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White Feather Diaries
Quakers in Britain are to launch The White Feather Diaries, an online storytelling project to mark the centenary of the first world war. The real-time story follows five Quakers as the war unfolds, exploring their dilemmas and different choices in a daily blog and Twitter feed.
Spring change for Friends House garden
The garden at Friends House is due to be reshaped next spring to give better access for wheelchair users. Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) trustees approved the plans for major works at their October meeting.
Prisons Week
The number of children whose parents are in prison is one of the issues being highlighted by Prisons Week, which runs from 17 to 23 November. The concern has been raised by Bob Wilson, secretary for prison chaplaincy of the Free Churches Group, who said that 200,000 children were affected by the...
Remembrance Sunday peace witness
Friends from Mansfield, where George Fox experienced his first ‘Opening’ in 1647, held their Meeting for Worship outside their Meeting house on Remembrance Sunday.
Friends House energy switch
Good Energy has taken over as the new energy supplier to Friends House from 1 November. The decision to switch was made by Friends House Hospitality Board. In 2009 there was some controversy when the contract for 100 per cent renewable energy was awarded to E.ON. Many Friends had been involved...
UN climate talks to begin in Warsaw
Climate change is on the international agenda next week in Warsaw when negotiators meet for a new round of talks under the UN Climate Convention. The Polish capital will host thousands of representatives from governments, industry and NGOs.
Cambridge Peace Trail
A new booklet has been launched guiding tourists around a peace trail in Cambridge. Pictured above is the Holy Trinity War Memorial Shelter which urges us to ‘Remember’, while inviting tired tourists and shoppers to rest.
War trauma worst for disadvantaged young
Young soldiers recruited from disadvantaged backgrounds are much more likely to return from war with mental health problems than other troops, says a new report published by human rights group ForcesWatch.
New project on Quaker business history
Nicola Sleap has been appointed as researcher to a new PhD research project into twentieth century Quaker business history. The project is the first PhD to be funded by the Quakers and Business Group (Q&B). The research will examine the period from the first national conference of...
Apology requested
Paul Parker, recording clerk of Britain Yearly Meeting was among the twelve senior representatives from churches and Christian organisations in the United Kingdom who, on 24 October, wrote to David Freud, minister for welfare reform, after he failed to ‘affirm that steps would be taken to ensure that the poor would...