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Quaker peace witness in Ukraine
Two Friends have recently returned from a trip to Ukraine where they were engaged in peace witness. In May Friends from Russia and Estonia voiced their concern over the situation in Ukraine and expressed an interest in visiting to see how they could help.
London homeless remembered
The names of 149 people were read aloud at an annual commemoration service at St Martin-in-the-Fields recently. All were homeless or formerly homeless, and all had died in the last year in London. The service, organised by The Connection at St Martin’s, St Martin-in-the-Fields and Housing Justice, brought together everyone...
Leighton Park School remembers first world war
A concern with the causes and consequences of conflict was at the heart of a series of events organised by Leighton Park School to commemorate the first world war. The events were designed to commemorate the war while reflecting Quaker testimonies to peace and reconciliation. The school has spent the...
QSA in funeral poverty push
Quaker Social Action (QSA) wants UK voters to encourage their MPs to support a Funeral Poverty Bill. The Bill will be presented in parliament on 9 December by Labour MP Emma Lewell-Buck. It calls on the government to carry out a major review of the causes and solutions to funeral poverty.
Jesus Lane joins with Jane Austen
Jesus Lane Meeting in Cambridge recently held a ‘Jane Austen at Home’ event to raise funds for the Quaker Congo Partnership. A seventy-seven strong audience heard actress Emerald O’Hanrahan read a selection of Jane Austen’s work.
War relief photos on show
Photographs from the Friends Emergency & War Victims Relief Committee archive are on display in Friends House, London.
Birmingham Peace Hub opens
Central England Quakers’ new Peace Hub opened on 10 November. The team behind it aims ‘to inspire the public to take action for peace and justice, and help build a community of peacemakers in the West Midlands’, coordinator Peter Doubtfire told the Friend.
Friends oppose detention centre plans
Headington and Oxford Friends were among twenty-one signatories to a letter expressing concerns about government plans for the expansion of a local detention centre. The planned expansion of Campsfield House Immigration Removal Centre involves building a three-storey block, to prison standards, on the same site. This would double the centreâ€...
Quaker activists gather
Almost ninety Quaker activists met at Friends House on 15 November for an event hosted by Quaker Peace & Social Witness (QPSW). The conference brought together activists with a very wide range of concerns – from ethical finance to peace education. It began with three Friends describing their campaign experiences and what...
QARN signs up to refugee letter
The Quaker Asylum and Refugee Network (QARN) has signed a letter to David Cameron, criticising the withdrawal of UK support for the refugee rescue operation in the Mediterranean.Â