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Friends scale back Edinburgh Festival plans
The Edinburgh Meeting House will not be operating as a venue for live performances at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2021. The building’s usual transformation into Fringe Venue 40 every August will not be happening this year due to ‘ongoing uncertainty about Covid-19 restrictions’.
Timmon Wallis heads up QCEA
Former Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) employee Timmon Wallis is the new director of Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA). A Quaker activist, with a PhD in Peace Studies, Timmon Wallis was the peace and disarmament manager at BYM from 2014-2017. He will start the new position in May, after current...
Staff say goodbye as The Penn Club finds new home
The entire staff team at the Quaker-founded guest house The Penn Club was made redundant last week, only days after the club revealed that it had found a new home.
Quaker wins award for scientific modelling
A Quaker from Settle Meeting has won an award for her contribution towards science.
BYM announces Yearly Meeting dates
Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has announced the dates for the 2021 Yearly Meeting Gathering (YMG) which will be held online due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Big increase in attenders, says Woodbrooke
The numbers of people signing up for Woodbrooke courses increased by over a third in 2020, the Quaker centre has reported.Total attendance for its online worship in 2020 was also more than 18,000.
Leighton Park School recognised for outreach work
The Quaker school Leighton Park has been awarded the 2020 Award for Outstanding Local Community Involvement.
‘Experiment with Light’ launches website
The steering group of the Quaker ‘Experiment with Light’ has launched a new website and app.
Peace billboard in Manchester city centre
Billboard posters highlighting the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) have been posted in Manchester city centre, thanks to the Huddersfield ‘Quaker Roots’ group and a Manchester and Warrington Area Meeting group for ‘the Promotion of Peace’.
Army criticised for misusing ‘language of female empowerment’
A teenage Friend has criticised the UK army for misusing the language of female empowerment to target pro-military messages at girls and young women.