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New home for Christchurch Quakers
Christchurch Meeting of the Yearly Meeting of Aotearoa/New Zealand has found a new home. The original Meeting house and surrounding land were destroyed in the September 2010 Canterbury earthquake.
Conscientious objector joins the Peace Hub celebration in Birmingham
Second world war conscientious objector Hugh Maw was among those marking the official opening of a new peace centre in Birmingham. The Peace Hub, a Central England Quakers project, opened on 26 February. Local school children and members of the public joined Paul Sabapthy, lord lieutenant for the West Midlands, and...
Conference highlights building peace in diverse Britain
An inspiring talk on the experience of being a Muslim woman growing up in West Yorkshire and working for peace in the area was a highlight of a recent Northern Friends Peace Board (NFPB) event.
Friends to host hustings
Quakers will host hustings with the main political parties in the approach to the general election. Hustings will take place around Britain, including at Friends House in London. The aim is to stimulate an alternative conversation on topics such as justice, democracy and peace, Trident, sustainability and economic inequality.
Friends make history in Scotland
The first same-sex marriage carried out by a recognised church in Scotland was recently celebrated by Edinburgh Friends. Mark Bitel and Tony Gross were married on Valentine’s Day at Edinburgh Meeting House. They were joined by more than two hundred family, friends and fellow Quakers.
QARN considers the plight of asylum seekers
More than fifty Friends and others gathered from 6 to 8 February for a conference organised by the Quaker Asylum and Refugee Network (QARN) in partnership with the Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre. The conference was titled ‘Destitution, Detention and Deportation: Gathering Quaker Energy to Speak Truth to Power’. Its purpose, QARN member...
Friends to take part in Burghfield lockdown
Quakers will be among those gathering at AWE (Atomic Weapons Establishment) Burghfield on 2 March to support a lockdown of the Berkshire facility, which assembles nuclear warheads.
Jewish Community to hold interfaith service in Meeting house
York’s new Jewish Community will open its doors, or rather those of Friargate Meeting House, to local people, on Friday 27 February.
Status change for QCP
The Quaker Congo Partnership (QCP) has succeeded in its application for independent charity status. It was previously part of Cambridgeshire Area Meeting.
Quakers in Bohol and Bologna recognised
The Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC) recently recognised two new groups of Quakers.