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Rajagopal’s work recognised
The Indian nonviolent campaigner Shri Rajagopal PV has won the Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration for the year 2013 and 2014. He will receive the award from Sonia Gandhi on 31 October. The award is given to individuals or organisations who have promoted national integration, fellowship and understanding among the religious groups,...
Religious leaders in zero carbon call
More than 150 religious leaders have signed a statement calling for a zero carbon, climate resilient and equitable future. The statement was handed to the executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Christiana Figueres. It was coordinated by ACT Alliance, CIDSE (an international alliance of Catholic development...
Friend makes Scouting history
Ann Limb, of Milton Keynes Meeting, has been elected chair of The Scout Association UK. She is the first woman to hold the post and is responsible, with the trustees and chief executive, for the strategic oversight of the organisation, with legal and financial accountability for its policies and activities....
Glebe House celebrates fifty years
More than 100 guests gathered on 16 October to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the Glebe House Community Trust. Among those celebrating was Geoffrey Brogden, who founded the Cambridgeshire project. He gave a speech, as did Friends Sue Brock-Hollinshead and Sheila Gatiss. Peter Clarke, director of Glebe House, gave the welcome speech.
London Friend injured on the West Bank
David Amos, of Wandsworth Meeting, was injured last week when Israeli settlers attacked the Palestinian farmers with whom he was volunteering.
Claridge House looks to the future
Major refurbishment and improvements are on the way for Claridge House, the Quaker retreat centre in Dormansland, Surrey. The work includes making all bedrooms en suite and enhancing facilities for people with disabilities. The centre will be closed for the first half of 2016, to enable all the work to be...
Rowntree Walks go further
The Rowntree Society has announced plans to expand its original ‘Rowntree Walk’ leaflet. The new guide will be a twenty-page booklet containing five distinct walks in York, all of which have links to the Rowntree family.
Peru: more open places released
Additional open places have been added for those hoping to participate in the next Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC) plenary.
Twelve Friends and a dog
A dozen Quakers and a seemingly camera-shy dog walked from Boscombe Pier to Bournemouth Pier on Saturday 17 October.
Friends House visitors share A-bomb experiences
Atomic bombing survivors (hibakusha) Masashi Ieshima and Kuniko Kimura visited Friends House on 12 October, as part of a tour of Europe. Paul Parker, recording clerk of Britain Yearly Meeting, welcomed the visitors to Friends House. He said: ‘It is important to us as Quakers that the events of 1945 are never...