Our stories
As Quakers we believe that faith is expressed through action. Quakers and Quaker meetings live out this belief in their communities. We share these stories here.
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Quakers transform meeting house into emergency shelter for rough sleepers
Weston-super-Mare, Somerset
When heavy snow hit Weston-super-Mare, Friends were ready to take immediate action for people experiencing homelessness.
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Towards equality: a Quaker campaign for a Land Value Tax
Lancashire, UK
Jocelyn Gaskell of Yealand Local Meeting is challenging unequal land ownership with a Land Value Tax campaign. She invites others to join her.
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Welfare for all: walking for the common good
Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria
Kendal and Sedbergh Friends report back on their 50-mile pilgrimage for the welfare system.
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Not in our name: Pilgrimage for the welfare system
Sedbergh, Cumbria
The story of a pilgrimage organised by Kendal and Sedbergh Area Meeting to bear witness against the dismantling of the welfare system.
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Tackling inequality through credit unions
North Wales, UK
Quakers in North Wales are working to combat inequality by supporting individual Quakers and meetings to get involved in local credit unions.
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Break up the banks? We need a banking revolution!
London, UK
A London Quaker shares how they were led to increase awareness about the UK's banking system and how to change it.
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Launching the Exeter Pound
Exeter, UK
Exeter Meeting used a QPSW Sustainability and New Economy grant to raise the profile of the Exeter Pound, an initiative of Transition Exeter.
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Raising concerns around TTIP
Somerset, UK
Tom Leimdorfer of North Somerset Area Meeting tells how he raised concerns around the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) through a local council motion.
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Making us more equal
Watford, UK
In February 2015, Luton and Leighton Area Meeting held a conference on inequality to explore what action might be taken.
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Led to action on the Living Wage
Lancaster, UK
Responding to economic inequality and injustice in the UK, a Lancaster Quaker shares how she felt led to campaign for the Living Wage.
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Inequality affects us all: Stone Quaker vigil
Stone, UK
Stone Quakers held a two hour vigil in the High Street on Friday, 13 March 2015 as part of Quaker Equality Week.
