easy-to-read version now available. Apologies if you had difficulty printing out the previous version. ‘Our common home: Caring for God’s creation study guide’ is a Lent Course, written for churches to study in ecumenical groups during Lent 2018. Read More …