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Quakers at Manchester Pride

FREE 23 August 2012 | by The Friend Newsdesk | 0 comments

Friends from the north of England gathered around the memorial statue to Turing in Manchester to honour his memory | Photo by Colin McKenzie.

Manchester and Warrington Friends are making a lively contribution to the ten-day celebrations of Manchester Pride this year.

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Food crisis in West Africa

23 August 2012 | by The Friend Newsdesk | 0 comments

Mauritanian refugees will stay in the camp as long as the situation has not stabilised in Mali. The humanitarian community, with the support of donors such as E | Photo courtesy EU Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection.

Christian Aid is escalating its appeal for funds to tackle the food crisis in the Sahel region of West Africa amid reports that the situation is deteriorating fast.

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Norway launches ‘debt audit’

23 August 2012 | by The Friend Newsdesk | 0 comments

The principle that lenders are responsible for the debts they create, particularly in the developing world, has been highlighted in a historic announcement by the Norwegian government.

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‘Gift box’ in Friends House garden

23 August 2012 | by The Friend Newsdesk | 0 comments

The public garden at Friends House in London will host one of the more creative projects of the London Olympics.

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Quakers at the Fringe

23 August 2012 | by The Friend Newsdesk | 0 comments

Ragtime music from the time of Scott Joplin will be echoing around the Quaker Meeting House in Edinburgh this Thursday.

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Talking peace at Greenbelt

23 August 2012 | by The Friend Newsdesk | 0 comments

Peace, nonviolence and social justice will be high on the agenda of the Greenbelt Festival held at Cheltenham racecourse from 24 to 27 August.

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Quakers and the Olympics

FREE 26 July 2012 | by Trish Carn | 0 comments

Welcome to the Quaker Centre | Photo: Trish Carn.

Quakers are responding in a big way to the needs of people attending the Olympics and Paralympics in the next few weeks.  Peter Green has been appointed as a Quaker chaplain in a multi-faith team for the 2012 Games. He had been nominated as a delegate to More Than Gold ...

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Q-CAT garden wins gold

26 July 2012 | by Elinor Smallman | 0 comments

A peaceful garden with a white sculpture releasing a dove beside a still pool | Photo: Colin McKenzie.

A gold medal has been awarded to Dori Miller’s garden at the RHS Tatton Show. The garden was inspired by the Quaker Concern for the Abolition of Torture’s (Q-CAT) aim to end torture and complicity in torture.

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Young Quakers to explore politics

26 July 2012 | by The Friend Newsdesk | 1 comment | 1 comments

Young Quakers are planning to explore politics and activism at a weekend gathering in London this summer. The event, aimed mainly at Quakers aged 18-40, will take place at Westminster Meeting House on the second weekend in August.

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JRF and JRHT look for trustees

26 July 2012 | by Trish Carn | 0 comments

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) and the Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust (JRHT) are looking for new trustees. Trustees are selected by a joint search group of Meeting for Sufferings and JRF/JRHT.

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