24th July 2020

Churches speak up for Hannah Brock Womack

by Rebecca Hardy

The Methodist Church has joined the United Reform Church in expressing support for Quaker Hannah Brock Womack, who was blocked from fully being the representative of the Fourth…

24th July 2020

Huddersfield Quakers support torture victims

by Rebecca Hardy

Huddersfield Friends have said they are ‘horrified’ that the death sentences of two Bahraini activists was upheld by Bahrain’s highest court despite international concern…

24th July 2020

Lancaster Uni opens ‘Margaret Fell’ hall despite promoting military

by Rebecca Hardy

Lancaster University has named one of its lecture theatres after Quaker Margaret Fell despite recently signing an Armed Forces Covenant, raising questions about its commitment to…

24th July 2020

Glenthorne hosts virtual welcome for refugees

by Rebecca Hardy

Glenthorne Quaker Centre in Grasmere hosted a virtual Welcome Project in conjunction with Bradford Children’s Society and the Wordsworth Trust during the Covid-19 lockdown.

17th July 2020

Scotland Friends ‘disappointed’ on economic recovery plans

by Rebecca Hardy

Quakers in Scotland have said they were ‘disappointed’ in a response from the first minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon to a letter they co-sent about economic recovery…

17th July 2020

Quaker chaplain joins student platform

by Rebecca Hardy

A Friend from St Andrews Meeting who serves on the chaplaincy team at the University of St Andrews took part in a student platform aimed at counteracting polarisation and…

17th July 2020

Eco Quakers launch investment guide

by Rebecca Hardy

Eco Quakers Ireland and the Ireland Yearly Meeting (IYM) Investment Committee have launched a guide to encourage Meetings to pursue ethical investments.

17th July 2020

Faith leaders call for action on climate crisis

by Rebecca Hardy

Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) joined thirty-seven other faith groups in signing a statement urging every sector of civil society to use the opportunity of lockdown-easing to work…

17th July 2020

Quaker produces CD to raise money for Alzheimer’s Society

by Rebecca Hardy

A Totnes Friend has produced a CD in memory of his wife’s death to raise funds for the Alzheimer’s Society. Bob Crowley told the Friend that he lost his wife Julie Ann Alexis…

10th July 2020

Woodbrooke affiliate signs Armed Forces Covenant

by Rebecca Hardy

Woodbrooke has said that it will be speaking with Lancaster University ‘as soon as [it] can’, following news that the university, which accredits some Woodbrooke degrees, is to…

10th July 2020

2020 Swarthmore Lecture live-streamed

by Rebecca Hardy

The 2020 Swarthmore Lecture Openings to the infinite ocean: A Friendly offering of hope by Tom Shakespeare will be live-streamed on 1 August.