10th January 2025

Award for Quaker-led mediation scheme

by Rebecca Hardy

There is ‘huge potential’ to grow peer mediation schemes in schools across the UK, Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM)’s peace education team has said.

2024 news round-up
3rd January 2025

2024 news round-up

by Rebecca Hardy
Friends deliver Christmas parcels
20th December 2024

Friends deliver Christmas parcels

by Rebecca Hardy
20th December 2024

Meeting for Sufferings: December 2024 afternoon session

by Rebecca Hardy

Budget ‘Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) shall once again set a deficit budget in 2025,’ Paul Whitehouse, Yearly Meeting (YM) treasurer, told Meeting for Sufferings (MfS) on 7…

20th December 2024

Quaker JSO activist faces prison recall

by Rebecca Hardy

Quakers have raised alarm about the plight of Bristol Friend Gaie Delap, who faces being recalled to prison after health complications prevented her from having a surveillance tag.

20th December 2024

Quakers launch peace education course

by Rebecca Hardy

Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM)’s peace education team is starting the new year by launching a new course.

20th December 2024

Leicester Friends in Christmas witness

by Rebecca Hardy

Leicester Quakers made the most of a festive event to witness for climate justice this month.

20th December 2024

Quakers leave X over harmful content

by Rebecca Hardy

At least eight international Quaker groups have announced they will be disengaging from the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.

Climate Choir witness at British Museum
13th December 2024

Climate Choir witness at British Museum

by Rebecca Hardy
13th December 2024

Meeting for Sufferings: December 2024 morning session

by Rebecca Hardy

Early business As Storm Darragh swept parts of the UK, thirty-six Quakers made it to Friends House for Meeting for Sufferings (MfS), with almost fifty attending online. Opening…

13th December 2024

Salter Lecture 2025 announced

by Rebecca Hardy

The Quaker Socialist Society (QSS) has announced that the Quaker lawyer Abimbola Johnson is to be the 2025 Salter Lecturer.

13th December 2024

Kyiv Friends praise animal rescue volunteers

by Rebecca Hardy

Quakers in Kyiv have highlighted the bravery of volunteers working to protect human and animal life in Ukraine. The Friends shared a picture on social media of a young volunteer…