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Chichester Quakers host interfaith prayer service
Chichester Friends hosted an interfaith prayer service for world peace this month. Around fifty people from numerous faiths (and no faith) and denominations met to witness for peace through prayers, readings and poems at the event on 11 October.
Quaker advice to teachers on Israel and Palestine
Teaching materials on Palestine and Israel have seen a ‘rapid uptake’ recently, according to the Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) peace education team.
New Faith Museum features Quaker teacup
A new Faith Museum opened last month, showcasing a Quaker saucer and teacup as part of its collection.
QARN prepares for 2024 general election
Quaker Asylum and Refugee Network (QARN) has produced a new leaflet for Friends to share with MPs and party candidates on immigration issues.
Quakers call for ceasefire
Britain Yearly Meeting has joined American Friends Service Committee, Canadian Friends Service Committee, Friends Committee on National Legislation, and the Quaker United Nations Office, in calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.
Huddersfield Peace Lecture on gender-based violence
Huddersfield Friends held their annual peace lecture earlier this month. It was titled ‘From Yorkshire to Brazil and Back Again: Getting better responses to violence against women’.
BYM ‘shocked and deeply saddened’ by Israel and Palestine
Quakers in Britain are shocked and deeply saddened by the major escalation of violence in Israel and Palestine, Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) said last week.
EAPPI volunteers safely home
Two Irish nationals who monitor the human rights situation in Palestine, in a programme managed by Quakers in Britain, have been evacuated.
Quakers flag state of UK prisons
Quakers have spoken out about the conditions of prisoners, highlighted in a major newspaper investigation last month.
Sexual assaults at army training college
Nine rapes were reported to the police at Harrogate’s Army Foundation College last year, a Freedom of Information (FOI) request has shown.