Armed Forces Day and the risky people

by | Jul 5, 2018

“The Armed Forces have decided your vigil will not prove a risk to their display”. “The Armed Forces have decided your vigil will not prove a risk to their display”. Among the many emails received from the local council as Bury St Edmunds Quaker Meeting went through...

Saving the NHS – and ‘bright ideas’ that might wreck it

by | Jul 2, 2018

The UK’s National Health Service is severely u The UK’s National Health Service is severely underfunded and overstretched. The Labour Party leader, Jeremy Corbyn, was among the speakers at a London rally and march on 30 June 2018, celebrating 70 years of the NHS and...

Faith, hope and an old photograph

by | Jun 29, 2018

We live in a time of rapid change: in technology, politics, beliefs and in perceptions of each other. We live in a time of rapid change: in technology, politics, beliefs and in perceptions of each other. To be thought behind the times is a designation few of us would...

Funding the NHS

by | Jun 25, 2018

The idea of introducing a charge for a visit to your GP or A&E is now frequently floated. The idea of introducing a charge for a visit to your GP or A&E is now frequently floated. Happily, on 25 June 2018 the BMA’s main policy-making body, the annual...

Ekklesia sponsors the Solas Festival

by | Jun 24, 2018

Having been involved over the past couple of years, Ekklesia is delighted to be coming on board as a sponsor of Solas, Scotland’s distinctive midsummer festival. Having been involved over the past couple of years, Ekklesia is delighted to be coming on board as a...