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No Supreme Court for ‘Stansted Fifteen’
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has confirmed that it will not be taking the successful appeal won by the ‘Stansted Fifteen’ earlier this year to the Supreme Court. Quaker Lyndsay Burtonshaw, a member of the group, shared the news on social media on 25 February. ‘No more trials!’ they tweeted.
Fundraiser for Quaker garden
Richmond Meeting has launched a fundraiser to raise money to restock its Meeting house garden. Antonia Swinson, from the Meeting, told the Friend that the Pledges4Plants initiative involves local Friends pledging ways to ‘bring cheer and camaraderie in these dark lockdown days’.
London Quakers form new group
London Quakers (LQ) have launched a new Zoom group for Friends in the capital to worship and talk together. Fred Ashmore told the Friend that the group was created to build up the sense of a London-wide community of Friends. ‘At each meeting, we will have a good speaker to...
Quakers embrace podcasts
Locked-down Friends have been using the pandemic as an opportunity to embrace podcasts, reflecting an overall boom in the medium over the last twelve months.
Greenbelt review at The Retreat
Land owned by the Quaker mental health institution The Retreat is under a review into what areas should be granted greenbelt status in York.
Nobel Peace Prize nominations
The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) and Quaker Peace & Social Witness (QPSW) have nominated two organisations – Mwatana for Human Rights and Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) – for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize.
Friends House accused of ‘toxic culture’ on race and religion
A former Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) employee has made a series of allegations over social media about her treatment at Friends House, accusing the organisation of being part of a ‘toxic culture’ around race and religion in the charity sector.
Manchester Friends drop ‘overseer’ term in push for racial justice
Manchester and Warrington Area Meeting (AM) has decided to drop the term ‘overseer’ and to substitute the term ‘pastoral care team/member’ ‘wherever possible’. The move is part of its commitment to promote racial justice within Quaker work.
Quaker Africa interest Group 2021
About forty Friends from Britain Yearly Meeting met online last month for the annual gathering of the Quaker Africa interest Group (QAIG).
Peace garden in Exeter
Exeter Meeting has created a peace garden funded by a legacy left by late Friend Christopher Holdsworth.