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Leaveners look to past to inform future
The Leaveners, the Quaker arts charity based in Birmingham, is to develop an archive.
New project on Quakers and the first world war
A Quaker academic is to examine the effects of the first world war and its aftermath on the attitudes, activities and theology of the Religious Society of Friends in Britain.
Lunchbreak flashmob
Huddersfield Friends attending a recent Northern Friends Peace Board (NFPB) meeting spent their lunchbreak taking part in a flashmob action.
Quaker Service names new operations manager
David Morton will join Belfast-based Quaker Service as operations manager in March.
Conscientious objectors to be honoured in Hitchin
A new peace garden in the grounds of Hitchin Meeting House will honour conscientious objectors, among others. Friends have been planning the garden for more than a year. They intend to create a path around the Meeting house grounds, that joins a number of ‘points of interest’. The first of...
Let’s go fly a kite
The annual ‘Fly Kites Not Drones’ weekend will take place between 19 and 21 March to coincide with the Afghan New Year.
Friends debate money in Bangor
Sue Holden of Wensleydale Meeting and Tony Weekes of South Belfast Meeting spoke at a public meeting at Bangor University in Wales on Thursday 3 March.
Opposition to the Housing Bill
Friends will be participating in a national demonstration against the Housing and Planning Bill in London on Sunday 13 March.
American Friends move to end mass incarceration
The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) has announced the launch of a new initiative, the Quaker Network to End Mass Incarceration (QNEMI).
Cuba comes to Cambridge
The Women’s World Day of Prayer on 4 March was marked in a decidedly Cuban way at Jesus Lane Meeting in Cambridge. The service was written by the Cuban World Day of Prayer (WDP) national committee and others in Cuba, Jane Wheatley of Jesus Lane told the Friend. This yearâ€...