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Quaker election website goes live
The new Quaker election website, ‘Quaker Vote’, was launched on Tuesday 20 January. It was developed by Britain Yearly Meeting’s advocacy and public relations team to help Friends engage with the election and influence debate.
Australian Quakers divest funds
Australian Friends are to move their investments from funds that damage the earth. More than 200 Australian Quakers, gathering in Melbourne for Yearly Meeting, agreed to remove their corporate funds from the country’s ‘big four’ banks. They also called on individual members and Meetings to do the same.
Friends House vigil continues
A vigil has been held outside Friends House for the third consecutive Monday.
DramaQuest 2015 theme announced
The Leaveners have announced the theme for the next DramaQuest. This year’s annual summer residential event will focus on ‘Child Heroes’, looking at the stories of children who have made their mark. ‘Child Heroes’ was chosen because it is highly relevant, ‘since society still faces discrimination, inequality, injustice, violence...
Solidarity with France
Falmouth Quakers held a Peace Vigil at 2pm on Sunday 11 January, to coincide with the unity march in Paris. ‘We stand in solidarity with the people of France’, Falmouth Meeting elder Andrina Cossey told the Friend.
Eco Award for South Belfast Meeting
South Belfast Meeting has won an Eco-Congregation Ireland award, in recognition of its commitment to the environment. Kate Fletcher and Megan Corrigan accepted the award on behalf of the Meeting on 7 December.
Homestore hits twenty-five
Quaker Social Action (QSA)’s Homestore project has marked its first quarter century. Friends and supporters gathered at the Stratford showroom in London on 14 December to celebrate with stories and a short film.
Exhibition shows Quaker response to war
A major exhibition on the Quaker response to the first world war opens on 17 January in Birmingham. ‘Faith and Action: Quakers and the First World War’ will be on show in the Community Gallery at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery until 7 June. Original photographs, film, interviews and artefacts will tell...
Drone base breach
Four protesters were arrested inside RAF Waddington on 5 January. They were campaigning against the continuing use of armed drones.
New director for Ecocentre
Michael Addison has been appointed director of Northfield Ecocentre, a Central England Area Meeting project in Birmingham. Michael will work three days a week from 23 February, heading a team of six paid staff and ten volunteers. His initial priority will be to develop a new Ecocentre strategy for the next...