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On the water at Ullswater
Young Quakers at Penrith Meeting, Cumbria, are braving the winter weather to canoe the length of Ullswater in aid of refugees. A team of twelve, including six Young Quakers, will start at 9am on Saturday 27 January.
QPSW spring conference
Friends are preparing for the annual Quaker Peace & Social Witness (QPSW) spring conference. The event, which will be held on 23-25 March at the Hayes Conference Centre in Swanwick, will look at how QPSW is seeking to challenge the rise of militarism in schools and wider society.
Bee project has people buzzing
A Syrian refugee and beekeeping expert has been interviewed on BBC Radio 4 about his beekeeping and the course he runs at Huddersfield Meeting House.
Twin toilets for charity
Winchmore Hill Quakers are raising money to install a ‘toilet twinning scheme’ in their newly refurbished eighteenth century Meeting house. The scheme, run by the charity Toilet Twinning, which is funded by TearFund, involves ‘twinning’ already installed lavatories with an impoverished family’s latrine in a developing country.
Army’s recruitment campaign described as ‘misleading’
The British army has been accused of misleading potential recruits with a new recruitment campaign that promises emotional support within the army. The Peace Pledge Union (PPU), a leading British pacifist network, cited several pieces of research showing the damaging effects of military training on mental health.
New role at JRF
A new position has been created by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) to oversee its new strategy, based on the recommendations of the organisation’s 2016 report We can solve poverty in the UK.
Uniting in the word at Glenthorne
This year’s Quakers Uniting in Publications (QUIP) annual conference will consider ‘Writing at the Edge’ and brings together Friends from Europe and America over the weekend of 26-29 April at Glenthorne, Grasmere, in Cumbria.
Community play celebrates Sam Peel
The life of Quaker Sam Peel, a one time warden at Wells-next-the-Sea Meeting house in North Norfolk, will be celebrated on stage in early March.
Tapestry exhibition on tour
A tapestry exhibition on a religious subject that may appeal to Friends who are familiar with the Quaker Tapestry will be on display at selected venues in England.
Lifting the lid off mental health
A leading mental health charity has launched a resource to help churches build a culture of mental health awareness.