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Nadiya Hussain withdraws from arms-backed event
The Great British Bake Off star Nadiya Hussain pulled out of a careers event for young people after teenage peace campaigners pointed out it was sponsored by multinational arms firm BAE Systems.
Pop-up shop for refugees
A Huddersfield Friend helped organise a pop-up shop for asylum seekers and refugees last month as part of her long-standing donation work.
Spending review ‘fails’ green agenda
The government has failed to put the climate emergency at the heart of its 2020 Spending Review, Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has said, tweeting: ‘We urgently need a climate plan with public investment in green jobs, public services and climate justice.’
First Kenyan Friend for Quaker PhD
A Kenyan Friend is undertaking research into the history of African Quakerism, in what Woodbrooke describes as ‘important work’ in hearing ‘African voices about African experiences’.
Artist Friend holds skybound exhibition
The Quaker artist Judith Bromley held an exhibition last month inspired by her lockdown sky-gazing.
Quakers in climate year of action
Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) joined more than seventy organisations in the COP26 Coalition to launch ‘a year of climate mobilisation from the ground up’.
Rise of white poppies in schools
The sharp rise in white poppy orders for schools can be attributed to a more ‘honest reflection about history’, peace campaigners have said.
Bristol Friends launch climate booklet
Bristol Area Meeting has published a new booklet to help Friends respond to the climate emergency. The Sustainability Advices and Queries booklet is intended to supplement Quaker Advices & queries. Barney Smith, from Bristol Area Meeting, told the Friend: ‘It is a one-off publication produced by a Climate Crisis Working...
Vaccine must be for world’s poorest too
Christian Aid has called for access to ‘any successful vaccine’ to be shared with the world’s poorest people and not become a ‘global postcode lottery’.
Warwick Friend writes on Quakerism in press
A Friend from Warwick Meeting wrote an article in a local newspaper about Quakerism. John Sheldon wrote on 25 September about ‘following the practices of being a Quaker everyday’ in the Leamington Courier. The article begins: ‘It is odd writing a piece called “I Believe” when my Quaker faith is not...