Southport Quakers launch peace essay competition
Southport Quakers have launched a competition for the best 500 word essay on peace
Southport Quakers have launched a competition for the best five hundred word essay on the subject of peace written by young people studying at Key Stage 4 and 5. The Dorothy Trippier Peace Essay Competition is funded by a legacy to Southport Quakers from Dorothy Tripper. The title for this year’s essay was announced on Monday 2 September.
It is ‘Creating a more peaceful society’. The closing date for submissions is 29 October and the results will be announced on 30 December. Prizes and certificates will be presented by Ian Trippier in January. The winning essay will be published in the Friend.
Entrants are allowed to use illustrations if they wish and have been encouraged to ‘reference personal experience’ and ideas from people that they know. Submissions are welcome from both Friends and non-Friends from all over Britain and Ireland.
Isobel Dunbar, of Southport Meeting, said: ‘The Peace Education Committee of Quaker Peace & Social Witness have agreed to coordinate the judging. Details are available at http://bit.ly/SouthportPeaceEssay2013.’
Memories of Dorothy Trippier are recorded in the Meeting’s book of remembrance: ‘Before the war Dorothy was studying at Liverpool Art School. She and her husband, Milton, came to Quakers during the second world war because, as conscientious objectors, they were not treated well. Dorothy worked as a land girl and after the war they ran a market garden with some cows also.
‘She was involved in the building of our new Meeting house and in saving Becconsall Old Church.
‘All children were welcome in their house. So many of us remember happy times there. She often brought fruit in for Friends. I remember a beaming smile and a wicked little wink.’
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