Bristol Quakers apologise for historic involvement in enslavement
As part of an on-going national re-examination of Quakers’ role in transatlantic chattel slavery, Bristol Quakers have formally acknowledged their role in the forced transportation of more than 13 million Africans across the Atlantic as slaves. The text acknowledges that ‘The unpaid forced labour of enslaved African people was the cornerstone of the ‘economy of […]
Silent vigil outside Bridewell Police Station
Bristol Quakers led a silent vigil outside Bridewell Police Station on 4th April 2025. Quakers are proud of their long history of speaking truth to power through peaceful protest. From 8.30 to 9.30am on Thursday 4th April Bristol Quakers led a vigil involving about a hundred people standing in silence outside Bristol’s Bridewell Police Headquarters […]
Bristol Peaceful Schools Project
Bristol Quakers Peaceful Schools project offers two courses to local primary schools on the topics of Peer Mediation and Peace Education. Peacemaking is one of the core Quaker values, which Quakers are committed to promoting locally as well as nationally. We believe that peace education is essential if children and young people are to be […]
Bristol Quaker Trustee reflects on the meaning of Remembrance Sunday
Chris Willmore, a Trustee of Bristol Quakers, appeared on BBC Radio Bristol’s Sunday Morning show on November 10 to give a Quaker take on the enduring meaning of Remembrance Sunday. Here’s what she had to say in conversation with presenter Caroline Martin. Click here to listen
Bristol Area Meeting Conference
Forced migration: some causes and consequences
Saturday 14 October 2023, Redland Meeting House Forced Migration is once again centre-stage in politics and the media, and the aim of the October Area Meeting Conference was to provide information and a platform for discussion. Now is a good time to revisit some core issues. Bristol Quakers have supported refugees and asylum seekers for […]
Vigil for Climate Justice – Quaker Week
Sunday, 24 September 2023 12.15 – 1pm – All welcome! Redland Quaker Meeting House, 126 Hampton Road, BS6 6JE Please come and join our vigil – bring your own poster, or join a poster-making session in the Meeting House (9.30 – 11am). Our weekly Meeting for Worship is from 11am-12 noon and the vigil starts at 12.15. During […]
Stop the destruction: Make ecocide illegal!
A 20 minute video edit of the Bristol Quaker’s Ecocide event is available – please feel free to share. Click here for video On a Saturday in September 2023, Friends and friends of Friends gathered at both Redland Meeting House and via Zoom from across the country to face the urgent question: How can we […]
Reparations – A half day conference
Saturday, 18 March 2023, 9.30am – 1pm – All welcome! Central Quaker Meeting House, Champion Square, BS2 9DB A half-day conference on Reparations and Reparative Justice for the evil consequences of the transatlantic trade in enslaved African people Ros Martin (poet, playwright and activist) will introduce her award-winning film Daughters of Igbo Women. Richard Reddie (Director […]
Bristol Quakers call for Ecocide to be recognised as an international crime
Bristol Quakers sign petition calling for Ecocide to be recognised as the fifth crime that can be prosecuted through the International Criminal Court At their Business Meeting held on 16th February Bristol Quakers decided to sign a manifesto authored by Stop Ecocide International calling for the recognition of Ecocide, defined legally as ‘unlawful or wanton […]
2023 Bristol Quaker Peace Lecture: Calling for Prison Abolition – towards social justice and safer communities?
In his 2023 Bristol Quaker Peace Lecture, Mike Nellis argued that ostensibly progressive penal reforms in England and Wales over the past 40 years have failed to achieve their hoped for goals, and an ever more punitive penal system continues both to expand and deteriorate. He raised the questions: Is it not immoral and unjust […]