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Jubilee Debt Campaign calls for interest relief
Friends are backing a call by African finance ministers for all debt interest payments to be suspended for their governments in the wake of the coronavirus crisis.
QSA helps with surge of foodbank demand
Quaker Social Action (QSA) has been helping foodbanks cope with the surge of demand caused by the pandemic. Giles Robinson, from QSA, told the Friend: ‘After temporarily closing our furniture re-use store Homestore, our delivery driver Steve has been supporting foodbanks to collect donations and make deliveries to vulnerable households...
FWCC online conference
Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC) has released a statement about its first ever online conference on the theme of sustainability. Hundreds of Friends from across the world joined the virtual gathering on 22 February to ask: ‘How does God call us to act?’
Quakers and COVID-19
Huddersfield Meeting attender Philip Carlin passed away last week after suffering in intensive care with COVID-19. The retired priest was an active member of the Roots of Resistance group and regularly took part in peace vigils. Local Friends posted on the Huddersfield Quaker Facebook page: ‘We hold Philip, Jane and...
Quaker work continues amid coronavirus
The Quaker headquarters in London, Friends House, closed last week, as Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) updated its advice and recommended Quakers ‘not to gather in person while the current social distancing guidance is in force’. Swarthmoor Hall closed, as did Woodbrooke, which has suspended its courses until June. Quaker Barbara...
Friend with COVID-19
A Huddersfield Meeting attender has passed away after suffering in intensive care with COVID-19.
Quaker book on conciliation work
A new book was launched at Friends House this month, shining light on the experiences of international conciliators to inspire a new generation of peacemakers.
Nonagenarian Friend talks on lifetime of activism
Ninety-two-year-old Friend and multiple arrestee John Lynes spoke in The Guardian this month about his lifetime of protest.
University vice-chancellor hits back against protesters
The vice-chancellor of the University of Huddersfield has hit back at protesters saying that ‘criticising from the sidelines’ is less likely to bring the positive reform that Bahrain and the international community needs.
BYM cancels events amid COVID-19 crisis
Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has urged Meetings to ‘consider how best’ to keep each other ‘informed and protected’ amid the coronavirus outbreak, as it cancelled four Quaker events. In a statement posted on 13 March on the Quakers in Britain website, BYM said: ‘So that we can care for each other...