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George Richardson Lecture
The Quaker author and academic Hilary Hinds, of Lancaster University, gave the annual George Richardson Lecture at Woodbrooke last month in which she spoke about her new work on early Quaker poetry.
Award for Quaker councillor
A Quaker local government councillor for the Green Party has received an award for proposing the first successful climate emergency motion in Europe.
QSA project hailed as ‘best practice’
A shared Quaker Social Action (QSA) project has been profiled as an example of ‘best practice’ in a report by The Children’s Society which looked at gaps in provision for young adult carers.
Jobs ‘deleted’ at Friends House
There was tension in Friends House last week when three Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) posts were ‘deleted’ with imminent redundancies.
Friends ride for ‘Freedom from Torture’
Two Quakers are part of a group of cyclists making an epic trek from Hastings to Edinburgh to raise awareness and funds for ‘Freedom from Torture’.
Scottish Friends hail climate declaration
Friends from Forres in Moray are celebrating the news that Moray Council in Scotland has declared a climate and ecological emergency after a Quaker-backed campaign.
Quakers at Glastonbury on ‘Songs of Praise’
The group of Quakers who hosted a tent at Glastonbury Festival featured on the BBC programme Songs of Praise last week.
Quakers meet Elizabeth II
A representative from London Quakers met Elizabeth II last month at a Buckingham Palace reception to celebrate the work of faith groups promoting community cohesion.
Quakers at Global Mennonite conference
Friends took part in a global gathering of Mennonites in the Netherlands last month. The event, which takes place every three years, focused on migration, peace, gender-justice and decolonisation within a peace church context.
Manchester Quakers mark 200th anniversary of Peterloo massacre
Manchester Friends hosted a poetry event last week to mark the 200th anniversary of the Peterloo massacre, where tens of thousands of people demonstrating for parliamentary reform were charged by calvary.