Hate Crime Awareness Day happened on Thursday 15th October with police, councillors, professionals and Norwich Interfaith members: Quaker, Unitarian, Bahai, Muslim, Hindu, Jew.
Speakers from different communities, then table top case studies to discuss on countering false information, rumour, possible riot, protest meetings, blame for bad behaviour, abuse of buildings, targetting of individuals or groups.
Venue was Hope Church, Wymondham. A worthwhile day.
LAKENHEATH PROTEST
There will be a protest this Saturday 17th October from 12-2 at the Main Gate, on the A 1065 between Brandon and the Mildenhall roundabout. Protesters will once again decorate the fences with banners, engage with passers by and keep informing the government that they do not consent to hosting weapons in the UK.
The 68 organisations that make up Lakenheath Alliance for Peace have held a monthly vigil at the gates, on the third Saturday of the month and will continue to maintain a presence every month (except December) until the next Peace Camp in 2027 from May 24th to June 5th…
Contact
Lesley Grahame, QuakerTel 01603 920801
Mob 07711 298214
Saturday October 17th
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The County Hall Lord Lieutenant’s free celebration of Faith and Community event is taking place at 6.30pm on November 9th. Interfaith members from different faith communities are especially welcome in numbers. Please let Dean@cathedral.org.uk know you are coming.
🪔 Invite to Diwali Celebration 🪔
You are warmly invited to join us for a Diwali Celebration at the Hindu Temple , Acle New Road NR13 3QE on
Sunday, 15 November | 4:00–6:00 pm
Come and celebrate the Festival of Lights with us in the spirit of peace, unity, hope and community.
✨ The celebration will include:
- Traditional Diwali festivities
- Delicious food and refreshments
- Fireworks
- An opportunity to meet and celebrate alongside our Interfaith communities
Nine colours. Nine days. One beautiful celebration.
Zoom Report on Wisdom
Please see the below reports from the Zoom talk on wisdom.
Annual Peacecamp.
Thanks to Joy for organising it, Chris for keeping me company, and others who handed out leaflets, had their own stalls, took part in the lunchtime discussion and spoke to visitors.
Norwich Quaker Meeting House celebrated it’s bicentenary in September! Upper Goat Lane, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1EW.
Two hundred years of our historic Grade 2* Quaker Meeting House.
The first Quaker Meetings for Worship took place in the open air, and were continued in the dungeons of Norwich Gaol in the 17th century. By 1679 the first Meeting House was built on Goat Lane, and Quakers had become almost respectable! Though banned from political office, higher education and many professions, Quakers went into equitable trades and banking, so by 1826 Quakers were sufficiently successful to build the grand Grade II* listed neoclassical building that stands today.
In 1700 there were probably 500 Quakers in Norwich and in the early part of the nineteenth century, Norfolk Quakers like Joseph Gurney, his sister Elizabeth Fry and their Anglican brother-in-law Thomas Buxton were nationally conspicuous social reformers.
More details on our website: https://www.norwichquakers.org.uk/post/bicen
‘Imagining a Nature City Norwich’, has been rescheduled to 2027.
The Faith Security Training (FST) programme is a free Home Office initiative in England and Wales. It helps places of worship and faith communities reduce hate crimes, prevent anti-social behaviour, and manage serious safety threats through expert-led sessions and online e-learning modules.
For information and to book in person or online training you can go to: https://fst.cdssupport.uk/
For learning online go to: https://www.protectuk.police.uk/catalogue/faith
For background information go to: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/faith-security-training
