Quaker climate campaigners have said that Boris Johnson’s ‘New Deal’ in which he pledged to ‘build, build, build’ offers little to tackle the climate emergency and create…
Quaker Hannah Brock Womack, who was recently blocked from being the fourth president of Churches Together in England because she is in a same-sex marriage, is a member of a new…
The Quaker Asylum and Refugee Network (QARN) is urging Friends to write to MPs seeking support for recently-tabled amendments to the Immigration and Social Security Coordination…
The Glenthorne Quaker Centre in Grasmere has said it is reopening from 7 August after being closed since 23 March.
A Quaker who led the way in Bristol becoming the first city in Europe to declare a climate emergency has been named one of the Top Fifty Women in Engineering for 2020 by the…
Woodbridge Quakers have sent a ‘statement of solidarity’ to the organisers of a local Black Lives Matter (BLM) protest after white supremacist graffiti was found in nearby…
Quakers are preparing to come together again as the lockdown across England eases, with many proceeding with caution. Following the prime minister’s announcement on 23 June that…
The Quaker Tapestry museum has launched a virtual tour where visitors can ‘walk’ among the panels and watch short films on its history.
Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has joined with humanitarian, development and faith organisations to oppose Israeli government plans from 1 July to ‘annex more Palestinian land’.
Birmingham youth strikers do not feel they are being heard in climate emergency decision-making, a workshop with young activists has found.
As the World Health Organisation highlighted refugees as ‘some of the world’s most vulnerable people’ in the face of a globally accelerating Covid-19 pandemic, Friends marked…
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