Quiet Quakers break with tradition to shout about Quaker Week

SEPTEMBER 2007 sees the launch of the first ever National Quaker Week in the UK – an event that will celebrate the work and faith of Quakers throughout Britain.

In a radical departure from the traditional modesty associated with the Religious Society of Friends, Quakers, as they are more commonly known, will be seen and heard across the UK from September 22 -30, in a campaign that includes special regional events, high profile advertising in local and national media, and the launch of a brand new microsite linked to the Quaker website.

Tom Harris, Outreach Officer, said: “The aim of National Quaker Week is to raise awareness of Quakerism as a radical, contemporary faith. Our faith is the springboard for the extraordinary amount of peace and social witness work that we carry out, in the UK and abroad.

“At the same time we are bringing Quakers together from all over the country to celebrate who we are and what we do. It’s a very exciting time.”

Click here for the new Quaker Week Microsite.

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Notes to editor:
• National Quaker Week runs from 22 September to 30 September 2007.
• Approximately 25,000 people attend Quaker Meetings for Worship in the UK, and there are 500 Meeting Houses.
• Quakers are known formally as the Religious Society of Friends, and refer to one another informally as Friends.

Media information
Anne van Staveren
0207 663 1048
07958 009703
annev@quaker.co.uk
www.quaker.org.uk

What Quakers Say
• There is something sacred in all people.
• All people are equal before God and each person is a unique and precious child of God.
• True religion leads to respect for the earth and all life upon it. Religion is about the whole of life.
• We meet in silence to discover a deeper sense of God’s presence.
• Live adventurously.