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BYM overflow room introduced
Sessions at Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) will this year be relayed via an audiovisual link to an overflow room in Friends House. The initiative is one of a number that have been introduced as Yearly Meeting meets for the first time in the newly refurbished Large Meeting House. It is...
Plight of migrants raised
Paul Parker, recording clerk of Britain Yearly Meeting, has written to the prime minister to express Quakers’ concern at the plight of migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean.
Young people explore life’s challenges
The problems of identity and stereotyping were among those addressed at a Quaker event in Huddersfield on 19 April when forty young people met to share and discuss the issues they face today. The event, ‘Young people, peace and community’, was organised by the Northern Friends Peace Board (NFPB) as part...
‘Paying for Society’ hustings draws large audience to Friends House
Britain Yearly Meeting’s second hustings attracted more than 200 people. It took place in the Large Meeting House on Tuesday 21 April. All five main parties were represented. They faced questions about homeless provision, the rise in income inequality and whether they would repeal the Health & Social Care Act.
Gloucestershire Quakers in dialogue with candidates
A survey sent out by Friends to general election candidates across Gloucestershire elicited some unexpected responses. Candidates from four of the five political parties running for election in the county refused to reject out of hand the possibility of a link between the UK’s investment in armaments and current...
Book of mental health experiences to launch at Yearly Meeting
The Quaker Life Network’s newly published Encounters with mental distress: Quaker stories will be launched on Saturday 2 May at Yearly Meeting.
New Kinderstransport guide published
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...
Manchester and Warrington Quakers quiz candidatesÂ
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€...
Dorking Friends host lively hustings
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.
The Retreat looks to the future
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.