21 senior leaders of Churches based in and around the West Midlands (including Rhiannon Grant on behalf of Central England Quakers) have signed a joint statement ahead of the General Election of 4 July. In the joint statement, the Church Read More …
Update: Val Jenner explains more about this exciting project and how you can get involved: Is there any point in looking backwards? In looking at our history? In interrogating the accepted Quaker narratives and founding stories? There will always be Read More …
A number of Central England Quakers joined the National Day of support for ‘Defend our Juries’ on Monday 25th September. Quakers held placards outside Birmingham Crown Court affirming the legal precedent that ‘jurors have an absolute right to acquit a defendant Read More …
Bournville Quaker Rhiannon Grant recently appeared on BBC Radio 2’s Pause for Thought, offering a short reflection on being ‘Curious’ as part of the theme ‘I Am What I Am’. You can catch up with the programme on BBC Sounds: Read More …
A new post from the Birmingham and Warwickshire Quakers archive project at the Library of Birmingham. “Quakers have a long history of campaigning for prison reform, with perhaps one of the most well-known 19th century reformers being Elizabeth Fry who Read More …
Kate McNally of Woodbrooke is carrying out a survey of anti-racist work in Britain, as part of an Eva Koch scholarship. You can complete the survey online, it should take 10-15 mins and closes on 30th November 2022. Kate says: Read More …
This week CEQ trustees approved the 2021 Trustees Annual Report and Accounts. This will be filed on the Charity Commission Website and is a public document which can be accessed by anyone wanting to know about our Area Meeting charity. Read More …
The history of Lloyd’s bank, started by the Quaker Lloyd family was recently featured in the Express & Star (the Black Country newspaper). In the 1760s Sampson Lloyd II and John Taylor set up the bank in Birmingham, and Sampson Read More …
Cathy Khurana (CEQ representative to Meeting for Sufferings) reports from the ‘residential’ meeting held by Zoom video conferencing 2nd – 4th October 2020. This report covers discussion and discernment on: Sustainability and the climate crisis; Quaker Peace and Social Witness Read More …
Over 30 people participated in an online event on Fair Tax Councils on 27th June 2020, organised by Central England Quakers Peace Committee and Peace Hub. John Sheldon chaired the event and introduced our speakers. Summary David Haslam (Church Action Read More …