Exciting news from Dundee Meeting! As our Meeting House is inaccessible for those with mobility problems and we have had long lease tenants on the ground floor,
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Quakers welcome ambition for human rights in Scotland
Wednesday, 12 December 2018
Quakers in Scotland have produced this briefing for the Scottish Government debate on Human Rights on Thursday 13 December 2018
Quakers ask MSPs to support Conscientious Objectors memorial
Tuesday, 4 December 2018
Quakers in Scotland are asking MSPs to support a proposed Conscientious Objectors memorial in Princes St Gardens, Edinrburgh, which will be debated in the Scottish Parliament on Wednesday 5 Decembe
New books and pamphlets in the Library, November 2018
Saturday, 10 November 2018
Pendle Hill Pamphlets
Art as Soul’s Sanctuary : Mediations on Arts and Spirituality among Quakers and Beyond. Jennifer Elam. PHP 452
Quakers in Scotland welcome Parliament Debate on UN International Day of Peace
Sunday, 16 September 2018
Quakers in Scotland welcome the Members Business Debate on the UN International Day of Peace 2018, taking place on Tuesday 18 th September.
Quaker Activities in Local Meetings in SE Scotland in 2017
Saturday, 8 September 2018
Quakers, founded in 1647 by George Fox, are committed to working for equality, peace & social responsibility. Our faith is a search for truth, not an arrival.
Not guns but roses: Quakers oppose the Underwater Technology Defence Conference
Tuesday, 17 July 2018
Before the recent arms fair in Glasgow, Quakers in Tweeddale delivered a bunch of white roses to Susan Aitken, the leader of Glasgow City Council, with a letter expressing dismay that the Council
Scottish Parliament recognises child rights and welfare concerns around armed forces activities in schools
Monday, 4 June 2018
Quakers in Scotland and ForcesWatch welcome the recommendations made in a report from the Scottish Parliament about armed forces activities in schools.
New books in Edinburgh Quaker Library, May 2018
Sunday, 27 May 2018
Moscow Diary. Marjorie Farquharson. Matador. 2018
Quakernomics: an ethical capitalism. Mike King. Anthem Press. 2014
New books in February 2018
Sunday, 11 March 2018
The new books this year include:
A Basic Income Handbook, Annie Miller, 2017, Edinburgh: Luath Press Ltd; ISBN 978-1-910745-78-6
Thanks for the white poppies
Saturday, 9 December 2017
Parliamentary Liaison officer Mairi Campbell-Jack got this rather nice hand written letter in the post.
A very brief account of Quakers in Edinburgh from 1653 to 1938
Sunday, 12 November 2017
This article was written by David Mealand of Central Edinburgh Meeting and first appeared in Sesame 146.