Solidarity with cycling Friends
Quakers are cycling through Britain as an act of witness over their concerns for the welfare state
Friends have been coming together in solidarity with Quakers who are currently cycling through Britain to London as an act of witness over their concerns for the welfare state in a ‘Ride for Equality and the Common Good’.
Meeting houses have read out a ‘Quaker Declaration for Equality and the Common Good’ that the cyclists are taking to 10 Downing Street.
Southern Marches and Mid-Wales Quaker Camp read out the Declaration in full at the start of their Meeting for Worship on 21 and 22 July, as did Bolton Friends.
The action is based on a belief ‘in the right of all to dignity’ and affirms Quaker testimonies on equality and social justice.
The ‘Ride for Equality and the Common Good’ began at Swarthmoor Hall in Cumbria on 22 July and will conclude in London on 3 August.
In 2017 Friends from Kendal and Sedburgh also organised a walk as an act of witness against cuts in the welfare system.
The cyclists are covering twenty-five to thirty miles a day and enjoying the hospitality of Friends in Meetings along the way. A copy of the Declaration is available on the website of Kendal and Sedburgh Quakers.
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