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Stretford student wins peace essay competition
Bulak Dale from Stretford is the winner of the Dorothy Trippier Peace Essay 2013 competition. The competition was organised by Southport Friends in memory of local Quaker and artist Dorothy Trippier. A first prize of £100 and two prizes of £50 were offered to young people studying at Key Stage 4 or 5 for...
Grant given to Bath Meeting House
Bath Meeting House has been awarded a £10,000 grant in the latest round of funding from the National Churches Trust. The grant is part of a £645,000 package that will benefit forty-five churches, chapels and Meeting houses in the United Kingdom and will help the Meeting house replace a cramped tea-bar,...
New edition of Quaker faith & practice
The decision to recognise same and opposite sex marriage as equal, made at Yearly Meeting in 2009, has been included in amendments to chapter sixteen in the fifth edition of Quaker faith & practice, which has just been published.
New £2 coin under fire
A new £2 coin launched by the Royal Mint to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the start of the first world war has provoked criticism from leading peace groups and individuals. The coin depicts Horatio Kitchener and his slogan ‘Your country needs you’. Kitchener was secretary of state for war...
Salter statues campaign
The Salter Statues Campaign has now broken the £35,000 barrier in a fundraising campaign aimed at raising £50,000. In November 2011 the bronze statue of Alfred Salter was stolen from its location just east of Tower Bridge in London. A campaign was immediately started to raise £50,000 to replace it.
Philippines appeal
More than $20,000 has been raised by Friends worldwide to help victims of the earthquake and Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.
Digital Voices in Wales
Friends throughout Wales are responding to a concern that the Quaker voice should be clearly heard among the many activities to commemorate the centenary of the first world war.
YM Gathering bookings open
Bookings for Yearly Meeting Gathering, to be held in Bath in August 2014, are now open. Friends House have provided information on their website that gives background and guidance for those Friends who wish to attend the largest Quaker gathering of 2014. It states that ‘online bookings can be made at...
Appeal for school governors
Up to one in four school governor positions is vacant in some schools in rural and deprived areas of England. SGOSS – Governors for Schools, the educational charity, has revealed that one in ten of the 300,000 governor positions across the country is not filled.
Meeting for Sufferings: Quaker values in education
A major theme of Meeting for Sufferings, held on Saturday 7 December at Friends House, London, was that of ‘Quaker values in education’. Friends were ‘making a start on a very broad and complex subject’ and the aim was to see what support ‘we might give to those involved in...