13th February 2026

Friends protest against Birmingham arms fair

'We are here to draw attention to a venue and event selling itself as family friendly, instead selling weapons that rip families apart.'…

by Rebecca Hardy

13th February 2026

US Quakers support ICE protests

by Rebecca Hardy

US Friends took part in protests at Washington’s Capitol Hill last week, against a wave of violent immigration enforcement in the country.

13th February 2026

Restructures at Quiet Company

by Rebecca Hardy

A staff consultation is underway at the Quiet Company (QC), the hospitality arm of Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM). 

13th February 2026

New interfaith commission launched

by Rebecca Hardy

A new commission assessing the state of interfaith relations was launched last month. The commission aims to identify ‘indicators of tension and conflict, as well as examples of…

13th February 2026

Minister assures BYM on hunger strikers

by Rebecca Hardy

James Timpson, minister of state for Prisons, Probation and Reducing Reoffending, has responded to a letter from Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) raising concern about the wellbeing of…

AFSC pledges to continue work in Gaza
6th February 2026

AFSC pledges to continue work in Gaza

by Rebecca Hardy
6th February 2026

Fifth anniversary of anti-nuclear treaty

by Rebecca Hardy

Quakers have been celebrating the fifth anniversary of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).

6th February 2026

JRF: ‘Deep poverty’ highest for thirty years

by Rebecca Hardy

The number of people in the UK in ‘very deep poverty’ is at its highest in more than thirty years, a new report from the Quaker-founded Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) has…

6th February 2026

UK civic space ‘at a precipice’

by Rebecca Hardy

Civic spaces are increasingly under threat, civic society groups warned at a Quaker-co-hosted conference at Friends House in London last week. 

6th February 2026

Friends help develop refugee history walk

by Rebecca Hardy

The Library of the Society of Friends has partnered with Senate House Library to develop a London history walk about refugees.

Hope at COP30, says QUNO
30th January 2026

Hope at COP30, says QUNO

by Rebecca Hardy
30th January 2026

Quakers call for solidarity on Gaza

by Rebecca Hardy

Quakers have been urged not to forget the suffering in Gaza, more than three months on since the ceasefire.

30th January 2026

Peace campaigners tell NEC no to arms fair

by Rebecca Hardy

Peace campaigners are calling on Birmingham’s National Exhibition Centre (NEC) to cancel a controversial arms fair.