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Quakers get ready for general election
London Quakers were involved in an interfaith hustings last week just nine days before the general election.
Quakers celebrate George Fox
Quakers around the country are celebrating the 400th anniversary of George Fox’s birth this month. Friends marked the occasion with social activities including visits to the village Fenny Drayton where the Quaker co-founder was born, and appearing in a recent episode of Songs of Praise at Swarthmoor Hall. As...
Search for kindertransport foster families
An IT pioneer and philanthropist has led a call to find British foster families who took in Jewish refugee children on the Quaker co-founded kindertransport.
Letchworth Friends spotlight Quaker roots
An open day for George Fox 400 held by Letchworth Friends shone a spotlight on the garden city’s Quaker roots.
Norwich Friends hold peace camp
Norwich Quakers organised a peace camp last month to coincide with Refugee Week.
Quaker spray paints Stonehenge for climate
A Quaker was one of two climate defenders who sprayed orange powder paint on Stonehenge on the eve of the summer solstice.
BYM lobbies politicians in Refugee Week
Quakers have urged all political parties to draw up a ‘humane, co-ordinated response to those seeking refuge’.
Surge in global nuclear weapon spending
Britain Yearly Meeting’s peace and disarmament team has highlighted a new report showing a thirteen per cent surge in global spending on nuclear weapons.
Quakers host election hustings
Quakers are taking a collaborative approach this general election with Meeting houses hosting local hustings for other organisations. So far this includes Bournemouth, Boscombe, Brighton, Cardiff and Stevenage.
Friends journey to FWCC plenary
Quakers started on a two-and-a-half-month journey this week to the Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC)’s World Plenary Meeting in South Africa.