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QSA wins major charity award
A prestigious Guardian Charity Awards for 2012 was this week given to Quaker Social Action. It is a huge achievement for the charity, which is based in east London, and director Judith Moran was delighted. She said: ‘This is fantastic news for us because each year the Guardian chooses five...
Advocacy post in Scotland
Friends in Scotland will link with Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) in helping Quakers play a more effective advocacy role in the country.
Quaker statement on Gaza
Quakers in Britain have called for an immediate end to the use of force by all parties in Gaza. A statement, signed by Paul Parker, recording clerk of Britain Yearly Meeting, was sent to William Hague, foreign secretary, and to the Israeli embassy and the Palestinian embassy in London...
Inter Faith Week challenge to build friendships
David Urquhart, bishop of Birmingham, has issued a community challenge for national Inter Faith Week urging people of different faiths to build friendships and challenge stereotypes.
Prisons Week 2012
Prisons Week 2012, which runs between 18 and 24 November, will be highlighting important issues of concern to prisoners in all parts of Britain.
Catholic Church endorses Living Wage
The Catholic Church has endorsed the Living Wage ahead of the forthcoming Church of England debate on the subject.
Charity highlights tax dodging
Christian Aid has urged the government to help Pakistan boost its disastrously low tax revenues by breaking down global financial secrecy and helping the country get information on Pakistani citizens’ accounts in Britain and other tax havens.
Quakers join John Lewis protest
A group of Quakers took part last Saturday in nonviolent protests at some John Lewis stores in Britain. They were raising concerns, as customers, about the exclusion of cleaners from the John Lewis ‘partnership model’ and challenging the store’s reputation as one of the country’s leading ethical...
Meeting in Ethiopia
A Scottish Quaker intends to introduce the Quaker way of worship to Addis Ababa in Ethiopia. Peter Cheer, a member of Perth Meeting East Scotland, who is currently on a Voluntary Service Overseas assignment in Ethiopia, plans to hold a Quaker Meeting for Worship in Addis.
Report highlights concern in Colombia
Plans for a massive expansion of Colombia’s mining industry could have serious implications for human rights violations, environmental damage and lost tax revenues, a new report warns.