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BBC allows presenters to wear white poppies
The BBC has confirmed that its presenters can wear white poppies on television in the run-up to Remembrance Sunday. Presenters may wear remembrance poppies ‘of any colour’ between Saturday 30 October and Sunday 14 November.
New Hammersmith Meeting House wins award
The new Hammersmith Meeting House has won an award celebrating it as ‘a special jewel’.
Research into Edinburgh Meeting House ‘hauntings’
A writer who is researching paranormal activity is interested in Central Edinburgh Meeting House because of its alleged association with the Scottish soldier Thomas Weir. The seventeenth-century presumed occultist was executed in 1670 for bestiality, incest and adultery.
Polar Bear arrives for COP26
Clarion the Polar Bear, the giant sculpture created by Quaker artist Bamber Hawes, arrived in Glasgow this week, just in time for COP26. The giant bear arrived after Quaker assistance helped him scale the highest part of his 306-mile trek.
Friends gather for COP26
Quakers joined the crowds in Glasgow this week to stand witness at the twenty-sixth UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26). While over 100 world leaders gathered at the Scottish Event Campus on 31 October, Friends travelled from around the globe to support the summit after months of preparation and solidarity....
Join Global Day of Action, urges BYM
Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has urged Friends to join the Global Day of Action for Climate Justice on 6 November to push for ‘just solutions to the climate crisis’.
Quakers reject ‘terrorist’ branding of six Palestinian groups
Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has joined other humanitarian and faith organisations in condemning the Israeli government’s decision to declare six Palestinian civil society groups as ‘terrorist organisations’.
Cumberland Meeting refused online banking
Cumberland Area Meeting has been forced to change banks after its regular building society refused to provide it with online banking facilities.
Quakers call for ban on conversion therapy
The Quaker Gender and Sexual Diversity Community (QGSDC) has called on the UK government to ban conversion therapy ‘without delay’, saying that many Friends have been affected by the practice.
Quakers lead two political parties
Two political parties in the UK now have Quakers leading them. Carla Denyer was elected as co-leader of the Green Party of England and Wales this month. Meanwhile Alex Cole-Hamilton was elected as leader of the Scottish Liberal Democats in August.