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New exhibition opens at Peace Museum
A new exhibition at the Peace Museum in Bradford is showcasing its distinctive textile collection. The exhibition is entitled ‘Challenging the Fabric of Society’ and includes a wide range of items from the collection.
Peace Hub backs ‘Power for Good’
‘Power for GooD’ is the theme of Anti-Bullying Week 2016 (14-18 November). It has provided the perfect opportunity for the Peace Hub in Birmingham to kick-start its own new project ‘We are Powerful’.
Quaker website on award shortlist
Britain Yearly Meeting’s website, which was relaunched in 2015, was recently shortlisted for a Premier Digital Award.
White flowers in Cheltenham
On Remembrance Sunday, Alison Crane, Dorothy Carson and Rowland Carson of Cheltenham Quaker Meeting took part in the wreath-laying ceremony at the Cheltenham War Memorial. They laid a specially-commissioned wreath of mostly fresh white flowers with a few Royal British Legion red poppies included. The attached card read: ‘In memory...
Bury St Edmunds silent vigil at war memorial
Bury St Edmunds Quakers were joined by friends in a silent vigil at the war memorial on Angel Hill during the afternoon of Remembrance Sunday.
Dorking Friends share stories of the third age
Nine Dorking Friends met on 4 November to share their experiences of growing older and to discuss how best to adjust to it. Rachel Hope, one of the organisers, told the Friend that the informal gathering was prompted by a discussion between two Friends over tea after Meeting for Worship.
Pride of place for peace poppies
White poppies made at a workshop during last year’s Regional Gathering are now in place at Liverpool Meeting House. The clay poppies were produced at a workshop run by artists Marie Louise Williams and Chloe Augusta Randall, both members of Wirral and Chester Area Meeting. In the year since...
Banks urged to be more transparent
There is significant public support for banks to be more transparent about how they use customers’ money, a new poll for Christian Aid has revealed.
Scottish Friends white poppy initiative
Quakers and other peace groups in Scotland are inviting Scottish political representatives to wear a white poppy in remembrance of all the victims of war, military and civilian.
AFSC backs black lives
The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) has endorsed the policy platform put forward by the Movement for Black Lives, its board of directors has announced.