21st February 2025

Friends speak out about Heathrow

‘It undermines the possibility of reaching net zero.’…

by Rebecca Hardy

21st February 2025

Campaign on AI and copyright proposals

by Rebecca Hardy

A London Quaker met with his local MP this month over concerns about a new government proposal around Artificial Intelligence (AI) and copyright.

21st February 2025

Friends guide people on later life planning

by Rebecca Hardy

Leiston Meeting is shining the spotlight on ‘preparing for the unexpected’ by helping people to plan for after their deaths.

21st February 2025

Quakers offer advice on community cohesion

by Rebecca Hardy

Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has told the Women and Equalities Parliamentary Committee’s inquiry into community cohesion that it is ‘deeply worried about growing divisions in…

21st February 2025

Quakers launch peace education course

by Rebecca Hardy

The peace education team for Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) launched an online course with the Open University (OU) on 5 February.

Friends hold DRC in the Light
14th February 2025

Friends hold DRC in the Light

by Rebecca Hardy
14th February 2025

Invest profits in renewables, Shell told

by Rebecca Hardy

Quakers have said that the billions in profits announced by Shell last week show that ‘fossil fuel companies are more than capable of providing compensation to those they have…

14th February 2025

Friends meet local MP

by Rebecca Hardy

Cotteridge Quakers and St Francis Church hosted an evening with their new MP last month, about the environment and energy.

14th February 2025

Quakers oppose US military drones in UK

by Rebecca Hardy

Quakers took part in a protest led by Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) and Drone Wars at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire last month. The witness outside the main gates was to…

14th February 2025

BYM criticises Gaza proposals

by Rebecca Hardy

Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has said that it is ‘horrified’ by Donald Trump’s proposal to ‘take over’ and ‘own’ Gaza and ethnically cleanse two million Palestinians.

Call for better climate education in schools
7th February 2025

Call for better climate education in schools

by Rebecca Hardy
7th February 2025

US Quakers block new immigration policy

by Rebecca Hardy

A group of US Quakers have filed a lawsuit to stop immigration authorities from enforcing a new policy in, or near, their Meeting houses.

7th February 2025

Gaie Delap released to home detention

by Rebecca Hardy

The Quaker climate protester Gaie Delap was released from prison on home detention curfew last week. It is understood that the Just Stop Oil (JSO) activist has been fitted with a…