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BYM shortlisted for campaigning award

FREE 11 May 2023 | by Rebecca Hardy | 0 comments

Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has been shortlisted for a major campaigning award as part of the Police Bill Alliance.

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Quaker London history walk returns

11 May 2023 | by Rebecca Hardy | 0 comments

A popular guided walk highlighting Quaker history in the heart of London’s financial district will return this month, thanks to a Hertfordshire Friend.

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QCEA prioritises ‘migration and peace’

11 May 2023 | by Rebecca Hardy | 0 comments

Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA) has chosen migration and peace as a key strand of its work for 2023-2024. According to its latest Around Europe newsletter: ‘Migration is a peace issue, and QCEA will work alongside others to develop this approach and make it more prominent in the European...

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Quakers lobby MPs on prison sentences

11 May 2023 | by Rebecca Hardy | 0 comments

Quakers in Criminal Justice (QICJ) and Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) briefed MPs ahead of a debate on indeterminate sentences last week. The debate on 27 April followed a conclusion last September from the UK parliament’s Justice Committee that Imprisonment for Public Protection Sentences (IPPs) caused profound psychological harm and mental...

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Correction

11 May 2023 | by Rebecca Hardy | 0 comments

Last week we said that the Woodbrooke Place residentials held at Glenthorne will be pay-as-led. This was incorrect. Woodbrooke says: ‘This year’s courses at Glenthorne follow their existing pricing structure and we’re working together to set prices in future which are affordable and sustainable for both organisations.’ We...

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US Friends support Vanguard arrestees

FREE 04 May 2023 | by Rebecca Hardy | 0 comments

Protesters being arrested at Vanguard | courtesy of Ray Bailey

Quakers in the US are urging Friends to support sixteen people who were arrested for taking part in climate protests against a major global company.

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Quaker presence at LGBT+ service

FREE 04 May 2023 | by Rebecca Hardy | 0 comments

Paul Parker, recording clerk of Britain Yearly Meeting, said that he was ‘moved to tears’ at a memorial service last week, held to remember LGBT+ people who’ve been harmed or died as a result of the trauma induced by rejection by their Christian communities.

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Lloyd’s urged to stop insuring fossil fuels

04 May 2023 | by Rebecca Hardy | 0 comments

Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) joined other faith groups to urge Lloyd’s of London to do more to tackle climate change.

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Banbury Quakers celebrate beech tree

04 May 2023 | by Rebecca Hardy | 0 comments

Banbury Friends have been celebrating the life of a beech tree which graced their garden for over 150 years, but recently had to be felled.

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Woodbrooke partners with Glenthorne

04 May 2023 | by Rebecca Hardy | 0 comments

Woodbrooke is developing a partnership with Glenthorne Guest House and Conference Centre, with two residential retreats already planned this year.

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