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Academic group launched by Q&B
The Quakers and Business (Q&B) Group has created an academic research group.
Reduced service in Friends House café in August
From 8 to 15 August, Friends House café will offer a reduced service in the Quaker Centre and from the coffee cart in the garden. This is connected to the refurbishment of the first floor. The restaurant will be open as usual.
A thousand Friends gather in Minnesota
Some 1000 Friends, representing one 150 Meetings, travelled to St. Joseph, Minnesota earlier this month for the Friends General Conference (FGC) gathering. Friends from the United States were joined by Quakers from Canada, Belize and Guatemala for a week of worship, music, activism and community. The theme was: ‘Be Humble. Be Faithful....
Blue plaque for Leeds Friend
A plaque commemorating Thomas Edmund (Ted) Harvey has been installed on the wall of his home (1923-1955) by Leeds Civic Trust.
Ada Salter remembered in Bermondsey
More than 400 people gathered in South London over two days in July to mark the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the birth of Quaker and social campaigner Ada Salter.
Hiroshima tradition continues in Coventry
Quakers throughout Britain will be supporting a wide range of events on Hiroshima Day, 6 August.
Apology for JRCT from national newspaper
The Daily Mail has apologised to the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (JRCT) for referring to it as a ‘pro-terrorist charity’.
Young people to participate
Friends between the ages of fourteen and twenty-one will consider Yearly Meeting business alongside Meeting for Sufferings on Saturday 3 December.
Tapestry on the road
Panels from the Quaker Tapestry are once more on the road, with twenty of them destined for Chelmsford Cathedral next month. The twenty panels will include those on conscientious objection, railways and Elizabeth Fry. A diary given by Elizabeth Fry to her niece will also be on show.
Friends in last ditch anti-Trident protests
Quakers across Britain joined protests in the days and hours before the ‘main gate’ vote on the renewal of the Trident nuclear weapons system, which took place on Monday 18 July.