| Description | Grant file containing correspondence, minutes, agendas, list of committee members, accounts, reports, copies of published material, leaflets and funding requests relating to the Quaker Peace and Service (QPS), Central Committee. Funding source(s): Barrow and Geraldine S. Cadbury Trust. Applicant overview: Quaker Peace and Service (QPS, now Quaker Peace and Social Witness, QPSW) was formed by the union of the Friends Service Council and the Friends Peace Committee. QPS aims to serve as a hub for local and national Quaker action for peace and justice and is committed to non-violent social change. QPS work strives to reflect and express Quaker testimonies to peace and non-violence, simplicity, equality and community, and truth and integrity. QPS supports Quaker witness in local communities and represent Quakers at a national level to parliament, government and the general public. QPS is also actively involved in international Quaker peace work. The Central Committee is the executive arm of the QPS. Nature of support: No grants were made. Minutes: No minutes cited. Notes: This file contains primarily administrative and strategic papers relating to the operation of QPS and its relationship with the Cadbury Trusts. Trust minutes and grant details can be found elsewhere in the QPS sequence. File organised by date from newest to oldest. File not numbered. |