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Quakers in Armistice vigil
Friends joined other peace campaigners at the memorial to women of the second world war in Whitehall at 11am on 11 November.
Blue Idol on ‘at risk’ list
The historic Blue Idol Meeting House in West Sussex remains ‘at risk’, according to English Heritage’s latest register of vulnerable historic buildings. The Meeting house has been on English Heritage’s at risk register since 2012, when its condition was deemed ‘very bad’, Robert Williams, the charity’s heritage at...
Oxford Friends plant trees
Oxford Friends marked Interfaith Week by planting trees with members of other faith groups. Quakers worked alongside members of the Jewish, Bahai and Pagan communities. The fifteen volunteers planted some 100 trees in Oxford’s Cumnor Hill before continuing discussions over cake.
Remembrance Sunday marked with olive branches
Friends from Middlesbrough Meeting laid olive branches at their local war memorial on Sunday 9 November. They had originally asked their local council and the Royal British Legion for permission to lay a wreath of white poppies on Remembrance Sunday.
QPSW host Putney Debate
The first of Occupy London’s Putney Debates, Crash, Cuts, Crisis – Causes, Consequences, Solutions was hosted by Quaker Peace & Social Witness (QPSW) on Monday 27 October at Friends House.
Large Meeting House reopens
The Large Meeting House at Friends House officially reopened on Monday 10 November, following a £4.5 million renovation. The refurbishment, which included a rebranding of the room as ‘The Light’, was carried out in the hope of making Friends House ‘a more versatile and sustainable building’ and ‘a major London conference centre’,...
Author explains ‘Quakernomics’ to Ipswich Friends
The role of Quakers in developing an ethical capitalism over the past three centuries was the subject of a talk by Mike King, author of the recently published book Quakernomics, held at Ipswich Meeting during Quaker Week.
New global peace prize announced
The winners of a new global peace prize were announced in London on Armistice Day, Tuesday 11 November. The ‘Tomorrow’s Peacebuilders’ award attracted entries from 225 grassroots peacebuilding organisations in fifty-three countries. The shortlist ranged from youth peace projects in Israel and Palestine to post-genocide reconciliation in Rwanda.
Wellingborough Friend wins peace prize
Godric Bader has won the Gandhi Foundation’s International Peace Award, in recognition of the alternative business model he and his family created, the Scott Bader Commonwealth. The prize was awarded to Godric jointly with the Commonwealth. The organisation came about in 1951 when the Bader family transferred personal shares in...
Peace Studies department celebrates
The University of Bradford’s Peace Studies department celebrated its fortieth anniversary on 24 October. Quaker Peace Studies Trust and Peace Studies staff witnessed the planting of a tree commemorating the founding of the department, the first in the world devoted to the subject. At the same event, the Soroptimists unveiled...