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Quakers Talk Rubbish
Thursday, 8 April 2021

Here’s a quiz to start:

a.What percentage of UK overall waste comes from households?

b.What percentage of that gets recycled?

Building one's own eco-home
Thursday, 8 April 2021

Kate Atchley, an attender at Kelso meeting, has  built her own eco-house. She loves it, but it  was not all plain sailing …! 

Green Light: Food
Saturday, 26 September 2020

Welcome! This is the first of a new series about what we and others can do, and are doing, about the climate emergency.

Black lives matter
Saturday, 4 July 2020

At Area Meeting on Saturday 27 June, there was discussion of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, prompted by a minute from South Edinburgh local meeting, and a report of a young activist from

Alastair Cameron delivering Time for Reflection
Time for reflection at the Scottish Parliament
Wednesday, 2 October 2019

On Tuesday 1 October, Alastair Cameron, clerk of South East Scotland Area Meeting, led the Scottish Parliament in "Time for Reflection".

Quakers at the Edinburgh Fringe
Thursday, 1 August 2019

For the 31st year, Quakers will turn the Edinburgh Quaker Meeting House in Victoria Terrace into Fringe Venue 40, offering shows, workshops and a café, and raising money for charity.

Quakers for Peace
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.

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.

South East Scotland Quakers respond to Scottish Government Energy consultation
Thursday, 27 July 2017

South East Scotland Quakers have responded to the Scottish Government

South East Scotland Area Meeting is now a Living Wage employer
Tuesday, 7 March 2017

South East Scotland Area Meeting is pleased to announce that we have been

Sharing South East Scotland's Sustainability Stories
Friday, 22 March 2013

SSSSS was set up by the area meeting to coordinate our response to Minute 36 from Britain Yearly Meeting in 2011.