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Bear witness with white poppies Friends wishing to show their opposition to the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) arms fair in London this September can to do so even if they are unable to bear witness in person. They can make white poppies between five and ten centimetres across...
YMG 2017: a new ‘look and feel’
Yearly Meeting Gathering (YMG) begins this weekend at the University of Warwick in Coventry, the fourth YMG in the past nine years. This year there will be noticeable changes from previous YMGs.
Storytelling in stitches
The Quaker Tapestry is being exhibited in Friends House in London for the first time in many years.
Northamptonshire Friends’ refuge initiative
Friends in Northamptonshire are involved with a local charity in setting up a new male refuge in the north of the county.
Health inequality in Britain
Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett, authors of the The Spirit Level, highlighted the stark reality of health inequality in Britain at a seminar held in Portcullis House, Westminster, on Thursday 20 July.
Four arrests at nuclear base
Four Trident Ploughshares campaigners were arrested on 13 July as they blocked roads leading to the nuclear warhead store at Coulport on Loch Long, Scotland.
Transgender decision
The General Synod of the Church of England has passed a motion on welcoming transgender people.
Quaker activist sent for trial
Quaker activist Sam Walton and Dan Woodhouse, a Methodist minister, had their pre-trial hearing at Blackpool Magistrates Court on 10 July, following their arrest on 29 January for entering BAE Systems’ Warton site in order to disarm warplanes bound for Saudi Arabia.
New booklet on historic Friends’ Meeting houses
Central England Quakers have published an eighty-page booklet based on the recent national Quaker Meeting house heritage survey that was undertaken by Britain Yearly Meeting and Historic England.
Irish Friends send letter of support to Friends in Britain
Ireland’s Yearly Meeting Committee has sent a letter to Friends in Britain expressing ‘sympathy and support following the tragic occurrences in recent weeks in your country.’