Quakers in Yorkshire

Turning the Tide Workshop Series - Nonviolence for a Change, Huddersfield FMH, 21 Jan 2012

#5: Don't just sit there! Exploring direct action.

Nonviolent direct action targets property, infrastructure or groups or person(s) deemed to be doing harm, or perpetuating a system of injustice. It may mean breaking the law and risking arrest, but as well it may not. Discerning what role in the action is right for you is an important part of the process. In this workshop we'll look at questions such as this and how to prepare for taking action.

Further details, see  www.turning-the-tide.org and below.

Airton Meeting Historical Study Day, Sat 8 Oct 2011

Quakerism & its antecedents in the North of England before the Restoration

Places are limited, early booking is advised. There will be space on the programme for a few people to give short (15 min) presentations on relevant topics – we’d particularly like to hear from anyone who may have researched the Grindletonians,  the Seekers or other Yorkshire communities which may have influenced early Quakerism. There will also be ample space for visual displays. Anyone who may wish to give a talk or display materials/posters is invited to contact Laurel Phillipson (tel. 01756 753965 or e-mail dw.l.phillipson@btinternet.com ). Flier/booking form.

George Fox & Margaret Fell get stuck in a lift, season starts 3rd Oct 2011

A play by Alan Avery.  For details see Quaker Theatre Company.

The tour includes Pickering, York, Sheffield, Leeds and Hull.

Turning the Tide Workshop Series - Nonviolence for a Change, Huddersfield FMH, from Sep 2011 - Aug 2012

#1: 'Nonviolence a Dangerous Idea', Sat 24 Sep 2011

A series of workshops hosted by Turning the Tide in collaboration with Huddersfield Quakers and other local peace and justice groups -for people with some experience of working with others to address injustices and make changes. You can sign up for the whole 12 session course, or just dip into the sessions that interest you.

Early booking is advised.  For full course book by 1st Aug. The fee is £350 for the year; £35 per workshop, and concessions and payment plan options are available. Venue is Friends Meeting House, Church Street, Paddock, Huddersfield, HD1 4TR. Wheelchair accessible.

For applications materials and more information see: www.turning-the-tide.org

or email: denised@quaker.org.uk, or stevew@quaker.org.uk,  or call: 020-7663-1061 & 1064

QVA Holiday, Barmoor, 18-22 July 2011

A short, self-catering holiday for young Autistic adults in the delightful surroundings of Barmoor.
Helpers & autistic young people needed.  Details here.

Risk & the Criminal Justice System, 14th May 2011

An all day conference presented by Leeds Quaker Criminal Justice Group
Leeds, Oxford Place Centre

Speakers:

Airton Barn Reopening, 1st May 2011

Airton Meeting will be celebrating the repair, refurbishment and re-opening of The Barn (hostel) on the 1st of May, and they invite Friends who would like to see what has been accomplished, to join them. The programme for the day has yet to be arranged but will include food, friendship, entertainment (perhaps clog dancing), and a meeting for worship.

The revamped barn will have 6 hostel bunk spaces plus space for about 14 people to sleep on the floor. Airton would like to emphasize its potential for daytime and evening events, including visits, meetings and retreats by Quaker groups. In addition to the oldest extant Quaker meeting house (in use by 1658), it will have disabled-accessible meeting rooms, kitchens, library and wc's

Contact Laurel Philipson  (tel. 01756 753965 or dw.l.phillipson@btinternet.com)  nearer the time to get more information.

Kindertransport, 9 Apr Pickering QMH & 16 Apr Friargate, York QMH

A play by Clap Trap Theatre Company, hosted by Quaker Theatre Company

Performances will be at 7:30pm. Tickets £8. Phone 01751-474043

QCEA Climate Conference, 5th Mar 2011

Friargate, York, Quaker Meeting House

A one-day conference on energy security, conflict & climate change.
With Linda McAvan, MEP. Organised by Quaker Council for European Affairs.

To register please send name and full contact details (including e-mail address) with conference fee of £10, payable to QCEA British Committee, to: Vivien Flynn, 45 Lucombe Way, New Earswick, York YO32 4DS

Further details from conference@qceabc.org.uk or vivacevivaldi@hotmail.com

Quaker Tapestry Stall, 25-28th Nov 2010

Harrogate International Exhibition Centre, Kings Road, HG1 5LA

The Quaker Tapestry (based in Kendal) will be displaying 16 tapestry panels in a prime location at the Knitting and Stitching Show in Harrogate, from 25-28th November. Do take advantage to come to the show and recommend it to your friends and acquaintances.

Volunteer stewards (2-4 hours) will get a free pass to the Show. No experience necessary; The role involves – supervising the panels, chatting to visitors, smiling, selling sewing kits, books and cards in the associated small shop.

Offers of help to Bridget Guest at bridget@quaker-tapestry.co.uk or 01539-814860 (direct line).

The Word,  7:30pm 19-23 Oct 2010, various locations

A play by Kaj Munk, performed by Quaker Theatre Company

'THE WORD' asks Friends searching questions about the nature of their faith. The play lasts 45 mins and is followed by a discussion. It is unsuitable for under sixteens.
Performances in Leeds, Kendal, York, Sheffield, Malton. Tickets £8.  Further details

On Human Folly,  7:30pm 8th Oct 2010

A play by Plain Quakers Theatre Company

Huddersfield Meeting House, HD1 4DR.  Tickets £4 from Mike Glover, 01924-520422, or on the door.

This two-man play  was performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2008 and then toured  the country, from Penrith to Exmouth and Bristol to Cambridge. It has also been seen in Ireland, France and the Netherlands.

On Human Folly is a show that raises difficult questions without easy answers and provides a quizzical sideways look at token environmentalism. The play moves easily between the past and the present, and recounts the 1772 journey to England of John Woolman, the eighteenth century American Quaker, and his death in York that year.  Woolman’s story is told from the perspective of two historical Quakers who might have observed his progress, Caleb Marsden a Yorkshire tradesman and Samuel Galton, an important Birmingham arms manufacturer whose family was subsequently disowned by the Quakers. Woolman worked tirelessly to abolish slavery: three generations of Galtons sold weapons to slave traders. 

 A contemporary parallel to Woolman’s story is provided by two mature present-day gents who imagine that re-cycling plastic bags will save the planet. The play challenges contemporary values; can we stop getting and spending long enough to think of the consequences of our thoughtlessness?  Do we have too much ‘stuff’?  Is being green really the answer?

Don’t miss it; the play asks the most important question you will ever have to answer: ‘What did you do when you realised greed was killing the world?’

There are no sermons, but a good story, some jokes, and some painful decisions. 

Huddersfield Peace Lecture, 7:30pm 13th May 2010

Making Friends with 'the enemy'

with Jo Berry & Pat MacGee

This dramatic evening challenges the knee-jerk reactions of anger and blame, and shows how the deeper roots of war, terrorism and violence  can be approached through understanding, dialogue and a peaceful, non-violent approach.  Click for poster.