Quakers in Britain have adopted a statement on “government cuts: welfare benefitsâ€, which is to be used as a “starting point for meetings as a basis for action and speaking out†as well as for reflection, according to the decision-making body Meeting of Sufferings, which met on the first Saturday of the month in 04/2014.…
“Last year, three children drowned while trying to get to school from Ambohidava, can you imagine that?†Theresa Haine, a Welsh Quaker who is dedicated to helping people in Madagascar to improve their lives, is explaining why her charity has just been helping to build a new secondary school in Ambohidava, Madagascar. For the past…
Quakers have joined churches from across Britain and Ireland to send a joint letter to David Cameron, the UK’s prime minister, asking for an apology to poor people for misrepresenting them. The letter, signed among others by Paul Parker, recording clerk of Quakers in Britain, states that the government has been giving out misleading and…
London-based charity Quaker Social Action (QSA) has won a national award for its anti-poverty work. QSA was one of five winners of The Guardian Charity Award for 2012, having been chosen from a field of almost 1,000 other entries. The award is given for Down to Earth, QSA’s work with bereaved families helping them to…