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British Museum ends BP sponsorship deal
Friends celebrated the news last week that, after twenty-seven years, and a decade-long campaign, the BP sponsorship deal with the British Museum ended. Campaigners including Quakers hailed the move as a ‘momentous shift’ with fossil-fuel companies retreating from arts-funding. The museum joins Royal Opera House, National Portrait Gallery and Royal...
BYM wins major campaigning award
Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has won a major campaigning award, together with the other organisations that formed the Police Bill Alliance.
QSA launches funeral poverty campaign
Friends are being asked to take photos of the front of funeral directors’ premises, if clear funeral costs are not displayed.
Friends fund Uganda health centre
Quakers have helped raise funds to build a village health centre in Butta, in eastern Uganda.
Public Order Bill becomes law
Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has said that it will continue to work with others to protect and promote human rights, despite the ‘severe blow’ of the Public Order Bill, which came into effect last month.
Quaker Roots plans peace pilgrimage
A Quaker group preparing witness against a major arms fair this autumn is planning peace pilgrimages in the run-up to the event.
Trials witness
Four Quakers were among a group of twenty-four people who sat in witness outside the Crown Court last week, to remind jurors of their right to make decisions according to their conscience.
Friends counter misogyny in schools
Quakers held an event earlier this week to find ways of countering the rise of misogynistic social media influencers such as Andrew Tate. Tate is linked to a rising number reports of misogynistic incidents in UK schools.
Earth Quakers launch new Vanguard protest
US Quakers are asking British Friends to join a new campaign against the large asset manager, Vanguard, urging it to end fossil fuel investment in companies that refuse to transition to climate-friendly models.
Oxfordshire exhibition for Artsweek
Seven Quaker women are showcasing their work at Oxford Meeting House this month, as part of Oxfordshire’s annual ‘Artsweek’ festival.