Leicestershire County Council Green Plaques are awarded to people and places in and around the county, nominated and voted for by the public. They are similar to blue plaques in other places. The shortlist for the current round of voting Read More …
Central England Quakers Communications Committee are pleased to share the latest a edition of our Area-Meeting newsletter for October 2021. Paper copies will be available from next week: if you can, please indicate how many copies your Meeting would like, Read More …
During 2021 CEQ Climate Emergency Action has been supporting the relaunch of Footsteps’ Small Footsteps programme for youngsters aged 8-13. This has been both with the offer of financial support from the CEQ CEA budget and efforts by individual Quakers. Read More …
As part of Coventry City of Culture 2021, the Royal Shakespeare Company staged 4 outdoor moving plays. Coventry Quaker Meeting House was chosen for one of the scenes, staged on our forecourt. You can view the play below (look out Read More …
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 …
A small group has begun a weekly online AM-wide Meeting for Worship, Sundays at 5pm. There is half an hour for silent worship and then half a hour as led: worship sharing or connecting with each other. For Zoom details Read More …
CEQ Safeguarding Team invite those holding the following roles in CEQ to join safeguarding training this autumn / winter: Trustees, Clerks, Safeguarding Leads, Children’s Meeting Convenors and Elders & Overseers The training will focus on the new Safeguarding Toolkit which Read More …
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 …
Is the UK still compliant with the letter and the spirit of the treaty? On 28th July CEQ Peace Committee held an event to mark the 70th Anniversary of the UN Refugee Convention. 45 people joined in person and on Read More …
Chris Martin, co-clerk of CEQ Climate Emergency Action reports on the recent launch of the West Midlands COP26 Coalition, coordinating action in our region ahead of the UN Climate Summit in November: Quakers were visibly present at COP26 Coalition West Read More …