Staffordshire Quaker Newsletter – Summer 2026
Britain Yearly Meeting, 1-3 May 2026
FEATURED CONTENT
- Nature and National Security bill – Peter Doubtfire, Coordinator at the Central England Quakers Peace Hub outlines Quaker support for the bill
- Death of our Friends Freda Davies (Burton Mtg and Eunice Mortimer (Stoke Mtg)
- 80 years of care at Woodlands – Andrea Mason, The Woodlands Quaker Care Home
- Outreach comes to us – Lisa Stedman & Kevin Ceney (Wolverhampton Mtg)
- Outreach from the front – Stoke Mtg member, Angela Glendenning, mentioned in the Big Issue 100 Changemakers of 2026 list
- Reaching Lichfield District Council – Lichfield Quakers lead a short ‘prayer’ at the start of a full council meeting by Helen Buckroyd (Lichfield Mtg)
- Inside Islam – Gayle Yeomans (Stafford Mtg) summary of a talk given to Stafford Meeting by Hifsa Haroon-Iqbal of Stafford Welcomes Refugees
- Holidays for sanctuary seekers 2026 – Mike Fox (Wolverhampton Mtg) gives an update about the work of the group which is supported by Wolverhampton Meeting
- Wordsworth and stunning scenery – Jon Heal (Stone Mtg) on our Staffordshire Meeting trip to Glenthorne in April 2026
- 1721 Quaker Epistle found on Stoke street – The epistle advises Quakers of the passage of the Quaker Act of 1721, which allowed Quakers to affirm, instead of taking oaths on the Bible – photo of the original document and transcript by Stephen Langford (Stoke Mtg)
- No more dusty cupboards! Where and how Staffordshire Quaker records are deposited – Gillian Oakley (Stafford Mtg) Custodian of Records for Staffordshire Area Meeting
- Britain Yearly Meeting, May 2026 – Helen Buckroyd (Lichfield Mtg)
Staffordshire Friends’ Weekend in the Lake District, 17-19 April 2026
Staffordshire Quakers are grateful for the hard work of James Went in organising another short break at Glenthorne Quaker guest house. 15 Friends & family (from Stone, Lichfield, Staf-ford and Leek) stayed over the weekend of April 17-19.
Friends who have never stayed at Glenthorne have missed a real treat. On the outskirts of Grasmere and surrounded by stunning scenery, one can follow in the footsteps of Words-worth.
Organising the trip can be a nightmare! James had booked a couple of years ago, not knowing this was the chosen weekend to close the railway between Preston & Lancaster for engineering
work, a challenge for those who meant to use public transport!
I have two unexpected mem-ories. In conversation with a couple from Southern Cali-fornia, I asked if it was their first time at Glenthorne. Not at all, as they have been coming back to stay every year for some time now, such is their love of the area. The other was the view I had from the Meeting Room, looking out up the hillside of old trees bathed in bright sunshine, whilst sharing Meeting for Worship on Sunday morning.
We also thank James for his very competitive quiz ques-tions on Saturday evening.
Jon Heal, Stone Meeting
Staffordshire Quaker Newsletter – Winter 2026
8th September 2025 DSEI arms Fair
FEATURED CONTENT
- George Fox and me – Guy Miller (Wolverhampton Mtg)
- Building the successful society – how Quakers evolved to thrive – Jon Heal (Stone Mtg)
- Assorted poems
- I oppose genocide – I support Palestine Action – Angela Glendenning (Stoke Mtg)
- Phew job done! 23 years in the prison and justice system – Maggie Hunt (Leek Mtg)
- Radical Hearts, open minds – Helen Buckroyd and Marion Stansfield reflect on the event at Bull Street Meeting to consider ‘Our Faith in the Future’
- Our amazing balloon flight – Linda Skellam (Leek Mtg)
- Music, refugees and sanctuary in Wolverhampton – Dave Traxson (Wolverhampton Mtg)
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