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Leaveners videos online
Stop motion animation videos made by young Friends with the help of Quaker arts group the Leaveners are now available to view online.
June action on Trident
Trident Ploughshares has designated June 2016 a month of daily direct action against Trident renewal. The campaigning group has called on supporters to ‘resist, protest and disrupt’ the renewal of the Trident nuclear weapons system in a series of ‘creative nonviolent actions’ at Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) Burghfield.
Treasurers gather
Almost sixty Friends will meet in Swanwick, Derbyshire, between 17 and 19 June for the Annual Conference of Treasurers (ACT).
HMRC turns down Friends’ request
Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has rejected an appeal from a group of Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) staff regarding the use of their taxes.
Launch of European QUIP
A new branch of Quakers Uniting in Publications (QUIP) was launched on Thursday 26 May at Westminster Meeting House in London.
Home is where the art is
The Quaker Centre at Friends House in London has collaborated with social enterprise Café Art to draw attention to homelessness.
A stitch in time at Northfield
Northfield Ecocentre’s latest project, a ‘repair café’, was launched on 3 June. The Birmingham-based environmental initiative took its inspiration from the repair cafés popping up all over the world.
Animal concerns heard
Quaker Concern for Animals (QCA) held its annual general meeting at Friends House on Saturday 21 May. Sixteen members attended. After Meeting for Worship, they heard about the organisation’s work in 2015 and shared news of campaigns. The guest speaker was Geoff Tansey, an honorary research fellow at the Centre for...
Carlisle Quakers mark contribution of COs
Friends were present at the recent unveiling in Carlisle of a plaque dedicated to conscientious objectors.
Major change at The Retreat
Jenny McAleese has retired from The Retreat, the York mental health facility. Jenny joined The Retreat in 1996 as finance director. She became chief executive eighteen months later. The Retreat’s finances improved significantly during her two decades at the helm. It was incorporated as a charity, and its governance structure...