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Links to Quaker & other websites

Some of the links below and in the Resources section are to existing Links pages on other websites, including the main UK Quaker website managed by Friends House in Euston Road, London (BYM). Direct links are included for sites which can’t readily be reached via existing Links pages. Using existing links means that you get to see material of which you might otherwise be unaware – and a lot more of it! Some links are given from the Quaker Glossary (click first on Members Pages). All links checked 21 September 2009.

Please feel free to make comments and suggestions at the end of this page.

BYM AND OTHER QUAKER SITES [Back to top]


QUAKER VIEWS, VALUES AND TESTIMONIES: [Back to top]

 

THE ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY, CLIMATE CHANGE: [Back to top]


Local websites:


QUAKER RESOURCES: [Back to top]

  • Online texts by early Quakers The Digital Quaker Collection: Links from Earlham School of Religion, Richmond, USA.
  • QuakerInfo.com: Quaker resources on the web A large US collection which includes links to writings by Bill Samuel, whose page it is, as well as many links to historical and worldwide material. Headings include: Testimonies, Beliefs & Issues, History & Genealogy, Historical writings, Historical figures, Organization & Ministries, Essays & Articles, General resources.
  • Quaker Electronic Archive A large US list of worldwide links maintained by George Amos Jr., which includes a few writings by him. Access is provided at the bottom of the page to the Quaker Ring, a collection of Quaker websites. Headings include: Biblical issues, Book reviews, Historical material, Introductions to Quakerism, Minutes, Queries, Epistles, Faith & Practice, Outreach services, Poems & Prayers, Same sex issues.
  • Religious Society of Friends A large US collection at www.quaker.org - possibly the largest worldwide list. Maintained by Russell Nelson and many contributors. Headings include: Quaker organizations (including FWCC, Retreat Centres), Friends & Nature, Writings of historical Friends, Writings of/about contemporary Friends, Peacemaker sites, and Quaker-run businesses (mostly US). Includes a link to Planet Quaker for Quaker blogs.
  • Speaking Truth US website which aims to become a repository for all Quaker audio-visual media, worldwide

QUAKER COMMUNITIES AND FORUMS: [Back to top]


OTHER SITES OF INTEREST: [Back to top]


LINKS FOR ELDERS AND OVERSEERS: [Back to top]

  • The handbook 'Patterns of Eldership and Oversight' (37pp) may be obtained from the Quaker Bookshop
  • The booklet 'A List of Quaker-run Accommodation Schemes for Older People' (A4, 24pp) may be obtained from the Quaker Housing Trust
  • Quaker Life offers a series of fact sheets on meeting support including contacts (phone numbers and email addresses) for help from Friends House on Children and young people, Criminal record (CRB) checks, Diversity and inclusion, the Friends House Library, Meeting safety, Outreach, Pastoral care, Quaker Life Network, Quaker Life Resources room, Quaker Monthly, Swarthmoor Hall, Wardenship and employment..


AIDS TO DEMOCRATIC ACTION: [Back to top]
  • The UK Parliament
  • TheyWorkForYou.com keeps an eye on your MP’s speeches etc, gives access to Hansard, lists of MPs, Lords etc, provides glossary of Parliamentary jargon, written answers, debates, Ministerial statements
  • ThePublicWhip tells you the voting record for any MP/Lord or subject
  • WriteToThem.com lets you use your postcode to check on the name of your Councillors, MP, MEPs, Scottish MPs or Welsh,
    N. Ireland     or London Assembly members, and email them (your email will be converted automatically to a fax)
  • HearFromYourMP.com provides a means of contacting your MP about local issues and discussing their reply with others. It also makes it possible to learn a great deal about MPs not your own.
  • DowningStreetSays.com records the briefings given daily to political journalists by the Prime Minister’s official spokesperson.
  • The Prime Minister’s website at 10 Downing Street includes a means (via ‘Contact’) of writing to or petitioning the Prime Minister, and emailing Government Departments.
  • The UK government site
  • Show us a better way is a government website asking for ideas on better ways to use public data to help society
  • Look at WhatDoTheyKnow.com to make Freedom of Information requests or look up those already made
  • FixMyStreet.com Offers a simple way to report anything that needs doing
  • During elections, be a neutral observer at Democracy Club and keep an eye on political parties' activities on behalf of the public.
  • Free our Bills is a campaign to enable Parliamentary Bills to be available for all to see during their passage through Parliament. They are requesting support.
  • The devolved parliaments of Scotland, Wales, and N. Ireland and the devolved governments of Scotland, Wales, and N. Ireland.
  • The European Union, its activities and institutions.
  • The United Nations and the UK United Nations Association
  • Politics.Co.Uk is a neutral website giving political news and reference material, including links to Parliaments, Government departments, Political parties, Think tanks and Media
  • Index of political blogs is an index of writings about politics on the internet.
  • Avaaz.org is engaged in worldwide campaigning/petitions for causes you may support.
  • Newspapers worldwide: thepaperboy.com provides about 6,000 online newspapers worldwide, thus giving different perspectives on world events.


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