Interest in hosting Armed Forces Day events has declined in recent months, according to ForcesWatch and the Peace Pledge Union (PPU). This was highlighted through a Freedom of…
The Quaker Arts Network (QAN) will have a presence at the Greenbelt Festival this summer, with a gazebo of its own. Meetings for Worship (MfW) have been a regular occurrence at the…
The Quaker-initiated Pity of War memorial was unveiled at the National Memorial Arboretum last month.
The Friends World Committee for Consultation Europe and Middle East Section (FWCC EMES) has welcomed a new staff member to focus on communications.
An IT pioneer and philanthropist has led a call to find British foster families who took in Jewish refugee children on the Quaker co-founded kindertransport.
An open day for George Fox 400 held by Letchworth Friends shone a spotlight on the garden city’s Quaker roots.
Norwich Quakers organised a peace camp last month to coincide with Refugee Week.
Quakers have urged all political parties to draw up a ‘humane, co-ordinated response to those seeking refuge’.
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