Friends have welcomed the news that Nihon Hidankyo has won the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize…
by Rebecca Hardy
Quaker Social Action (QSA) ran a drop-in ‘Festival of Cookies’ last week, to target digital exclusion for Challenge Poverty Week England and Wales. A digital ‘cookie’ is a…
Quakers were among 175 signatories from churches urging the chancellor to scrap the two-child limit in social security payments.
Friends in Edinburgh heard about George Fox’s first steps into Scotland this month, almost 370 years after he was banished.
Friends celebrated the 200th anniversary of Malton Meeting House this month by welcoming local residents to share stories of their town.
Roles and responsibilities Clerk Robert Card admitted that the afternoon agenda for Meeting for Suffering’s October session had become a little ‘jazzy’, given the morning’s…
Aberystwyth Meeting welcomed the public to explore local peacebuilding in the context of climate breakdown last week. The event on 12 October aimed to look at ‘how international…
An international bassoonist is performing a series of fundraising concerts inspired by Quaker peace work.
Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) marked the first-year anniversary of its Reparations Working Group (RWG) this month. The group was set up in October 2023 to take forward the Quaker…
The Quaker-founded Leighton Park School is a finalist in the Independent Schools Association (ISA) Awards 2024. The Future Readiness Award aims to celebrate best practice in…
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