Meccles
@mijecc.bsky.social
Live in Birmingham, a Quaker, work for @globalquakers.bsky.social Europe & Middle East Section, have 2 daughters, European, fair weather cyclist, spend most days pacing the streets of B30
Great British Railways will soon manage the whole rail network. This is a once-in-a-generation chance to improve the railway for people & places. Call for a better railway - email your MP using @bettertransport.bsky.social's form: actionnetwork.org/letters/a-be...
Email your MP: a better railway for people and places
Great British Railways is the new public body that will soon be responsible for managing the whole rail network, both track and trains. The creation of Great British Railways is a once-in-a-generation...
actionnetwork.org
Good to step out for a walking meeting with local councillor Roxanne Green (@brumgreens.bsky.social) and local residents to visit local danger spots and discuss ways to make our streets safer. With an age range from toddler to pensioner and a variety of perspectives, it was fascinating.
The Europe and Middle East Section of FWCC has had their annual meeting, 28-30th May online. Over 50 Friends gathered together. If you are intrested, you can read the epistle on the EMES website.
Friends have just completed the annual in-person meeting of the FWCC Central Executive Committee, which this year took place at the 'first Friends World Office'; Swarthmoor Hall. Please hold them in the Light as they return home, and as we move forward with the work together.
Thinking, with sympathy, of the abundance of non-white workers in the healthcare system who look after - and look out for - men like this every single day.
JWexTheSpa@jwsidders.bsky.social · 3mo agoToday’s FT www.ft.com/content/dbfe...
"Quakerism, as an experiential faith, changes over time. Friends around the world have evolved differently ... with different worship styles and theologies" - read Clerk of FWCC-EMES Ethel Livermore's account of attending all 4 FWCC Section meetings over the past year: fwccemes.org/news/reflect...
As many Friends know our Friend Yurii in Kyiv was detained recently. Read more about his story on the FWCC-EMES website with a few ideas of things you can do to support him and other COs in Ukraine, please share it with Friends in your groups and meetings: fwccemes.org/news/ukraini...
Due to instability and war in the world, two Yearly Meeting sessions of the Religious Society of Friends have been indefinitely cancelled; Cuba YM planned to meet in February, and Middle East YM planned to meet in April. Read more: fwccamericas.org/2026/04/02/p... fwccemes.org/news/please-...
Councils in Wales have been given new powers to install side road zebra crossings at junctions. Join Living Streets campaign to bring side road zebras to streets across the UK – we all deserve to cross side streets safely! @livingstreets.bsky.social act.livingstreets.org.uk/page/188243/...
Let us cross!
Councils in Wales have been given new powers to install side road zebra crossings at junctions – giving pedestrians clearer priority at side road junctions. Join Living Streets campaign to bring side...
act.livingstreets.org.uk
We have heard today (21st March) that Yurii has been released and is home. He was tortured while held by the authorities in Kyiv
Friends World Committee@globalquakers.bsky.social · 5mo agoMany Friends around the world know Yurii Sheliazhenko from Kyiv. Yurii was detained by the police in Kyiv yesterday, for being a conscientious objector to military service. Please uphold him. We are trying to get more information from local Friends. More here: ebco-beoc.org/press-releas...
Many Friends around the world know Yurii Sheliazhenko from Kyiv. Yurii was detained by the police in Kyiv yesterday, for being a conscientious objector to military service. Please uphold him. We are trying to get more information from local Friends. More here: ebco-beoc.org/press-releas...
🪟 Want to show people that you care about road safety and better transport this local election? Get a Better Streets for Birmingham poster to display in your window. Choose from six messages - or order a street pack with all posters - and just cover the cost of the stamp (£1.55) 📬.
Get a window poster for the May local elections
Show candidates and passers-by that you want safer streets and improved transport. Just pay postage of £1.55.
betterstreetsforbirmingham.org
Councils in Wales have been given new powers to install side road zebra crossings at junctions. Join Living Streets campaign to bring side road zebras to streets across the UK – we all deserve to cross side streets safely! @livingstreets.bsky.social act.livingstreets.org.uk/page/188243/...
Let us cross!
Councils in Wales have been given new powers to install side road zebra crossings at junctions – giving pedestrians clearer priority at side road junctions. Join Living Streets campaign to bring side...
act.livingstreets.org.uk
Migration is part of what makes this country great. We're not an island of strangers - we're an island of neighbours. The Green Party will always support fair & managed migration.
This election was a choice between hope and hate, and the people of Gorton and Denton chose hope 💚 🎉 Huge congratulations to the Honourable Member for Gorton and Denton! And to everyone who helped make this happen 👏 I can't wait to see you on Monday, Hannah, and give you the biggest, proudest hug
The Green Party of England & Wales@greenparty.org.uk · 5mo agoIntroducing Hannah Spencer MP 💚
Truth will not lose ground by being tried. Isaac Penington (1616-1679)
Last week @timquaker.bsky.social & @mijecc.bsky.social visited Friends in Geneva, lead worship and met staff @oikoumenewcc.bsky.social to talk about Quakers & peace before meeting staff at @quakerunoffice.bsky.social for a catch up. Later on they spent time at Taize discussing our work for peace
6 years ago today, it was good night Europe. 😞 Nothing is permanent...
The defection of Suella Braverman, who was sacked twice from Government in disgrace, spent £700m of taxpayers' money to send four volunteers to Rwanda on a deportation scheme that was then scrapped and has a public approval rating of minus 32 is currently being described as a "major coup" for Reform
"I feel like there is God in me... like there is a candle in me. God is not 'there' but he is here." Sikhuphukile Nare, a Quaker from Zimbabwe, shares her inward experience of worship. You can watch it here, and if her words speak to you, please do help us share her message. youtu.be/6DvxC9N5tZI?...
"There is God in me" - A Young Quaker on Faith and Global Quakerism
YouTube video by FWCC World Office
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Introducing the all new quno.org! Developed in conjunction with Circular Design, the newly reimagined QUNO website is now live. We invite you to visit to learn about who we are and what we do with the UN and our partners in service of peace. Visit here: www.quno.org
Quaker United Nations Office | QUNO
Discover the Quaker United Nations Office's vital work in promoting peace, justice, and sustainability globally. Join us in making a meaningful impact today.
quno.org
→ Michael Eccles (FWCC Europe & Middle East Section). @mijecc.bsky.social @globalquakers.bsky.social
