6th November 2020

Quakers explore ‘heaven on earth’

by Rebecca Hardy

The Quaker Socialist Society (QSS) has announced that this year’s Salter Lecture, usually given at the time of Yearly Meeting, will take place online.

6th November 2020

QCEA co-launch guide to gender and inclusivity

by Rebecca Hardy

Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA) is to launch a guide and videos providing strategies to overcome resistance to gender and inclusivity work in an online event this month.

Car crashes into Bournville Meeting grounds
6th November 2020

Car crashes into Bournville Meeting grounds

by Rebecca Hardy
6th November 2020

‘Make values visible’, says Quaker business group

by Rebecca Hardy

The Quakers and Business Group (Q&B) has said that it wants to ‘make values more visible in business’, with its annual conference based on this theme.

30th October 2020

Breakthrough for nuclear weapons ban

by Rebecca Hardy

The UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) has been ratified by the fiftieth state, meaning that it will enter into international legal force ninety days later, on…

30th October 2020

31 Friends House staff redundant

by Rebecca Hardy

Thirty-one members of Friends House staff have opted to take voluntary redundancy after a consultation period to consider how Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) can meet the financial…

8,000th issue for The Inquirer
30th October 2020

8,000th issue for The Inquirer

by Rebecca Hardy
30th October 2020

Yearly Meeting registration opens

by Rebecca Hardy

Up to one thousand Friends are expected to gather online next month for Quakers’ first online Yearly Meeting Gathering.

30th October 2020

London Quakers want to ‘build back better’

by Rebecca Hardy

London Quakers gathered last week for a Build Back Better event featuring author and Quaker descendant Mark Thomas, founder of the The 99% Campaign. The event explored the…

30th October 2020

Surrey Friend on race

by Rebecca Hardy

A Quaker from Godalming Meeting gave a talk on racism this month based on her experiences of growing up in the UK with parents from the Windrush generation.

30th October 2020

Hitchin abolitionists remembered

by Rebecca Hardy

Hitchin Quakers have been noted for their historic work in the abolition movement as part of commemorations for Anti-Slavery Day. ‘Hitchin was one of the first towns in…

Quaker composer receives OBE
23rd October 2020

Quaker composer receives OBE

by Rebecca Hardy