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Quaker charity wins national award
A Quaker charity has won a national Plain English Award. The charity, Life in Palestine, is run by six Quaker trustees from across the South Lakes region and received the award, from the Plain English Campaign, for their booklet Children of War. -
Planning to retire
Martina Weitsch and Liz Scurfield, joint representatives at the Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA), are planning to retire in the autumn of 2012. The QCEA was founded in 1979 and is based in Brussels. It promotes the values of the Religious Society of Friends in a European context and… -
Co-ops and peace
Campaigns for economic alternatives should be linked to movements for peace. That’s the message coming from delegates at a world gathering of co-operatives meeting in Cancun, Mexico. -
Meeting for Sufferings: Changes at The Retreat
Meeting for Sufferings, which met at Friends House in London on 3 December, heard how changes at The Retreat aim to renew Quaker influence and connect the vision of founder William Tuke with the mental health issues of today. -
Meeting for Sufferings: Meetings asked to measure carbon emissions
An important decision has just been taken to help Friends not only ‘talk the talk’ on climate change but to take positive steps to ‘walk the walk’ in addressing it. Quaker Meetings around Britain have been asked to measure their carbon emissions. The request follows a decision by British Quakers…
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Meeting for Sufferings: News in brief
Recording clerk induction Paul Parker, recording clerk of Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM), reported to Meeting for Sufferings (MfS) on his induction activities since his appointment. He has held one-on-one meetings with almost all BYM staff at both Friends House and Swarthmoor Hall and has attended departmental and staff meetings. In… -
‘Occupy’ beyond London
Quakers are offering practical help and political support to ‘Occupy’ protest camps throughout the UK. Since the launch of Occupy London in October, the movement has spread to most major British cities and a number of smaller towns. There are thought to be occupations in over eighty countries worldwide.
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Dress doctor wins award
A Quaker whose business is informed by her faith has been named one of the UK’s top young social entrepreneurs. Jo Poole, of Jesus Lane Meeting in Cambridge, has won a Future 100 award for entrepreneurial flair that combines commercial, environmental and social goals.
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Salter statue stolen
A statue of one of the twentieth century’s most prominent Quakers has been stolen from a park in Bermondsey. The bronze statue of Alfred Salter, a doctor, politician and social reformer, disappeared on 18 November.
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Michael Lyons released
British conscientious objector Michael Lyons has been released from military prison in Colchester. He was sentenced to nine months’ detention for ‘wilful disobedience’ after he refused to register for a rifle. His views on war had changed but his application for discharge due to conscientious objection was rejected (see ‘Court-martial…
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