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Edinburgh Meeting seeks charities for festival
Edinburgh Friends are looking for charities to host theatre performances at their venue this summer during the Edinburgh Festival. The shift away from profit-making theatre groups is due to new demands by Edinburgh Council that venues who want to host any commercial profit-making events need an all-year licence.
Former recording clerk talks on hosting refugees
Gillian Ashmore, a former recording clerk of Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM), spoke on radio last month about her experience of hosting refugees.
Quaker Mount School hosts army recruiter
The Mount School in York, which is a Quaker Recognised Body, has hosted a military recruiter as part of its Careers Week.
Friends urged to ‘keep up pressure’ on policing bill
Friends are being urged to continue lobbying against the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, which has been going back and forth between the House of Commons and House of Lords in a process known as ‘ping pong’.
New BYM department
Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has set up a new department called Quaker Church Affairs.
Manchester urged to ditch fossil-fuel pensions
Local Quakers in the north of England are supporting a campaign to persuade the Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF) to ditch investments in fossil fuel companies.
Estonia Friends raise funds for more AVP
The Tallinn Friends Group have said they want to expand the Alternative to Violence Project (AVP) seminars that they already run in Estonia to local Russians.
Friends discuss equality and inclusion within Quakerism
Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) staff member Edwina Peart spoke more about diversity, inclusion and equality in the Society of Friends at a Woodbrooke event last month.
Edinburgh Meeting hosts new play on Hiroshima
Edinburgh Meeting House will host a new play by the Quaker playwright Michael Mears when it transforms into ‘Venue 40’ for the city’s famous festival this summer.
Quakers sponsor video on ethical workplace behaviour
The Quakers and Business (Q&B) group is sponsoring a team of three young people to make a video on workplace behaviour. Q&B will use the video ‘Hostile Work Environment’ to stimulate discussion about ethical behaviour in the workplace.