January 30, 2012 – 10:17 am by Maud Grainger
Tagged Woodbrooke, World in your Wallet
Every penny we earn or spend makes a statement about our values and beliefs. This course will provide a framework to help you invest in exploring different ways of relating to your money, which could lead to changes in the way you, your meeting and/or other groups you are part of choose to use it. [...]
January 20, 2012 – 10:45 am by suzannei
Friends, Christians and people of all faiths may be interested in the “Ring of Prayer” that is going to surround Occupy LSX (by St Paul’s) in the event of an eviction. There is an article about it here: http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/16075and a signup sheet can be found here: http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/ring-of-prayer-at-eviction-of-ocupy-lsx.html. You may be interested to know that the [...]
January 10, 2012 – 12:09 pm by suzannei
Friday 20 April 2012 – Sunday 22 April 2012 Yearly Meeting 2011 agreed in Minute 23 that we need to learn more about our current economic system and consider whether it is so broken that we must work to replace it with a system within which our testimonies can flourish. This course will be considering [...]
December 8, 2011 – 3:06 pm by timbaynes
I attended the session in Woodbrooke conferecne on “Economic Justice and Sustainable Global Society” when a DVD was shown giving Three Flaws and Tree Fixes for the banking system. I have now arranged for this to be shown at a public meeting in Kendal Meeting House on 24th Jan. Tim Baynes
November 2, 2011 – 10:04 am by Sunniva
Climate Change: A Confessional Issue for the Churches? Can you call yourself a Christian if you ignore climate change? How much does it matter if we destroy creation? What stand should Christians take? How should Christians respond to the ravages of climate change? These questions will be discussed at the Operation Noah Annual Lecture 2011. [...]
October 28, 2011 – 2:11 pm by Jo Poole
*Friends have pledged to continue to meet in this way for as long as the protesters remain there. More information here* This will be at 3pm this Sunday, October 30th on the steps of St Pauls, which are currently the site of the Occupy London Stock Exchange movement. There is more information as well as [...]
September 19, 2011 – 3:56 pm by Jo Poole
Tagged quaker business, quaker events, quakers & business group
Annual Quakers & Business Group conference Friends House, Euston, London Wednesday 16th November The last few years have seen a high level of publicity for the Quaker businesses of the past. In particular the sale of Cadbury to Kraft reminded the general public of the value of these responsible and socially minded companies, and the [...]
August 30, 2011 – 9:18 am by Frances
Century of Challenges Friday 2 September, 7.00 for 7.30pm Leytonstone Social Club, 603 High Road Leytonstone,E11 4PA A challenging talk on the impact on the UK of the global economic meltdown by Stoneleigh (aka Nicole Foss), the financial blogger who tells it like it is. This free talk has been arranged for the benefit of the community by Transition Leytonstone, [...]
August 8, 2011 – 11:52 am by suzannei
Saturday 15 October, 10.00 – 17.00 Aston Conference Centre, Birmingham Aston University, Birmingham Are you a supporter of Fairtrade? If so, you may be interested in this year’s Fairtrade Supporter Conference! Hear from inspiring speakers, meet like-minded people from around the UK, explore new ideas for your campaign, have your questions answered by experts in the [...]
July 20, 2011 – 4:36 pm by suzannei
Following the successful Zero Growth economy events in 2009, Woodbrooke and Quaker Peace & Social Witness are collaborating again to present another joint programme in 2011, and this year we are joined by Northern Friends Peace Board. In the Zero Growth events, we looked at the role of our existing economic systems in environmental degradation [...]
