Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre has launched its augural young adult leadership programme, beginning this summer. The course is designed to develop young people’s leadership skills and authority within Quakerism and wider society. It is also a chance for Young Friends to feel confident about themselves and, especially for those who have been convinced rather than…
Friday 13th of 4th month was a lucky day for staff at Kaimosi Friends Hospital as they took delivery of over £500 worth of equipment donated by British Quakers. The equipment included stethoscopes, thermometers and surgeons’ boots as British Friends arrived in Kenya for the World Conference of Friends, which took place in Kenya from 17/04 to 25/04.…
Quakers in Britain addressed the queen today as part of her diamond jubilee events. Here is the full text: Loyal Address to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on behalf of the Religious Society of Friends in Britain (Quakers) on the occasion of the Diamond Jubilee “May it please The Queen As representatives of the Religious…
Representatives from Quakers in Britain, Liberal Judaism and the Unitarian and Free Christian Churches welcomed the announcement last week of the government consultation to consider how to make civil marriage available to same-sex couples. Quakers in Britain, Unitarians and Liberal Judaism have long campaigned for equality in marriage because of their deeply held beliefs in…
An Ecumenical Accompanier has won a prestigious music award for a song about the situation in Palestine and Israel. Penny Stone took part in the Ecumenical Accompanier Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI) in 2010 and from her experience the song “Breaking the Silence” was written and won the Alistair Hulett Memorial Trust Song Competition.…
By Jez Smith A campaign is set to be launched by Southwark residents to replace the Alfred Salter statue that was stolen last year from Bermondsey. Alfred Salter was a Quaker and GP who lived and worked in Bermondsey for many years and also served as an MP for them. Alfred’s wife Ada was responsible for many of…
Quakers meeting for worship in London alongside Occupy LSX have published an epistle declaring the need for Quakers to take their worship out of their meeting houses and into the wider world. The epistle recognises the contribution that Occupy LSX has made to challenging the problems caused by the ‘social and economic system which they…
Rachel Brett is set to deliver the annual Swarthmore Lecture as part of Quakers’ Britain Yearly Meeting assembly in 05/2012. Rachel Brett will speak about Quaker processes and ways of working and how they have been applied to the United Nations sphere. She will particularly talk about this work in the context of human rights,…
A Quaker is set to become a Member of European Parliament in 02/2012. Rebecca Taylor, 36, was in ‘list place 3’ at the last European Parliament elections for the Yorkshire and Humberside region. The first candidate, Diana Wallis, was elected but has recently announced that she is stepping down for health reasons at the end of 01/2012.…
The Quakers, Unitarians and Liberal Jews have written an open letter to the leaders of the three main parties in the House of Lords, part of the UK parliament, urging them to reject a challenge, by Detta O’Cathain,  to the regulations bringing into effect civil partnerships being celebrated on religious premises. The House of Lords…