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Landscapes in the Light
The refurbished Large Meeting House at Friends House in London has hosted its first art exhibition, ‘Climb up to the Moor’. Artist Judith Bromley told the Friend she feels ‘very honoured’ to be involved in the first exhibition to be held in the space. The exhibition was organised by the...
First for Friends in East Africa
Bware Yearly Meeting (YM) in Kenya has appointed the first woman presiding clerk in East Africa. Monica Makungu Dalizu has been vice presiding clerk of Bware Yearly Meeting for the last three years and has served a three-year term as the YM recording clerk. She is also the recording clerk...
Quakers at Greenbelt: drones and a dome
Kite-making and storytelling are among the activities being run by Quakers at this year’s Greenbelt festival of music, art and faith, between 28 and 31 August. Friends will be based in a tent, known as ‘the Quaker dome’, in the orchard section of the festival site, near Kettering, Northamptonshire. They will...
QSA project in running for award
Quaker Social Action (QSA)’s Down to Earth project is among the names on the long list for the Good Funeral Awards.
Friends highlight population growth
Quaker Concern Over Population (QCOP) has applied to become a listed informal group The group was formed in the wake of the Canterbury Commitment and the statement in the Britain Yearly Meeting epistle of 2011, which said that ‘we can no longer ignore the fact that our planet is finite’.
Canadian Friends address penal abolition
The Canadian Friends Service Committee (CFSC) has launched an educational resource aimed at dispelling some of the myths surrounding penal abolition. The document From Harm to Healing: Transforming the Justice System, also offers alternatives to a criminal justice system that Canadian Friends believe ‘harms criminals, institutional staff, families and communities’.
‘Something good’ at the Peace Hub
The Peace Hub, the Quaker Peace and Justice Centre, is hosting an art workshop to celebrate Birmingham Cathedral’s tercentenary. The workshop is part of Something Good, a multi-faith arts programme that is being led by writer Mandy Ross. She will work with participants on the theme ‘Exploring Light and...
Proposal to commemorate Quaker botanist
A York woman is hoping to create a heritage centre dedicated to Quaker botanist and philanthropist James Backhouse. Jane Cullen wants to transform a disused park-keeper’s lodge in West Bank Park in York into a café and heritage centre. She is currently fundraising to cover the cost of a...
Worcester Friends reach out
A post-Meeting conversation has inspired Worcester Friends to help tackle the lack of feminine hygiene products in developing countries. Sharon Multani-Colebrook, founder of local charity FEMpads, attended Meeting recently. She told Friends about her charity, which makes reusable sanitary towels for women who cannot afford them. In the case of...
New message for passers-by
The Euston Road façade of Friends House boasts two new banners. The identical banners say: ‘Quakers – led by faith to build a better world’. The message is a distillation of the Quaker Week posters: ‘Beginning with stillness, my faith becomes action’.