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  • 2 Oct 2011
    Fast lane to nowhere

    “Slow down,you move too fast” In the 45 years which have passed since Paul Simon wrote the 59th Street Bridge Song, we have come to move a whole lot faster.

  • 30 Sep 2011
    Prisoners' children to address UN body

    Children whose parents are in prison will today address a meeting of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child in Geneva.

  • 27 Sep 2011
    Quaker Week events for 2011

    Quaker Week 2011 takes place from 1-9 October, providing an opportunity to reflect on the theme, 'Making Peace a Way of Life', and to discover more about the convictions and practice of the Religious Society of Friends.

  • 27 Sep 2011
    Quakers to mark historic peace anniversary

    Quakers around Britain will be speaking about their convictions and lifestance during the fifth national Quaker Week, 1-9 October 2011.

  • 22 Sep 2011
    Quaker conference to tackle economic justice

    Quakers in Britain says that people and society are being geared to supporting economic systems, rather than the other way round.

  • 20 Sep 2011
    Monarch, jubilee and conscience

    Christians of all denominations have been invited to take part in lighting church beacons on 4 June 2012 to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

  • 19 Sep 2011
    Free church delegation attending party conferences

    A Free Church delegation of leaders and representatives will attend the Liberal Democrat, Labour and Conservative party conferences in September and October.

  • 16 Sep 2011
    British Quakers and private schools

    Much has been written today about Kweku Adoboli, the “rogue trader” who lost £1.3 billion of other people’s money. One fact that has received little attention is that he went to a Quaker school.

  • 25 Aug 2011
    Peace Zone to promote active nonviolence at Greenbelt

    The Greenbelt Christian festival this weekend will feature a Peace Zone run by a network of twenty-two Christian organisations committed to active nonviolence.

  • 7 Aug 2011
    Quakers commit to low-carbon footprint and environmental future

    Every Quaker in Britain will be urged and supported to reduce their carbon footprint, under a plan adopted by the Annual Yearly Meeting.