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North London Friends host refugee play
Tottenham Quakers presented a play based on a real asylum seeker’s story as part of their commitment to welcome people needing sanctuary. The Bundle, performed by the Journeymen Theatre, is the story of one woman’s journey from persecution in her home country to the UK and through the...
Plan to ease ‘hostility’
Tim Gee, of the Quaker Asylum and Refugee Network, shared the Sanctuary Everywhere Manifesto with Christian Today magazine.
Ride for the welfare state’s most vulnerable
The group of Quakers taking part in a national cycle ride from Swarthmoor Hall to Ten Downing Street hope more Friends will join those already participating.
MEP looks to the future
Ikley Friends in Yorkshire invited Quaker Jude Kirton-Darling, the MEP for the North East of England, to address a public meeting at Ilkley Grammar School on the subject of ‘Brexit and You: Looking to the Future’.
Quaker Business Method
Peter Cheng, a Friend, talked about the Quaker Business Method on 3 May in Birmingham and explained why it may produce better and more ethical decisions.
Friends in Cambridge hold vigil for peace
Cambridge Friends held their regular monthly vigil for peace from 11am to noon outside The Guildhall on 19 May.
Friends stitch tapestry
Friends from Staffordshire Area Meeting have stitched a tapestry to be shown at Lichfield Cathedral this summer. The tapestry will be on display as part of the Quaker Service Exhibition from 14 June to 2 July.
Supper for Syrian refugees
Bewdley Quakers joined more than eighty friends from Kidderminster for a fundraising supper last month. The event on 21 April was held to raise money for Syrian refugees and local homeless people. Local Syrian people provided the entertainment.
Northampton Friends fund Ugandan school
Friends in Northampton are celebrating the news that the final documents have been submitted for a new school in Uganda.
Development and discussion for children
Seven Friends gathered at Edgbaston Meeting House last month to share and develop ways of engaging better at Children’s Meetings.