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Quakers send ‘messages from the heart’
Friends have been submitting ‘messages from the heart’ to feature on a large Quaker banner going to the UN Conference of the Parties (COP26) in November.
Friends speak out on Afghan refugees
Britain Yearly Meeting has urged the UK government to recognise responsibility for Afghan refugees. ‘The 20-year NATO intervention in Afghanistan did not bring about a peaceful and democratic society. Around five million people who have fled since 2012 have not been able to return to their homes. After the events of...
Plaque for Peterloo Massacre
Manchester & Warrington Area Meeting has installed a plaque to commemorate the Peterloo Massacre, 202 years after the travesty.
Bristol workshops for nonviolent protests
Bristol Quakers have launched their first nonviolence workshop for demonstrators, following a concern raised by a local Friend. The course ran on 1 July at Central Bristol Meeting House, where Jenny Smith talked of her pioneering role as liaison person in earlier Bristol demonstrations.
Quakers say no to Cambo Oil Field
Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has signed a joint open letter urging the government to reject the new Cambo Oil Field off the Scottish coast and end support for all coal, oil and gas developments across the UK. This is vital if the UK is going to meet its targets on...
The Retreat appoints developer
The Retreat York has appointed the PJ Livesey Group, a specialist in refurbishing iconic buildings, as preferred supplier to develop the site of its former psychiatric hospital on Heslington Road.
Faith groups to ‘Make COP26 Count’
Faith groups should prioritise amplifying the stories of frontline communities impacted by climate breakdown. This was one of the conclusions that came out of an interfaith climate event last month. The Make COP26 Count event, organised by an interfaith coalition including Quakers in Britain, brought MPs, peers and faith representatives...
New director for QUNO
The South African Quaker Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge has been appointed the incoming director of Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) Geneva. The former government minister from Western Cape Meeting delivered this year’s Salter Lecture at Yearly Meeting Gathering.
Campaign against Liverpool arms fair
Quakers are among those campaigning against an electronic arms fair that is to take place in Liverpool in October.
Henley Friends unveil peace tree plaque
Twenty Quakers from Henley Meeting gathered last month to unveil a plaque for their peace tree. The plaque bears a quotation from John Greenleaf Whittier, saying: ‘Love shall tread out the baleful fire of anger, and in its ashes plant the tree of peace.’