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Quakers join university chaplaincy team
Two Friends have been appointed to St Andrews University Chaplaincy team after their Local Meeting decided it would be ‘valuable outreach’.
QUNO warns on cuts risk to UN
The Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) has criticised the US administration and Congress, saying that plans to reduce US engagement with the United Nations (UN) could damage its ability to carry out its life-saving work.
Peace plaque given to Hitchin Peace Garden
Hitchin Friends have had a peace plaque donated to their developing Peace Garden from the local Roman Catholic parish.
Young Friends produce ‘silent podcast’
A ‘silent podcast’ consisting of the sounds of a quiet and contemplative Quaker Meeting for Worship has been released by a group of young Quakers in Britain. The thirty-minute episode of the Young Quaker Podcast, recorded at the Friends Meeting House in Nottingham, was the idea of London-based Quaker and...
Use prayers to act, say US Friends
The Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) has called on people to ‘use prayer to find the power to act’, in the face of the shooting in Florida on Wednesday 21 February.
‘Waging Peace’ exhibition
The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) has organised an exhibition to demonstrate the effectiveness of nonviolence to build justice and overcome oppression.
CND book launch at Friends House
Kate Hudson, the general secretary of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), will be talking about the book CND at 60 at its launch in Friends House in London on Thursday 8 March.
CND at sixty
Kate Hudson, the general secretary of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), has paid tribute to the support of Friends as Quakers up and down the country gear up for the organisation’s sixtieth anniversary celebrations.
Quaker concern for land reform
Friends concerned with housing equality have been urged to join a campaign to start a Land Value Tax (LVT). Jocelyn Gaskell, from Yealand Meeting, hopes to start a campaign within British Quakerism.
FWCC backs pope’s call for day of peace
Friends WorLd Committee for Consultation (FWCC) has urged Quakers to take part in a day of prayer and fasting for peace.