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Meeting for Sufferings: New vision for British Quakers
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.
Meeting for Sufferings: Exhibition space sought
Artistic Friends have a dream – that one day they will be able to enjoy seeing displays of art in Friends House.
New funding priorities for JRCT
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...
2014 Swarthmore lecturer announced
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’.
Friends highlight militarisation
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.
Fair Penny Campaign launched
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.
EAs take part in annual global focus for peace
The World Week for Peace in Palestine-Israel took place last week. The theme this year was Jerusalem.
Friends celebrate Quaker Week
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...
Protests at arms fair
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.
Petition highlights legacy of Iraq war
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.