The Quaker astrophysicist Jocelyn Bell Burnell has become the second woman to win the Copley Medal for her work on the discovery of pulsars.
Friends have been submitting ‘messages from the heart’ to feature on a large Quaker banner going to the UN Conference of the Parties (COP26) in November.
Britain Yearly Meeting has urged the UK government to recognise responsibility for Afghan refugees. ‘The 20-year NATO intervention in Afghanistan did not bring about a peaceful…
Bristol Quakers have launched their first nonviolence workshop for demonstrators, following a concern raised by a local Friend. The course ran on 1 July at Central Bristol Meeting…
Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has signed a joint open letter urging the government to reject the new Cambo Oil Field off the Scottish coast and end support for all coal, oil and gas…
The Retreat York has appointed the PJ Livesey Group, a specialist in refurbishing iconic buildings, as preferred supplier to develop the site of its former psychiatric hospital on…
Faith groups should prioritise amplifying the stories of frontline communities impacted by climate breakdown. This was one of the conclusions that came out of an interfaith climate…
Quakers are among those campaigning against an electronic arms fair that is to take place in Liverpool in October.
Twenty Quakers from Henley Meeting gathered last month to unveil a plaque for their peace tree. The plaque bears a quotation from John Greenleaf Whittier, saying: ‘Love shall…
Quaker Social Action (QSA) has highlighted the prevalence of male mental health struggles, as it launches an online wellbeing course for men.
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