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Eco Award for South Belfast Meeting
South Belfast Meeting has won an Eco-Congregation Ireland award, in recognition of its commitment to the environment. Kate Fletcher and Megan Corrigan accepted the award on behalf of the Meeting on 7 December.
Homestore hits twenty-five
Quaker Social Action (QSA)’s Homestore project has marked its first quarter century. Friends and supporters gathered at the Stratford showroom in London on 14 December to celebrate with stories and a short film.
Exhibition shows Quaker response to war
A major exhibition on the Quaker response to the first world war opens on 17 January in Birmingham. ‘Faith and Action: Quakers and the First World War’ will be on show in the Community Gallery at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery until 7 June. Original photographs, film, interviews and artefacts will tell...
Drone base breach
Four protesters were arrested inside RAF Waddington on 5 January. They were campaigning against the continuing use of armed drones.
New director for Ecocentre
Michael Addison has been appointed director of Northfield Ecocentre, a Central England Area Meeting project in Birmingham. Michael will work three days a week from 23 February, heading a team of six paid staff and ten volunteers. His initial priority will be to develop a new Ecocentre strategy for the next...
Manchester equality vigil
Manchester and Warrington Area Meeting Social Justice Group held an equality vigil on 17 December. Up to thirty Friends took part on the steps of the Mount Street Meeting House in Manchester.
Taunton Meeting House closes for redevelopment
A nine-month long redevelopment of Taunton Meeting House will lead to ‘a model for how places of worship can be used,’ local Friends hope. The Meeting house closed earlier this week.
OBE for Wandsworth Friend
Quaker and academic Paul Ekins was awarded an OBE in the New Year’s Honours List for services to environmental policy.
International carols for peace
Art complemented campaigning recently, when East Cheshire Friends joined with local peace lobbyists and choirs to sing for peace. Friends, members of Stockport for Peace and representatives of community choirs held an ‘international carols for peace’ event on Sunday 7 December.
Zero-hours vigil at Friends House
Two support vigils were held at Friends House on 19 December, calling for the reinstatement of three former members of the hospitality staff.