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Australian Friends fined for tea-party protest
Three Australian Friends – known as ‘the Quaker Grannies’ – were fined 500 Australian dollars (£238) each for blockading a military training session in Queensland earlier this month. Dawn Joyce, Jo Valentine and Helen Bayes held a tea party at the gates to the Shoalwater Bay Training Area to create dialogue with soldiers taking...
Meetings asked for help
Chayley Collis, a Huddersfield Friend, has developed a survey on renewable energy and fossil free divestment for Meeting houses and other Quaker buildings.
American Friends School closes
George Fox Friends School in Cochranville, Chester County, Pennsylvania, has closed due to poor enrolment levels and a shortage of funding. Business manager Janet Eaby told local publication Lancaster Online that the economy, competition and the ongoing maintenance needs of the school building had all played a part in the...
Barn Café opens at Swarthmoor
The Barn Café at Swarthmoor Hall in Cumbria is now open to the public as a place of hospitality and outreach. The café officially opened in early July when volunteers, local Friends, the mayor of Ulverston and the local business community came together to celebrate the completion of the project.
Friends to mark Hiroshima anniversary
Friends will mark the seventieth anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on Thursday 6 August with an interfaith service of commemoration and commitment for a nuclear-free world at Friends House in London.
Walking back in time at Winchmore Hill
A new walk through Winchmore Hill, north London, will highlight the days when the area was a place of refuge for Quakers. The walk will be led by City of London guide Joe Studman and is part of celebrations to mark the fiftieth anniversary of Enfield Borough’s creation.
Bury St Edmunds hosts Richard Murphy
On Monday 6 July Richard Murphy spoke at Bury St Edmunds Meeting House. A chartered accountant, Quaker, economist and co-founder of Tax Research UK, Richard told those attending that politicians of all parties have failed to tackle the multiple issues which contribute to poverty and injustice both in the UK and...
FWCC Section of the Americas appoints new clerk
Benigno Sanchez-Eppler has been appointed as the new clerk for the Section of the Americas of Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC).
Museum to bring windows to life
The Quaker Tapestry Museum has come up with an innovative way to show that it is ‘open for business’. Museum manager Bridget Guest told the Friend that the use of blackout blinds – necessary to protect the embroidered panels from daylight – often leads would-be visitors to think, wrongly, that the museum...
Money lessons for kids
Quaker Social Action (QSA) has collaborated with the Tower Hamlets Education Business Partnership to teach children about financial literacy.