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Leaveners look to past to inform future

17 March 2016 | by Tara Craig | 0 comments

An early poster from 1989. | Courtesy of the Leaveners.

The Leaveners, the Quaker arts charity based in Birmingham, is to develop an archive.

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New project on Quakers and the first world war

17 March 2016 | by Tara Craig | 0 comments

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.

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Lunchbreak flashmob

10 March 2016 | by Tara Craig | 0 comments

Friends outside Nottingham Meeting House. | Robin Bowles.

Huddersfield Friends attending a recent Northern Friends Peace Board (NFPB) meeting spent their lunchbreak taking part in a flashmob action.

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Quaker Service names new operations manager

10 March 2016 | by Tara Craig | 0 comments

David Morton. | Courtesy of David Morton.

David Morton will join Belfast-based Quaker Service as operations manager in March.

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Conscientious objectors to be honoured in Hitchin

FREE 10 March 2016 | by Tara Craig | 0 comments

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...

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Let’s go fly a kite

10 March 2016 | by Tara Craig | 0 comments

The annual ‘Fly Kites Not Drones’ weekend will take place between 19 and 21 March to coincide with the Afghan New Year.

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Friends debate money in Bangor

10 March 2016 | by Tara Craig | 0 comments

Hywel Williams, Sue Holden and Ryan Heaton. | Tony Weekes.

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.

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Opposition to the Housing Bill

10 March 2016 | by Tara Craig | 0 comments

Friends will be participating in a national demonstration against the Housing and Planning Bill in London on Sunday 13 March.

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American Friends move to end mass incarceration

10 March 2016 | by Tara Craig | 0 comments

The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) has announced the launch of a new initiative, the Quaker Network to End Mass Incarceration (QNEMI).

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Cuba comes to Cambridge

10 March 2016 | by Tara Craig | 0 comments

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€...

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