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Working towards economic justice in Scotland
Friday, 29 September 2017

Friends will be aware that GM’s Parliamentary Engagement Working Group (PEWG, previously known as the Parliamentary Liaison Function Group) organized a symposium on economic justice in Leith last O

South East Scotland Quakers respond to Scottish Government Energy consultation
Thursday, 27 July 2017

South East Scotland Quakers have responded to the Scottish Government

Creating a Just Country – can Scotland lead the way?
Monday, 1 May 2017

In 2015 British Quakers committed themselves to give priority to working with others to identify and address the root causes of inequalities in our society.

Discussion with European Commission coordinator for the rights of the child
Monday, 20 March 2017

Mairi Campbell-Jack, Parliamentary Engagement Officer for Quakers in Scotland and members of Action of Churches Together in Scotland and Scottish Churches Parliamentary Office met with Margar

South East Scotland Area Meeting is now a Living Wage employer
Tuesday, 7 March 2017

South East Scotland Area Meeting is pleased to announce that we have been

Creating a just Scotland - Transforming our land and taxation policies
Saturday, 19 November 2016

Scottish Quakers, through the Parliamentary Liaison Group, held a symposium on Saturday 29 October on the subject of tax and land reform.

St Andrews Quakers celebrate completion of a labyrinth
Wednesday, 9 November 2016

On 27th October, St Andrews Quakers celebrated the completion of a labyrinth in Kinburn Park, St Andrews.

Wreath-laying by children of Inverness Quaker Meeting
Thursday, 3 November 2016

Inverness Quakers lay a wreath of red and white poppies every year at the Cavell Memorial in Inverness. For the past two years the children have laid the wreath on the memorial.

Quaker worship in Brora Episcopal church
Saturday, 22 October 2016

There is a new worshipping group in Brora in the Northern Highlands, hosted by the local Episcopal church.

Petition opens dialogue on armed forces visits to schools
Saturday, 24 September 2016

A  joint Quaker/ForcesWatch petition on the military  presence in Scottish schools, which was signed by over

Petition questions military visits in Scottish schools
Wednesday, 14 September 2016

Quakers in Scotland and ForcesWatch are presenting a

Church representatives reflect on Brexit
Sunday, 10 July 2016

Quakers were among seven member churches of Action of Chuches Together in Scotland who met in Edinburgh on Monday 4th July to share initial thoughts, questions and concerns over the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union.