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Meeting for Sufferings: New vision for British Quakers

10 October 2013 | by Ian Kirk-Smith | 0 comments

The five-year vision for Quakers in Britain is being developed and will be set out in a new long-term framework document for 2015-20.

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Meeting for Sufferings: Exhibition space sought

10 October 2013 | by Ian Kirk-Smith | 0 comments

Artistic Friends have a dream – that one day they will be able to enjoy seeing displays of art in Friends House.

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New funding priorities for JRCT

03 October 2013 | by The Friend Newsdesk | 0 comments

The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust has announced significant changes to its grant-making priorities for the next five to ten years.  The funding for projects in the Republic of Ireland is to end and its Quaker Concerns programme is to be closed. Sustainability, however, will be an important focus for...

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2014 Swarthmore lecturer announced

FREE 03 October 2013 | by The Friend Newsdesk | 0 comments

Ben Pink Dandelion. | Photo: Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre.

The 2014 Swarthmore Lecture, it has just been announced, is to be given by the Quaker author and academic Ben Pink Dandelion and will explore the theme of ‘transformation’.

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Friends highlight militarisation

03 October 2013 | by The Friend Newsdesk | 0 comments

Quaker author and peace campaigner Diana Francis is to be one of the speakers at a conference on militarisation to be held at Friends House on 19 October.

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Fair Penny Campaign launched

03 October 2013 | by The Friend Newsdesk | 0 comments

Wanstead Quakers have launched The Fair Penny Campaign in response to a Friend’s concern about inequality. The campaign encourages the public to pledge their willingness to pay an extra penny per pound in income tax to protect the most vulnerable from austerity cuts.

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EAs take part in annual global focus for peace

03 October 2013 | by The Friend Newsdesk | 0 comments

The board game in Friends House garden. | Photo: EAPPI.

The World Week for Peace in Palestine-Israel took place last week. The theme this year was Jerusalem.

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Friends celebrate Quaker Week

03 October 2013 | by The Friend Newsdesk | 0 comments

Arthur Pritchard (left) and Mike Casey with Sibford pupils Beth Hughes and Gareth Bown. | Photo courtesy Sibford School.

Many Quakers across Britain are taking part in activities to mark the seventh annual Quaker Week, from Saturday 28 September to Sunday 6 October.  Outreach events have been organised by some Meetings to raise the profile of Quakers locally. Cardiff Friends are holding an open air Meeting for Worship. Meetings, including...

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Protests at arms fair

12 September 2013 | by Ian Kirk-Smith | 0 comments

L: A Friend from Keighley Meeting joining in a die-in to block the entrance to the DSEi arms fair. R: Quakers joining others in blocking access to the venue. | Photos courtesy of Britain Yearly Meeting.

Many Quakers were among the two hundred people who took part in a silent vigil at a major arms fair in London on Monday evening.

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Petition highlights legacy of Iraq war

FREE 12 September 2013 | by Judy Kirby | 0 comments

An Iraqi paediatrician is petitioning the World Health Organisation (WHO) to release research findings on the increase in birth defects in the country’s hospitals.

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