31st July 2020

Future local, not global, says XR book

by Rebecca Hardy

Extinction Rebellion (XR) needs to ‘break out of the XR bubble’ and enable entire communities ‘to demand change’, says a new XR digital handbook that Quakers have been sharing.

31st July 2020

Covid-19 in Africa

by Rebecca Hardy

The Quaker Africa Interest Group (QAIG) charities group has said that the situation in Africa is highly changeable as countries grapple with the differing challenges of the…

QSA closes Homestore
24th July 2020

QSA closes Homestore

by Rebecca Hardy
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…