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Book of mental health experiences to launch at Yearly Meeting

30 April 2015 | by Tara Craig | 0 comments

The Quaker Life Network’s newly published Encounters with mental distress: Quaker stories will be launched on Saturday 2 May at Yearly Meeting.

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New Kinderstransport guide published

FREE 23 April 2015 | by Tara Craig | 0 comments

Library resources on the Kindertransport. | Melissa Atkinson, Friends House Library.

The Kindertransport is the focus of the latest Subject Guide of The Library of the Religious Society of Friends. The new guide gives details of Kindertransport information held by the library. This includes press cuttings and printed accounts of former Kindertransportees. It also provides information on where to find related...

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Manchester and Warrington Quakers quiz candidates 

23 April 2015 | by Tara Craig | 0 comments

The Social Justice Group of Manchester and Warrington Area Meeting has sent questions to local parliamentary candidates. The nine questions focused on peace, the environment, social justice and the TTIP (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership). They included ‘Are you in favour of Britain renewing its Trident nuclear weapons system?’ and â€...

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Dorking Friends host lively hustings

23 April 2015 | by Tara Craig | 0 comments

Dorking Quakers hosted an election hustings on 17 April, attracting 140 participants. All candidates in the Mole Valley constituency, which includes Dorking, took part, and each of the five main parties was represented.

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The Retreat looks to the future

23 April 2015 | by Tara Craig | 0 comments

The Retreat, the York mental health facility, has applied for planning permission to build a new patient day care facility for the treatment of patients with eating disorders.

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Friends explore end of life issues

23 April 2015 | by Tara Craig | 1 comment | 1 comments

Quaker Life Central Committee (QLCC) is setting up a working group on end of life issues.

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Anti-Trident event in Bournemouth

23 April 2015 | by Tara Craig | 0 comments

Friends in Bournemouth. | Courtesy of Bournemouth Friends.

On Saturday 11 April a group of Quakers gathered in The Square, Bournemouth, to raise awareness of Trident and its proposed renewal.

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Friend highlights green economy in Scotland

23 April 2015 | by Tara Craig | 0 comments

The sole Friend standing as a candidate for election in Scotland has highlighted the need to develop more jobs in the green economy.

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BYM redevelops website

23 April 2015 | by Tara Craig | 0 comments

‘Quaker.org.uk’, the website of Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM), is being revamped. This will make it easier for users to find what they need quickly and easily, on whatever device they choose.

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Quakers challenge military spending

FREE 16 April 2015 | by Tara Craig | 0 comments

Buckets and buttons were used for voting on how our money should be spent during the Global Day of Action on Military Spending (GDAMS) on 13 April. | Trish Carn.

Friends joined the Global Day of Action on Military Spending (GDAMS) on Monday 13 April. Quaker Peace and Social Witness (QPSW) activists were among those taking part in the annual event. GDAMS was launched in 2011, and is timed to coincide with the release of the annual world military expenditure figures by...

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