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New exhibition launched at Friends House
An exhibition entitled ‘Making Connections: a Journey of Transformation’ was launched at Friends House on 4 May. It features a series of narrative paintings by Jill Green, of the Quaker Arts Network, inspired by a personal link with Japan and a passion for sustainability.
Friends of the Earth condemn air quality plan
The government’s draft air quality plan has been branded ‘woefully inadequate’ by Friends of the Earth.
Conscientious Objectors Day
Events will be held across the UK and around the world to mark International Conscientious Objectors Day on Monday 15 May. The purpose is to remember, support and celebrate conscientious objectors, who have established and are maintaining the right to refuse to kill.
Quaker activist answers bail
QUAKER activist Sam Walton and Dan Woodhouse, a Methodist minister, answered bail on 27 April following their arrest on 29 January for entering BAE Systems’ Warton site with the aim of disarming warplanes bound for Saudi Arabia.
Woodbrooke announces 2017 Eva Koch scholars
Three Eva Koch Scholars will spend six weeks at the Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre between July and August exploring subjects and issues of relevance and importance to Friends in Britain and beyond.
Arms protest in London
Members of London Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) protested outside Lockheed Martin’s offices on Lower Regent Street, London on 27 April.
Prisons reform legislation a casualty of general ection call
The decision to call a general election has stopped work on the Prisons and Courts Bill. This ‘resets the clock on much needed prison reform plans and creates uncertainty about the future of the Bill’, according to the Prison Reform Trust.
Countdown to polling day
Quakers across Britain are engaging with the general election, called for Thursday 8 June. The campaign is an opportunity to highlight Quaker concerns, particularly on important topics like nuclear weapons, immigration, climate change and human rights.
Children and families day at Friends House
Families and children with an accompanying adult will be welcomed to a day visit at Friends House on Friday June 2.
Early history of the Quakers
Lancaster University and the Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre have teamed up again to offer a free online course exploring the beginnings of Quakerism as it emerged in seventeenth century England.