27th November 2020

Quakers in climate year of action

by Rebecca Hardy

Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) joined more than seventy organisations in the COP26 Coalition to launch ‘a year of climate mobilisation from the ground up’.

27th November 2020

Rise of white poppies in schools

by Rebecca Hardy

The sharp rise in white poppy orders for schools can be attributed to a more ‘honest reflection about history’, peace campaigners have said.

27th November 2020

Bristol Friends launch climate booklet

by Rebecca Hardy

Bristol Area Meeting has published a new booklet to help Friends respond to the climate emergency. The Sustainability Advices and Queries booklet is intended to supplement Quaker…

27th November 2020

Vaccine must be for world’s poorest too

by Rebecca Hardy

Christian Aid has called for access to ‘any successful vaccine’ to be shared with the world’s poorest people and not become a ‘global postcode lottery’.

27th November 2020

Warwick Friend writes on Quakerism in press

by Rebecca Hardy

A Friend from Warwick Meeting wrote an article in a local newspaper about Quakerism. John Sheldon wrote on 25 September about ‘following the practices of being a Quaker…

27th November 2020

Online YM for 2021

by Rebecca Hardy

Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) is deciding whether to create an online festival for Yearly Meeting (YM) next year, due to uncertainty around public health restrictions for 2021.…

Wreaths for Remembrance Day
20th November 2020

Wreaths for Remembrance Day

by Rebecca Hardy
20th November 2020

Scotland bans smacking

by Rebecca Hardy

Britain Yearly Meeting has welcomed the ban on smacking children, which has become law in Scotland this month. The move makes Scotland the first nation in the UK to outlaw physical…

20th November 2020

Friend in financial transparency guide

by Rebecca Hardy

A leading Quaker environmental campaigner has contributed to a guidebook on climate-related financial disclosure. Chris Martin from Cotteridge Meeting told the Friend that he was…

20th November 2020

Quaker site up for sale

by Rebecca Hardy

Part of the site of the historic Quaker mental health institution The Retreat is up for sale, as part of its restructuring programme.

20th November 2020

Friends fund new flats

by Rebecca Hardy

A Quaker housing association based in the Lake District has converted a 1920s former workshop and showroom into three extra-care flats for older people. The Gatesbield Quaker…

13th November 2020

Quakers welcome Biden: ‘There’s a lot to do!

by Rebecca Hardy

US Friends have welcomed Joe Biden’s US presidential win, saying that there is much work to be done. The Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) tweeted its…