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Friends lead Climate Choir to parliament

FREE 14 March 2024 | by Rebecca Hardy | 0 comments

'A ‘flash mob’ singing Handel’s Hallelujah chorus, reworded with the lines: ‘Fossil fuel profits are outrageous – Stop Rosebank! Stop Rosebank!’ | The Climate Choir, courtesy Linda Murgatroyd

Around 150 singers gathered at the House of Commons’ ten-metre-high lobby last week to witness against Rosebank, the North Sea oil field.

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‘Offer real tax reform’, says BYM

FREE 14 March 2024 | by Rebecca Hardy | 0 comments

Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has joined ninety organisations in urging the UK government to offer real tax reform. The call came after the government announced a 2p cut in national insurance in its 2024 budget.

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Friends mark Fox’s Cornish connection

14 March 2024 | by Rebecca Hardy | 0 comments

George Fox’s Cornish connection will form part of the celebrations to mark the Quaker co-founder’s 400th anniversary.

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No immediate community use for Woodbrooke building

14 March 2024 | by Rebecca Hardy | 0 comments

The Bournville Village Trust (BVT) has said that the historic site of the Woodbrooke Study Centre will become part of its long-term asset management, with no immediate plans to use it for the community.

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Campaign to protect Palestinian trees

14 March 2024 | by Rebecca Hardy | 0 comments

The Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI), a World Council of Churches programme managed by Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM), has highlighted a campaign to protect trees in Palestine.

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Quakers host major climate justice festival

FREE 07 March 2024 | by Rebecca Hardy | 0 comments

Mizanur Rahman, Lyndsay Burtonshaw of BYM, and Rehena Harilall, facilitating a session on spiritual activism at ‘And Still We Rise’ | courtesy of Michael Preston for BYM

Almost 1,000 people gathered at Friends House last month as it played host to a major climate festival.

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Friends witness against attempts to override juries

FREE 07 March 2024 | by Rebecca Hardy | 0 comments

Quakers gathered at the Royal Courts of Justice in London last month to witness against a ruling seeking to override juries.

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Quakers talk prisons with shadow minister

07 March 2024 | by Rebecca Hardy | 2 comments | 2 comments

The Quakers in Criminal Justice (QICJ) group met with Quaker Ruth Cadbury, Labour MP for Brentford and Isleworth, last month.

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Hampshire & Islands Quakers bridge distance

07 March 2024 | by Rebecca Hardy | 1 comment | 1 comments

Hampshire & Islands Quakers found a way of gathering together last month, despite the 150 miles between Meetings. The Area Meeting (AM) ‘faces challenges in bringing members together, while minimising our carbon footprint,’ said Hazel Inskip, of Southampton Meeting. ‘So we tried a new approach.’

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Quakers get ready for World Plenary

07 March 2024 | by Rebecca Hardy | 0 comments

Friends are gathering to discuss this summer’s Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC) World Plenary. The theme of the meeting in August is: ‘Living the Spirit of Ubuntu: Responding with hope to God’s call to cherish creation – and one another’.

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