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American Friends move to end mass incarceration
The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) has announced the launch of a new initiative, the Quaker Network to End Mass Incarceration (QNEMI).
Cuba comes to Cambridge
The Women’s World Day of Prayer on 4 March was marked in a decidedly Cuban way at Jesus Lane Meeting in Cambridge. The service was written by the Cuban World Day of Prayer (WDP) national committee and others in Cuba, Jane Wheatley of Jesus Lane told the Friend. This yearâ€...
Friends House garden to open in April
Decorative paving stones charting Quaker history are presently being installed in the garden at Friends House.
Friends join ‘biggest in a generation’ Trident action
Several groups of Quakers were among an estimated twenty thousand people in central London who protested against government plans to renew the Trident missile system.
Friend sentenced for Heathrow action
Sam Sender of Ealing Meeting has been sentenced over his involvement in a peaceful protest with the pressure group Plane Stupid.
Peace Hub workshop highlights anti-austerity measures
More than sixty people visited the Central England Quakers project the Peace Hub in Birmingham on 18 February for a workshop entitled ‘Anti-austerity, but Pro What?’
BFI backing helps The Divide to cinematic release
A British Film Institute (BFI) award is helping to bring The Divide, a documentary looking at inequality, to cinemas across the United Kingdom. The BFI’s ‘New Models’ distribution award ‘supports experimental and ambitious release models, and creative marketing strategies that seek to exploit new opportunities outside traditional theatrical and...
Friends urge change on the visit of armed forces to schools
Quakers in Scotland have joined with the charity ForcesWatch in appealing to the Scottish government to ensure greater scrutiny, guidance and consultation with parents and guardians on armed forces visits to schools in Scotland.
Sustainability gathering registration speeds up
Registration for Britain Yearly Meeting’s forthcoming sustainability gathering has gathered momentum following a plea at Meeting for Sufferings.
Ethical Landlords Association
A new initiative has been established that aims to improve standards of management of private rented housing in the UK — the Ethical Landlords Association (ELA), which is supported by Quaker Housing Trust.