Hello everyone, I hope the sun is shining on you this week wherever you are. On Thursday, 1 May there is the first of the in-person Meeting House Matters sessions this year. It is going to be at Winchester Quaker Meeting House and will run between 10am and 4pm. The theme that we are exploring throughout this year is Support structures that keep Quaker communities running. You can still join in person, if you would like to please register using this form, https://forms.quaker.org.uk/mhm-25/. There is going to be a blended session at 2:00pm on Thursday, 1 May as part of the whole in-person event. The blended session will be looking at The role of a professional manager. Matt Moore will talk about his role and we will explore what meetings might need to think about when appointing a paid manager, the work they do and the support they need. The session will last no more than 90 minutes. If you would like to join the blended session you can join using the zoom details below, there is no need to register in advance. * Join Zoom Meeting: https://quaker.zoom.us/j/81586087624?pwd=aYxukeWCrw0Z80E9OuxIuJuZvXr8do.1 * Meeting ID: 815 8608 7624 * Passcode: MHM-online I look forward to seeing you online or in-person on Thursday. In friendship, Ollie Oliver Waterhouse (he/him) Quaker Life Team Leader, Local and Area Governance Quakers in Britain 020 7663 1007 (Direct) oliverw@quaker.org.uk<mailto:oliverw@quaker.org.uk> | www.quaker.org.uk<http://www.quaker.org.uk/> Book time with me (30 minutes)<https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/45557f13eb1a45d5810a699f5ccf952d@...> (15 minutes)<https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/45557f13eb1a45d5810a699f5ccf952d@...> Follow Quakers in Britain on Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/BritishQuakers>, YouTube<https://www.youtube.com/quakersinbritain>, Instagram<https://www.instagram.com/britishquakers/> and Bluesky<https://bsky.app/profile/britishquakers.bsky.social>. The Quaker Centre Bookshop and Café<https://www.friendshouse.co.uk/quaker-centre/> are open to the public. Friends House is open for meetings and events. All enquiries welcome to events@quaker.org.uk<mailto:events@quaker.org.uk> or www.friendshouse.co.uk/booking-enquiry. If you would like to support our work, you can give online at www.quaker.org.uk/donate. Britain Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) Registered charity number 1127633 | Friends House, 173 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BJ ________________________________ Quakers say: Religion is about the whole of life.