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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
A one-day national Quaker conference on ethics and economics is to be held in Birmingham in November, Meeting for Sufferings was told. The conference, ‘Food banks are not enough:…
The terms of reference of several groups and committees that are appointed by Meeting for Sufferings were addressed in an afternoon session. The groups were: the Central…
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