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Friends to demonstrate at Willesden
Quakers will attend a demonstration outside Willesden Magisrates’ Court on Wednesday 24 February in support of Sam Sender, of Ealing Meeting, who is being sentenced that day.
East Cheshire Quakers mark centenary of ‘conscience clause’
East Cheshire Quakers are leading up to their exhibition ‘War and Conscience: Choices Then and Now 1916-2016’, at Macclesfield Library, with a preliminary promotional display (see photograph).
Friends mark major centenary
The work by Quakers to ensure recognition of the right to refuse to kill was marked at Westminster last week on the centenary of the passing of the Military Service Act in 1916. An event was held in the Atlee Suite at Portcullis House beside the House of Commons on Wednesday 27...
Skipton Friends celebrate centenary of peace congress
A special event took place at the Friends Meeting House in Skipton, North Yorkshire, on 27 January to remember the International Congress of Women that was held in The Hague in 1915 as a response to the carnage of world war one.
Friends in Hastings: 150 years of worship
Quakers in Hastings in Sussex recently marked the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the opening of their Meeting house with a celebration on 25 January.
Military Service Act
The role played by Friends in influencing the Military Service Act of 1916 was featured in the BBC Radio 4 Sunday programme on 24 January.
Workshop targets armed drones
The Quaker Council of European Affairs (QCEA) continues to highlight a concern among Friends over the increasing use of remote-controlled flying robots (Drones) that carry weapons in conflict situations.
Sunday Worship from Long Lartin
The Prisons’ Week service recorded in the chapel of HMP Long Larton Prison in Worcestershire that was postponed due to the Paris bombing in November will be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on Sunday 31 January.
Sibford appoints new head
Toby Spence has been appointed as the new head of Sibford School near Banbury. He succeeds Michael Goodwin, who retires after being head of the Quaker school since 2004. Toby is only the twelfth head in Sibford’s 174-year history.
Friend convicted for Heathrow protest
Sam Sender, a member of Ealing Meeting, and twelve members of the Plane Stupid action group were tried at Willesden Magistrates’ Court and convicted in Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court on 25 January of aggra-vated trespass for staging a protest against the proposed expansion at Heathrow and its environmental impact.