In these sombre days of Remembrance, many wear red or white poppies. Some wear both together.
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Maddie Orr, present at the Scottish Link weekend held from 6th-8th October 2017, writes:
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Quakers in Britain welcome the decision by the Scottish Government to ban fracking. They say the decision is a key step in tackling the climate crisis.
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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
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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.
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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
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Scottish Quakers, through the Parliamentary Liaison Group, held a symposium on Saturday 29 October on the subject of tax and land reform.
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On 27th October, St Andrews Quakers celebrated the completion of a labyrinth in Kinburn Park, St Andrews.
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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.
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There is a new worshipping group in Brora in the Northern Highlands, hosted by the local Episcopal church.