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Quakers given award for pay transparency
The Religious Society of Friends has been recognised for its commitment to fair pay practices with the award of a Pay Compare Mark.
Kindertransport exhibition at Peace Museum
A new exhibition on the dramatic story of the Kindertransport opens at the Peace Museum in Bradford on Holocaust Memorial Day.
Holocaust Memorial Day
The theme of Holocaust Memorial Day on 27 January is ‘how can life go on?’
Website outreach initiative
A new initiative that hopes to change the way information on Quaker websites in Britain is presented is being launched. Keith Walton, of Kingston and Wandsworth Area Meeting, is working with the Outreach team at Friends House to set up a group that will to gather input from Local Meetings...
Francis speaks out on nonviolence
Pope Francis, in a statement released on 1 January for the Catholic Church’s fiftieth World Day of Peace, urged Roman Catholics throughout the world to make nonviolence a ‘way of life’.
Quaker photographer given national recognition
The distinctive photography of Quaker and lecturer John Arnison has been recognised by the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Change at Church and Peace
Davorka Lovreković, of German Yearly Meeting, finished her four-year appointment as general secretary of Church and Peace in December 2016.
National Day of Healing planned
The Friends Fellowship of Healing is planning a National Quaker Day of Healing.
Daily worship
Holding a thirty minute Meeting for Worship in the Quaker Centre at Friends House from 12.30pm each weekday will continue in 2017.
EAPPI representative detained and deported
Isabel Apawo Phiri, the World Council of Churches (WCC) associate general secretary, has been interrogated and refused entry to Israel while on a programme supported by British and Irish Quakers.