QVA - QUAKER VOLUNTARY ACTION
Clerk / Adminstrator: Martin Smith: 1 Holt Lane, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, HD9 3BW
00 44 (0)1484 687139   mail@qva.org.uk
Working Retreats Co-ordinator: Jasmine Piercy: 00 44 (0)7910 434941   jasmine@qva.org.uk
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LATEST NEWS
WORKING RETREATS 2008
We are delighted to be holding our first overseas retreat at the newly reopened Maison Quaker, Congenies in the south of France in April (8th - 15th)

Swarthmoor will be hosting us again for two midweek projects, in May (18th - 23rd) and October (5th - 10th)

We shall be returning to Wrexham Meeting on the Welsh borders for a follow-up gardening retreat in June (6th - 8th)

Sale Meeting in Cheshire will be our destination for a long weekend working in the garden and burial ground in July (25th - 28th)

We get decorating and composting at Wellington Meeting in Somerset for a September weekend (19th - 21st)

Watch this space for details and dates as soon as they are confirmed

Quaker Voluntary Action is a Charity (no. 1083412) and a Company limited by Guarantee (no. 3908675)

Mission:
Our mission is to provide practical opportunities to put faith into action and to develop new ways of volunteering that meet the challenges of our time.

Its aims are:

 • To offer support and encouragement to Quaker Meetings in translating
their concerns into action

 • To witness to the value of volunteering and foster interest in volunteering
in projects with practical outcomes

 • To develop our links across Europe and provide opportunities for Friends
to meet and work together

 • To provide short-term opportunities for practical volunteering combined
with personal spiritual development

 • To increase the support for QVA from the Quaker community and others
and to build a secure financial base for the organisation
For information on Quakers in Britain
please visit:  www.quaker.org.uk