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Call by FWCC for prayer and action on peace
Each year on 21 September the World Council of Churches calls on churches to observe the UN International Day of Prayer for Peace. It is also the UN–sponsored International Day of Peace.
Rowntree report highlights inequality and referendum vote
A report just released by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) has highlighted the close link between poverty and those who voted for Brexit in the EU referendum.
Junior Gathering 2016
Seventy-three young Friends and twenty-two staff met at Leighton Park School in Berkshire between 20 and 27 August for Junior Gathering.
Young Friends gather in Yorkshire
Yorkshire Friends Holiday School (YFHS) took place at Bootham School, York, from 21-28 August.
Old Jordans put on market
The historic six-acre estate and property at Old Jordans in Buckinghamshire is on sale for £15 million.
Volunteers help with calendar
Volunteers at the Quaker Tapestry Museum have chosen tapestry panels for the museum’s 2017 calendar and offered personal responses to their favourite ones.
Quaker students face hurricane aftermath
Three-quarters of the students at Belize Friends School are absent from class due to the damage Hurricane Earl caused to their homes last month.
Work of leading peace studies scholar recognised
Paul Rogers, the global security consultant and professor of peace studies at the University of Bradford, has been awarded an honorary doctorate of laws from Leeds Beckett University for his outstanding contribution in his field.
Adam Curle remembered
The peace scholar Adam Curle is to be remembered at the University of Bradford next month, when the centenary of his birth will be marked. The Adam Curle Centenary Symposium on 5 and 6 September will bring together peace researchers and practitioners from around the world.
New cluster takes shape
The Quaker Life Network has launched a Quaker Meeting Librarians Cluster. The initiative aims to enable Friends who run their Meeting libraries to do so with confidence.