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Military Service Act
The role played by Friends in influencing the Military Service Act of 1916 was featured in the BBC Radio 4 Sunday programme on 24 January.
Workshop targets armed drones
The Quaker Council of European Affairs (QCEA) continues to highlight a concern among Friends over the increasing use of remote-controlled flying robots (Drones) that carry weapons in conflict situations.
Sunday Worship from Long Lartin
The Prisons’ Week service recorded in the chapel of HMP Long Larton Prison in Worcestershire that was postponed due to the Paris bombing in November will be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on Sunday 31 January.
Sibford appoints new head
Toby Spence has been appointed as the new head of Sibford School near Banbury. He succeeds Michael Goodwin, who retires after being head of the Quaker school since 2004. Toby is only the twelfth head in Sibford’s 174-year history.
Friend convicted for Heathrow protest
Sam Sender, a member of Ealing Meeting, and twelve members of the Plane Stupid action group were tried at Willesden Magistrates’ Court and convicted in Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court on 25 January of aggra-vated trespass for staging a protest against the proposed expansion at Heathrow and its environmental impact.
Quakers in Yorkshire
Quakers in Yorkshire met in Leeds on Saturday 16 January with an attendance of nearly one hundred and a full agenda. In the morning we had reports from junior holidays, the holiday school for older children that was held at Bootham School in August with seventy participating youngsters, and Easter Settlement,...
Leeds Quakers become ‘dementia friends’
Friends at Carlton Hill Meeting House in Leeds recently addressed the subject of dementia when a Meeting for Worship was followed by a training session on the condition.
Friends mark centenary of Military Service Act
The centenary of one of the most significant moments for Quakers in the first world war is being marked next week with events at both Westminster in London and Holyrood in Edinburgh.
Lucky escape for Quaker Tapestry in Kendal
It is business as usual at the Quaker Tapestry Museum, despite the worst floods in Kendal in six decades.
Scottish affordable housing project wins award
An affordable housing project in Scotland that received support from the Quaker Housing Trust (QHT) has won a major community regeneration award. SURF, the independent regeneration network for Scotland, made the award to the Helmsdale Affordable Housing Project for ‘best practice in community regeneration’.