| Names ofthe chari | ty trustees who m | anage the charity | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TfUstae nalIle | ONce (Ifany) | Dates acted Ifnotforwhole | Name toa |
ofperson (orbody) ended nt truetee a |
|
| Andrew Smith | Treasurer | Area | Business Meeting | ||
| 2 | Caroline Stowe | ditto | |||
| 3 | David Braybrook | Clerk | ditto | ||
| 4 | Jennifer Pearman | ditto | |||
| 5 | Julia Smith | ditto |
| T | ofadviser | Name | Address | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solicitors | Milne Moser | 100Highgate, | Kendal, | LA94HE | ||
| Name | ofchief executive | or names ofsenior staff members | (Optional | informati | ||
| N/A |
| Along with maintaining regular safe opportunities for worship during the post |
|---|
| pandemic peiiod and throughout 2022.all four Local Meetings continued to |
| maintain systems ofsupport for individuals both by nominated role holders and |
| through organised. informal groups.The Area Meeting has worked on the |
| development ofspiritual and pastoral care and ways ofrethinking the |
| effectiveness ofthese in local meetings and across the Area Meeting in line with |
| national developments prompted by the Meeting for Sufferings ofBritain Yearly |
| Meeting. Many Friends provided and continue to provide pastoral and spiritual |
| support toeach other within and outside these cirdes. Opportunities were |
| circulated for wider options for worship and study to exis5ng and new attenders. |
| The Area and four Local Meetings maintained their Meetings forWorship for |
| Business supporting the life ofthe Religious Society. Ablended approach |
| combining on line and in person mee5ngs was used, when appropriate, for local |
| and Area Business Meetings. Investment was made in video conferencing |
| technology for use in Kendal Local Meeting and forthe Area Meeting to enable |
| the wklest possible group ofFriends to attend worship and other events. |
| Friends have actively pursued Quaker concerns throughout 2022 following our |
| Quaker testimonies ofpeace, equality, justice, simplicity and suslainability. A key |
| example isthe Friends were and are involved in a range of individual and group |
| activities in furtherance ofthese concerns. We continued to provide educational |
| activities for ourselves and othess (mee5ngs forlearnin, study groups, talks, |
| discussions) focusing for on concerns as well as spiritual development. For |
| instance, concerns have induded sustainability and dimate change. A number |
| ofFriends from across the Area Meeting participated in a Sustainability group, |
| which involved Friends from three ofthe four Local Meetings. |
| We have increased our outreach activi5es and promoted the use ofour buildings |
| by external groups socontributing tothe life ofour heal communities. These |
| included Kendal and Kirkby Stephen Meetings hosting ofthe 2022 Interfaith |
| yeariy events in their local areas. Kendal and Kirkby Stephen Local Meetings |
| have regular local community groups use oftheir buildings and this has been in |
| development in Preston Patrick and Brigflatts Meetings. |
| Friends have been actively involved in the support ofthe Quaker Tapestry with |
| its role in outreach and some served as its trustees and on its committees. |
| Kendal Meeting has run regular displays induding use ofthe Quaker Week |
| edition ofthe Quaker publication of The Friend forvisitors tothe building. This |
| local meeting has also developed outside banner displays forthe local |
| community using key Quaker messages forinstance on peace and equality. Kirkby Stephen and Preston Patrick have also developed ways ofpresenting |
| Quaker messages to local people.. |
| Kendal and Brigflatts Meetings continue tofocus their monthly special collection |
| pmcesses to indude the charities highlighted by the work ofthe Area Meeting |
| wide Austerity later Sustainability Groups. These are in line with our testimonies |
| to indude for example charities fighting food poverty such as Fare Share and the |
| Trussell Trust. |
| Friends from three ofthe Local Meetings have actively maintained their historic |
| burial grounds and gardens and welcomed visitors to their Mee5ng Houses |
| outside any organised events. Brigflatts Meeting has regular international and |
| country wide visitors. |
| Trustees and the Properties Committee have successfully managed the on- |
| going maintenance ofour historic Meeting Houses during 2022 especially in a |
| post Covid period ofIncreasing costs. In 2021 a challenge forthe Area Meeting |
| had been the level ofthe fundraising effort required forthe complex and costly |
| work needed to restore the roofofthe Kendal Meeting House; work which was |
| then carrhd out in 2022. The discovery ofnecessary, previously hidden, |
| additional work, in December 2021,increased this challenge. The fundraising |
| and lannin have included su for this oint work with our leaseholder the |
| Mach 2012 |