Central England Quakers Peace Committee responds to the recent proposals by the Home Office, and suggests actions that Friends can take: We have taken note of the Home Office’s ‘New Plan for Immigration’ and are dismayed by the attitudes and Read More …
John Lampen of Stourbridge Quaker Meeting has been looking recently at the efforts of Quaker doctors to prevent smallpox outbreaks and develop mass immunity to the disease in the eighteenth century. It’s a fascinating story, and he’s written a 6-page Read More …
Update: Andrew Callan, Priory Rooms Manager, explains special arrangement to allow filming to taking place on the site on revised dates: 29th April to 19th May, which other users will need to be aware of. The Priory Rooms is Central Read More …
Many Quaker communities are finding it hard to decide whether and when to re-start meeting in person. This is made harder by the current restrictions affecting all parts of our lives. Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) offer some spiritual and practical Read More …
Jackie Zammit from CEQ’s project Peacemakers reflects on how their work has had to adapt during the pandemic: During this tricky time we have been able to develop a new area of work. Peace Outdoors is a short course for Read More …
Sustrans, the organisation contracted by Birmingham City Council to deliver the ‘Brum Breathes’ initiative, want to know how people in the city travel to places of worship (in ‘non-covid’ times). “This survey will help Sustrans and Birmingham City Council enable Read More …
Walsall Meeting has moved (again!) From 1st November 2020, Walsall Quakers meet at: Pelsall Community Centre, Station Road, Pelsall, Walsall, WS3 4BQ Meeting will be from 11.00am to 12:00pm, as usual. All the Covid precautions that you would expect are Read More …
At Area Meeting in September, the dates and locations for Area Business Meetings in 2021 were confirmed. With the ongoing coronavirus situation, all in-person meetings are tentative, and decisions about whether to go ahead in-person, online, or a hybrid of Read More …
The Central England Quakers Office will be closed Mondays & Fridays for the rest of 2020. When possible, the secretary will be in the office on a Wednesday. At other times Tuesday to Thursday he will be working from home Read More …
At the commemorations for Hiroshima Day in August, a certificate of friendship was passed from Coventry Lord Mayor Ann Lucas to Dr Miho Taka Coventry University and Yui Taka-Hussan a student of Finham Park School Coventry. The certificate was passed Read More …