13th June 2025

Tim Gee to give Backhouse Lecture

The Australian version of the Swarthmore Lecture is named after James Backhouse…

by Rebecca Hardy

13th June 2025

Lancaster Quakers apologise for slavery links

by Rebecca Hardy

Lancaster Friends have issued an apology for local Quaker involvement in the trade of enslaved people.

13th June 2025

QARN shares criticism of PM’s speech

by Rebecca Hardy

Quaker Asylum and Refugee Network (QARN) has backed a robust response to Keir Starmer’s controversial speech on migrants last month. The comments from the prime minister – in…

13th June 2025

BYM criticises new defence review

by Rebecca Hardy

Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has criticised the UK government’s new Strategic Defence Review, saying it prepares the country for more war instead of investing in peace.

13th June 2025

Writers echo ‘genocidal’ charge

by Rebecca Hardy

Three hundred and eighty writers and organisations have signed a letter echoing Britain Yearly Meeting’s discernment that the Israeli government’s war in Gaza is genocidal and…

Verity Watts premieres PEACE commission
6th June 2025

Verity Watts premieres PEACE commission

by Rebecca Hardy
6th June 2025

Friends press MPs on irregular asylum routes

by Rebecca Hardy

Quaker Asylum and Refugee Network (QARN) is urging MPs not to deny citizenship to people seeking asylum if they arrived through irregular routes.

6th June 2025

Quakers back ‘No to Annexation’ campaign

by Rebecca Hardy

Friends are supporting an international campaign highlighting ‘the growing risk of annexation in the West Bank’.

6th June 2025

Lancaster Friends start monthly vigil

by Rebecca Hardy

Lancaster Friends started a monthly silent vigil in solidarity with the earth last month. The thirty-minute witness in Lancaster’s market square will be held on the third Sunday…

6th June 2025

Hereford Meeting spotlights local Quaker history

by Rebecca Hardy

Hereford Friends held a history symposium last month as part of a local history festival.

Friends witness for UK’s coastal future
30th May 2025

Friends witness for UK’s coastal future

by Rebecca Hardy
30th May 2025

Westminster raid sparks call for review

by Rebecca Hardy

Twenty UK faith organisations have sent an open letter to Keir Starmer, prime minister, about the police raid at Westminster Meeting. 

30th May 2025

New resource for handling conflict

by Rebecca Hardy

A group of Friends has launched a website aimed at supporting Quakers with conflict within their own communities. The new resource is the work of Restoring Relations, a small team…