As you know, Area Meeting used some of Hugh and Joyce Mellor’s legacy to buy a house in High Wycombe to be used by Wycombe Refugee Partnership as short-term temporary accommodation for…
Lifting the Lid on the Causes of Violence – Why Conflict? Part 1
Great turnout for the first of three events in our series Why Conflict? Why Violence?, organised in conjuction with local Amnesty. Three fascinating talks on the theme of ‘Lifting the Lid on…
Friendship in Action – Aylesbury
The Aylesbury Quaker Meeting‘s Friendship in Action project launched on the evening of 21st January 2019 in the Town Centre (not in our own Meeting House at the moment, for logistical reasons). …
Why Conflict? Why Violence
YOUR CHANCE TO MEET VIOLENCE WITH REASON A series of FREE public events looking into the causes of violence and how we can respond constructively to its challenges. 9th February, 2nd &…
Planting Trees at Jordans Youth Hostel
Chilterns Area Quakers have been planting an orchard of fruit and nut trees in the field beside the Youth Hostel at Jordans, which was previously very overgrown. The weather was kind to…
Mellor House: a joint Area Meeting project with the Wycombe Refugee Partnership
After spending a large part of the legacy received from Hugh and Joyce Mellor on bringing our Meeting Houses up to date, Chilterns Area Quaker Meeting decided to spend a substantial part…
White Poppies at Beaconsfield and Amersham
Remembering the Friends Ambulance Unit and All Victims of War, Jordans Friends suggested to Churches together in Beaconsfield that as Quakers we would like to lay a wreath of white poppies on…
Aylesbury Quakers Place Wreath At Remembrance Sunday Events
Aylesbury Quakers placed a Wreath at the Memorial in Aylesbury on Sunday November 11th as part of the official Remembrance Service on this the 100th year since the end of World War…
Jordans Monthly Meeting Camp
Jordans Camp has taken place every year for over 60 years. In 2015 it was in Dorset, 2016 Royston and 2017 Dorset again. Regardless of location, it takes much the same form…
Week of Prayer for World Peace
The annual event for Week of Prayer for World Peace (WPWP) was held at Wycombe Meeting House on Sunday 14th October. Over 80 people squeezed into the Meeting Room at High Wycombe…