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Scotland Friends ‘disappointed’ on economic recovery plans
Quakers in Scotland have said they were ‘disappointed’ in a response from the first minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon to a letter they co-sent about economic recovery following the pandemic.
Quaker chaplain joins student platform
A Friend from St Andrews Meeting who serves on the chaplaincy team at the University of St Andrews took part in a student platform aimed at counteracting polarisation and stereotypes.
Eco Quakers launch investment guide
Eco Quakers Ireland and the Ireland Yearly Meeting (IYM) Investment Committee have launched a guide to encourage Meetings to pursue ethical investments.
Faith leaders call for action on climate crisis
Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) joined thirty-seven other faith groups in signing a statement urging every sector of civil society to use the opportunity of lockdown-easing to work together to create a better world.
Quaker produces CD to raise money for Alzheimer’s Society
A Totnes Friend has produced a CD in memory of his wife’s death to raise funds for the Alzheimer’s Society. Bob Crowley told the Friend that he lost his wife Julie Ann Alexis McCreadie on Valentine’s Day in 2019 after she had suffered with the disease for around...
Woodbrooke affiliate signs Armed Forces Covenant
Woodbrooke has said that it will be speaking with Lancaster University ‘as soon as [it] can’, following news that the university, which accredits some Woodbrooke degrees, is to sign a special covenant with the Armed Forces. According to the university website on 22 June, ‘the special Armed Forces Covenant encourages universities...
2020 Swarthmore Lecture live-streamed
The 2020 Swarthmore Lecture Openings to the infinite ocean: A Friendly offering of hope by Tom Shakespeare will be live-streamed on 1 August.
Friends say Johnson’s ‘New Deal’ does little for climate crisis
Quaker climate campaigners have said that Boris Johnson’s ‘New Deal’ in which he pledged to ‘build, build, build’ offers little to tackle the climate emergency and create a green and just recovery from the pandemic.
New panel for gender discrimination in religious organisations
Quaker Hannah Brock Womack, who was recently blocked from being the fourth president of Churches Together in England because she is in a same-sex marriage, is a member of a new panel to address discrimination and prejudice within religious organisations.
QARN calls for Friends to write to MPs
The Quaker Asylum and Refugee Network (QARN) is urging Friends to write to MPs seeking support for recently-tabled amendments to the Immigration and Social Security Coordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill 2019-21.