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Friends embrace other faiths
Paul Parker, recording clerk of Britain Yearly Meeting, recently took part in an interfaith event at the Islamic Cultural Centre at Regents Park Mosque in central London. Some twenty representatives of faith groups, including Jewish, Christian and Muslim leaders, attended the event on 16 January. Organisers described it as ‘an act...
Leighton Park celebrates anniversary
Leighton Park School recently marked the 125th anniversary of its founding with a series of events.
Friends in fracking protest
Quakers were among hundreds of people taking part in an anti-fracking protest in London on 26 January. The ‘No Fracking Any-where’ protest was organised by Friends of the Earth and other organisations.
Friends mark Auschwitz anniversary
Quakers are among those marking Holocaust Memorial Day, and the seventieth anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, on 27 January. The theme of Holocaust Memorial Day 2015 is ‘Keep the Memory Alive’. A key feature of the commemoration will be the telling of personal stories.
QHA dishes up 1,000 meals
Volunteers at the Quaker Homeless Action (QHA) Christmas Shelter served 1,103 hot meals over the festive season. The shelter, held annually in the Union Chapel in Islington, North London, was open from 3pm on 23 December to 10am on 30 December. Volunteers spent 22 December setting it up.
Quaker election website goes live
The new Quaker election website, ‘Quaker Vote’, was launched on Tuesday 20 January. It was developed by Britain Yearly Meeting’s advocacy and public relations team to help Friends engage with the election and influence debate.
Australian Quakers divest funds
Australian Friends are to move their investments from funds that damage the earth. More than 200 Australian Quakers, gathering in Melbourne for Yearly Meeting, agreed to remove their corporate funds from the country’s ‘big four’ banks. They also called on individual members and Meetings to do the same.
Friends House vigil continues
A vigil has been held outside Friends House for the third consecutive Monday.
DramaQuest 2015 theme announced
The Leaveners have announced the theme for the next DramaQuest. This year’s annual summer residential event will focus on ‘Child Heroes’, looking at the stories of children who have made their mark. ‘Child Heroes’ was chosen because it is highly relevant, ‘since society still faces discrimination, inequality, injustice, violence...
Solidarity with France
Falmouth Quakers held a Peace Vigil at 2pm on Sunday 11 January, to coincide with the unity march in Paris. ‘We stand in solidarity with the people of France’, Falmouth Meeting elder Andrina Cossey told the Friend.