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Watford film remembers

25 September 2014 | by Tara Craig | 0 comments

Watford Friends have made a film remembering ‘those who defied the call to arms’ in the first world war. Watford’s Quiet Heroes: Resisting the Great War is the work of Chris Pettit and Simon Colbeck. Chris filmed and directed the documentary, while Simon was responsible for writing, research and...

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Trident opposed in The Times

25 September 2014 | by Tara Craig | 0 comments

Quakers have joined with other faith communities in calling on the government to cancel the replacement of Trident. Juliet Prager, deputy recording clerk of Quakers in Britain, was among the signatories of a letter to The Times arguing that the abolition of nuclear weapons ‘would be a significant contribution to...

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Young Quakers explore equality

18 September 2014 | by Tara Craig | 0 comments

Young Friends outside Friends' School Saffron Walden. | Michael Wood.

Sixty-seven young Quakers, aged from eleven to fourteen, took part in this year’s Friends Southern Summer Event (FSSE) summer school, held at Friends’ School Saffron Walden from 16 to 23 August.  The young Friends worked with twenty-three staff volunteers to explore the theme of ‘Equality and Inequality’.

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Quaker memorial opened in Waterford

FREE 18 September 2014 | by Tara Craig | 0 comments

Oliver Cleary; Joan Johnson, Quaker historian; Paudie Coffey, minister of state at the Department of the Environment; Ken Wigham, architect; and Roger Johnson. | John Power.

Waterford’s Quaker heritage has been acknowledged in the official opening of the city’s Quaker memorial. The memorial, funded by the local council, is on the site of the first Quaker Burial Ground in Waterford, in John’s Lane. Its official opening, two years after completion, was scheduled to...

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Kingston Quaker Centre formally opened

18 September 2014 | by Ian Kirk-Smith | 0 comments

Some of the guests at the formal opening. | Adrian Martindale.

Local MPs Ed Davey and Vince Cable were among those who attended the formal opening of the Kingston Quaker Centre on 6 September. The decision to create a new Quaker Centre was made in the late 1990s and the present design is the third one to have been produced in that...

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Australian Quakers mark war centenary

18 September 2014 | by Tara Craig | 0 comments

Australian dissent and opposition to the first world war was highlighted at an exhibition in Sydney. ‘World War 1: Quaker witness to peace and non-violence’ ran from 6 to 14 September at the Devonshire Street Meeting House, as part of New South Wales (NSW) History Week.

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New appointments at JRCT

18 September 2014 | by Tara Craig | 0 comments

The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (JRCT) has announced the appointment of seven new co-optees to its grant committees. Avila Kilmurray, former director of the Community Foundation for Northern Ireland, has joined JRCT’s Ireland committee.

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Meeting for Sufferings: QPSW work highlighted

FREE 11 September 2014 | by Tara Craig | 0 comments

Three main subjects were highlighted for concern and discernment at Meeting for Sufferings on Saturday 6 September. Meeting for Sufferings was held in the George Fox Room at Friends House and Friends present considered a proposal to change the current procedure for appointing trustees for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and the...

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Meeting for Sufferings: Yearly Meeting Gathering

11 September 2014 | by Ian Kirk-Smith | 0 comments

Yearly Meeting Gathering (YMG) at Bath was described at Meeting for Sufferings as an ‘inspiring complex of friendly activity for all ages’. The session on Yearly Meeting Gathering began with an outline of the key issues to note from the event: membership, commitment and belonging; revision of the Book of...

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Meeting for Sufferings: Friends consider proposed JRF/JRHT changes

11 September 2014 | by Tara Craig | 0 comments

A proposal to change the current procedure for appointing trustees for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) and the Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust (JRHT) was brought to Meeting for Sufferings ‘The de facto position is that the Trusts have had a relationship with Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) over very many years,...

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