8th November 2024

Historical reenactment in Lichfield

A reenactment of George Fox’s first visit to Lichfield took place last month…

by Rebecca Hardy

8th November 2024

Quaker school continues amid Lebanon airstrikes

by Rebecca Hardy

More than ninety per cent of pupils are still attending the Quaker-founded Brummana High School in Lebanon, despite regular airstrikes.

8th November 2024

Southampton Friends partner with homelessness charity

by Rebecca Hardy

Southampton Meeting House is being used by a local homelessness charity throughout the working week.

8th November 2024

Show leadership on climate, says BYM

by Rebecca Hardy

Quakers have backed a letter calling on the UK government to show leadership on climate justice among rich countries. The letter, signed by faith leaders, was part of a nationwide…

2nd November 2024

Peter Taylor wins Quaker truth award

by Rebecca Hardy

The BBC journalist Peter Taylor has been awarded the second Quaker Truth and Integrity Award, in recognition of his ‘outstanding’ work over fifty years, especially covering the…

Stocksfield Friends display Fox400 tiles
1st November 2024

Stocksfield Friends display Fox400 tiles

by Rebecca Hardy
1st November 2024

Plaque for Leeds Quaker abolitionists

by Rebecca Hardy

A blue plaque has been installed at the former home of two Quaker abolitionists to mark Leeds’ anti-slavery links.

1st November 2024

BYM aligns with International Court of Justice on Palestine

by Rebecca Hardy

Following a decision made by Meeting for Sufferings (MfS) last month (see 25 October), Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has aligned itself with International Court of Justice (ICJ)…

1st November 2024

Friends back new homelessness report

by Rebecca Hardy

Quaker Asylum Refugee Network (QARN) has highlighted a new report examining the experiences of homelessness among people refused asylum in London.

Nobel Peace Prize for Hibakusha
25th October 2024

Nobel Peace Prize for Hibakusha

by Rebecca Hardy
25th October 2024

QSA backs Challenge Poverty Week

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…

25th October 2024

Friends call for end to two-child cap

by Rebecca Hardy

Quakers were among 175 signatories from churches urging the chancellor to scrap the two-child limit in social security payments.

25th October 2024

George Fox remembered in Scotland

by Rebecca Hardy

Friends in Edinburgh heard about George Fox’s first steps into Scotland this month, almost 370 years after he was banished.