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The Dinah Project wins award
A US project honouring an enslaved housekeeper of a Quaker family has won a prestigious award. The Dinah Memorial Project set up at Stenton Museum in Pennsylvania has received an Award of Excellence from the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH).
BYM lobbies government on Gaza and integrity
Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) joined twenty-two other signatories last week in congratulating Keir Starmer on his appointment as prime minister. The letter also urged him to tell the House of Commons that all ministers and MPs must follow the Nolan Principles of standards in public life, and that he should...
Friends compile CO database
Quakers are compiling a database to remember conscientious objectors (COs) in world war two. The team includes Ellis Brooks, from Quaker Peace & Social Witness (QPSW), Philip Austin and Barry Mills, from the Northern Friends Peace Board, and Rosemary Rich, who recently completed a PhD on the subject. The team...
Funding for Quaker-backed climate project
A new collaboration between a Quaker-founded eco group and other charities will receive £200,000 to help communities take climate action.
Quakers sign up to faith wills
Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has joined three other denominations and Christian Aid in encouraging people to consider the benefits of setting up ‘faith wills’. The Faith Will initiative aims to encourage faith groups to sign up for free resources to hold a ‘Faith Will moment’.
BYM welcomes all Quaker MPs
Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) welcomed six Quaker MPs to parliament, after a dramatic general election in which Keir Starmer’s Labour Party won a landslide victory.
Armed Forces Day events hostings decline
Interest in hosting Armed Forces Day events has declined in recent months, according to ForcesWatch and the Peace Pledge Union (PPU). This was highlighted through a Freedom of Information (FOI) request by the two groups, which has revealed that no local authorities came forward to hold the national event this...
Quaker artists go to Greenbelt
The Quaker Arts Network (QAN) will have a presence at the Greenbelt Festival this summer, with a gazebo of its own. Meetings for Worship (MfW) have been a regular occurrence at the festival for some time.
Pity of War sculpture unveiled
The Quaker-initiated Pity of War memorial was unveiled at the National Memorial Arboretum last month.
FWCC welcomes Julia Walloch
The Friends World Committee for Consultation Europe and Middle East Section (FWCC EMES) has welcomed a new staff member to focus on communications.