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Conscientious objectors on DVD
The Quaker Service Memorial Trust (QSMT) has released a DVD containing interviews with world war two members of the Friends Ambulance Unit (FAU) and Friends Relief Service (FRS). The Pacifism Under Test DVD is the result of a QSMT oral history project containing two hours of interviews (out of fifty...
Support for climate ‘civil disobedience’
Quakers are upholding Friends’ decisions to take part in a campaign of civil disobedience as part of their witness against climate change. Several Friends took part in the ‘declaration of rebellion’ rally on 31 October in Parliament Square, London, to launch the ‘Extinction Rebellion’ movement’s campaign, which aims to ‘force...
Swarthmore lecturer 2019 announced
Woodbrooke has announced the name of the Swarthmore lecturer for 2019. Eden Grace, global ministries director for Friends United Meeting, will explore the ‘spiritual basis for climate justice’. The title of the lecture will be ‘On Earth as it is in Heaven; The Kingdom of God and the yearning of Creation’.
White poppies on display
An installation of textile white poppies created by people from all over the country has been launched in Friends House as part of the national ‘Collateral Damage’ project. The purpose is to honour victims of wars in the last century.
Children take part in ‘Remembrance for Peace’ events
Eight hundred children will be descending on Friends House in London on 9 November to take part in activities to mark the centenary of the Armistice. The day, which is part of the INSPIRE project, is one of the fifteen major ‘Remembrance for Peace’ events taking place across the UK, from...
QSA’s ‘Capital Ring’ raises £4,000
Quaker Social Action (QSA) has announced that its ‘Step By Step’ walk around London’s ‘Capital Ring’ has raised more than £4,000 so far for people struggling with poverty.
MP’s Quaker heritage
Bristol West MP Thangam Debbonaire has spoken out at a Quaker Socialist Society event about her Quaker heritage and its effect on her politics. At Bristol Central Meeting House on 20 October, she explained how her parents were Quakers by convincement, and as a child she attended Meetings in Wiltshire and...
Quaker housing project in line for Guardian award
A Quaker Social Action (QSA) housing project for young carers has been shortlisted for a national award organised by the Guardian newspaper. The Tower Hamlets-based ‘‘Move On Up’ project in London is one of the contenders for a Guardian Public Service Award for innovation in the housing sector after running...
Young Friends join ‘dusk walk’
Manchester Young Friends joined a ‘dusk walk’ on 12 October in a bid to raise money to support homeless young people in Greater Manchester.
Asylum seekers need to work, say BYM in Daily Telegraph letter
Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has joined a call for a change in the law to allow newly arrived asylum seekers the right to work in the UK after six months. In a letter published in the Daily Telegraph, sixteen signatories, including Paul Parker, recording clerk of BYM, welcomed the efforts...