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Meeting for Sufferings: Quaker UN Committe
A change has been made in the way in which people are appointed to the Quaker United Nations Committee. Following the 2012 review of the relationship between the Quaker United Nations Office in Geneva (QUNO) and Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM), Meeting for Sufferings (MfS) has been asked to take on...
Journey Home at the Geffrye Museum
Friends were well represented at the Geffrye Museum in east London on Saturday 25 January at an event to launch a new, improved version of the Journey Home board game. The event also celebrated an agreement between the producers of Journey Home and The Big Issue Foundation that gives fifty...
Lobbying Bill: call for changes
Christian Aid chairman Rowan Williams has called on the government to make changes to the Lobbying Bill. Civil society groups, including the Religious Society of Friends, have argued that the proposed Bill threatens to curtail the freedom of charities across the country.
Peace activists on trial
The trial of five peace activists who were arrested at the London Defence Security and Equipment International (DSEi) 2013 exhibition last September takes place on Monday 3 and Tuesday 4 February at Stratford Magistrates Court in London.
A Testament of Devotion
A new Spanish translation of Thomas Kelly’s A Testament of Devotion has been welcomed by Robin Mohr, executive secretary of the Section of the Americas of Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC).
Group buying power supports renewable energy
Friends House in London and thirty-seven Quaker Meeting houses have joined the Renewable Energy Group Buying Initiative (REGBI) scheme, which was launched on 16 January. The idea behind the REGBI scheme started at a local Quaker meeting. With the support of 2buy2 it has resulted in Meeting houses joining from...
Newtown report
A recently published academic report has revealed extremely high levels of student satisfaction at one of Ireland’s leading Quaker schools. The research was conducted at Newtown School, Waterford, by sociologist Joan Hanafin of University College Cork. It was entitled Educating for Life in the Quaker Tradition.
Poll favours remembrance
The British public strongly prefer a solemn remembrance of the lives lost in the first world war to a centenary commemoration that places a central emphasis on Britain’s victory in the war, according to a new poll.
Quaker Food Choice project launched
Quaker Concern for Animals has teamed up with Quakers and Business Group to launch a new project called Quaker Food Choice.
A new face in Brussels
The Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA) has appointed Andrew Lane as the deputy representative focusing on QCEA programmes in criminal justice and peace. He joined the staff in Brussels earlier this month.