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Sustainability gathering
The future development of the Living Witness group and how Friends address the challenges of implementing the Canterbury Commitment is to be addressed by Friends.
Break up the banks?
The contentious, difficult, knotty and puzzling issues of how money does and doesn’t work for people are to being addressed by London Quakers in early October.
Friends urged to be creative in Quaker Week
Quakers throughout Britain will be marking the ninth annual Quaker Week from 1-9 October by welcoming visitors to share the stillness of silent Quaker worship in their Meetings and putting on a wide range of outreach activities.
Friends support call for revised refugee policy
Paul Parker, recording clerk of Britain Yearly Meeting, is one of 200 leaders of faith communities who have signed an open letter to Theresa May calling for urgent changes to the government’s refugee policy, particularly to allow families to be reunited.
QPSW introduces latest peaceworkers
Quaker Peace & Social Witness (QPSW) has revealed the identities of its six new peaceworkers. The six will work within peace organisations for a year, helping at local, regional and international level, explained Steve Whiting of QPSW. He said: ‘The peaceworkers are paid and gain experience to help them build...
Australian Quakers voice concern over plebiscite
Quakers in Australia have written to Malcolm Turnbull, the prime minister, to urge him to put marriage equality before the Australian parliament rather than holding a plebiscite on the issue.
Peace Hub reveals theme for autumn
The Peace Hub in Birmingham has chosen ‘Think Global, Act Local, Get Equal’ as its theme for September and October.
Interest in early Quakers
A free online course on early Quakerism has attracted more than 5,000 students from all over the world.
Young Friends reflect on ministry
Eighty-two Friends aged from fifteen to eighteen joined eleven adult volunteers for this year’s Senior Conference for young Friends in the southern half of England.
New face at The Retreat
Cathy Waters has been appointed as chief executive of The Retreat in York