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New report on child immigration detention
The plight of immigrant children detained in Europe is the subject of a new report published by the Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA).
JRF highlights the costs of poverty
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) has issued a new report, Counting the cost of UK poverty, as part of its ‘Solve UK poverty’ campaign.
Woodbrooke success prompts change
The Centre for Postgraduate Quaker Studies (CPQS) at Woodbrooke in Birmingham has been renamed the Centre for Research in Quaker Studies (CRQS).
Quaker Week
Friends will be addressing, in diverse ways and through different events in Meetings throughout Britain, the theme ‘In turbulent times… be a Quaker’ during Quaker Week 2017.
Texas Friends request prayers
Friends in Texas affected by Hurricane Harvey are asking Friends in Britain and around the world to pray for them. The home of the pastor at Friendswood Friends Church in the Houston area, the church building and many of the church member’s homes have been flooded.
Christian Aid urges flood action
Christian Aid is highlighting the effect of climate change in worsening the natural disasters being experienced in Texas and parts of Asia.
Quaker comment on North and South Korea
Quakers in Britain are continuing to monitor the crisis around North and South Korea.
Protest outside arms company’s office
Members of Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) protested outside Northrop Grumman’s office in central London on 30 August in opposition to Northrop’s arms sales to Saudi Arabia and its involvement in the arms trade. Northrop Grumman is the world’s fifth largest arms company. It has a longstanding partnership...
New QCEA brochure published
The Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA) has published a new brochure designed to raise awareness of the important work of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). Formed after the second world war, the ECHR brings forty-seven European countries together under one common set of binding rules, designed to...
Sussex Ride and Stride
Quaker Meeting Houses (including Horsham Meeting House, right) will be among the churches and chapels open on Saturday 9 September for the 2017 Sussex Ride and Stride.