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Advice and tips on how to run your building, and use all resources sustainably.

  • Quaker A-Z: Z is for Gen Z

    Quaker A-Z: Z is for Gen Z

    Bringing Younger Voices Into Your Charity’s Story For our final letter in the A–Z of Charity Communications, we’re celebrating a generation who see the world differently,  and who can help charities stay relevant, inclusive and forward-looking. Z is for Gen Z, and their perspective is something every charity can benefit from. Gen Z refers to

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  • Quaker A-Z: S is for Simplicity

    Quaker A-Z: S is for Simplicity

    Simple Things Communicating with others doesn’t have to be complicated. It can be simple. You just need to decide who you want to talk to, and about what. Then work out what is required, and who can do that – remembering that you don’t have to do it all. Photo by Glen Carrie on Unsplash

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  • Quaker A-Z: R is for Relationship & Responsible

    Quaker A-Z: R is for Relationship & Responsible

    Who is responsible for what? All relationships contain questions about who is responsible for what, but they’re not always clearly answered. Groups working closely together are now using Memorandums of Understanding to clarify roles and responsibilities. These documents also help define how the relationship is monitored and maintained. Photo by Nick Fewings on Unsplash But

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  • Trustees & Treasurers Conference 2025

    Trustees & Treasurers Conference 2025

    Quaker Life Conference Quaker Life organised a one day conference for Trustees & Treasurers to come together, be inspired, learn from each other. The conference encouraged us to interact with the speakers/workshops and ‘to see one another’s faces, and open our hearts one to another.’ Sitting at a table together was a bonus. However, it

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  • Quaker A-Z: L is for Living Faithfully

    Quaker A-Z: L is for Living Faithfully

    How do we live faithfully? At Yearly Meeting two questions were asked:   What is your message of peace for the world? What brings you a sense of inner peace? Photo by Brett Jordan on Unsplash Radical Peacemaking was the theme Agenda Committee chose for this year. We were reminded that radical means from the

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  • Quaker A-Z: G is for Gardens and Greening

    Quaker A-Z: G is for Gardens and Greening

    Gardens – a place to gather and share. This week we explore the use of gardens and what they say about your organisation.

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  • AdventWord 2024: Fruit

    AdventWord 2024: Fruit

    Fruit of the Spirit So many of my memories of Christmas include food. There are baked goods, savoury dishes, seasonal treats and of course the nuts and satsuma or orange in the toe of my stocking. When I’ve managed to grow or produce something for the Christmas meal, or another meal during the seasonal period

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  • Quaker A-Z: Y is for Yarn

    Quaker A-Z: Y is for Yarn

    A Good Yarn Firstly, in the last couple of A-Z blogs I’ve talked about reviewing your organisation and how you communicate with each other and further afield. Following this, I will refocus this time and talk about oral or verbal history and how that can enhance the meeting. In the last few years, I’ve been

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  • AdventWord 2024: Splendour

    AdventWord 2024: Splendour

    To see the splendour of the universe Tapestry of Blazing Starbirth Credit: NASA, ESA, and STScI Credit: NASA, ESA, and STScI This is a marvellous world, full of beauty and splendour; it is also an unrelenting and savage world, and we are not the only living things prone to dominate if given the chance. In

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