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Insurer drops pipeline after climate witness
A week of climate action targeting insurance companies and attended by many Quakers is already having an effect, campaigners have said.
QSA flags Cost of Dying report
The cost of a funeral has risen by a greater percentage than house prices in the last twenty years, Quaker Social Action (QSA) has highlighted.
BYM becomes Voter Registration Ambassador
Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has signed up to become a Voter Registration Ambassador. The commitment includes launching a new general election webpage to coincide with Voter Registration Week.
Quaker Arts Network highlight performance witness
Friends gathered to discuss ‘performance as witness’ this month. Linda Murgatroyd, clerk of the Quaker Arts Network (QAN), which organised the event, told the Friend that the idea occurred to her when she learned that a number of the initiators of Climate Choir were Quakers. ‘The movement has grown very...
BYM condemns anti-extremism proposals
Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has written to the prime minister to warn of ‘the chilling effect’ on the right to protest, due to new legislation and policing powers. Signed by forty-five other groups, the letter said that possible new anti-extremism measures, including barring MPs engaging with certain groups, represent an...
Friends lead Climate Choir to parliament
Around 150 singers gathered at the House of Commons’ ten-metre-high lobby last week to witness against Rosebank, the North Sea oil field.
‘Offer real tax reform’, says BYM
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.
Friends mark Fox’s Cornish connection
George Fox’s Cornish connection will form part of the celebrations to mark the Quaker co-founder’s 400th anniversary.
No immediate community use for Woodbrooke building
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.
Campaign to protect Palestinian trees
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.