One hundred and fifty-five school pupils visited Exeter Meeting House to mark Holocaust Memorial Day. The six school groups of students aged between eight and fifteen came to the…
Two Friends from Oxford Meeting appeared in The Guardian newspaper last month talking about their experiences of sharing a home. In the interview for the ‘How we live together’…
A ‘repair café’ hosted by Salisbury Meeting has saved over 200 kilograms of waste from landfill, according to local Friends.
Opening her first Meeting for Sufferings (MfS) as clerk, Margaret Bryan welcomed members and introduced the new assistant clerk, Robert Card.
Josh Habgood-Coote, one of two Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) representatives to the Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA) General Assembly, presented the organisation’s…
Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) and Ireland Yearly Meeting (IYM) have reaffirmed their shared friendship and unity, as the United Kingdom takes the historic move to leaves the…
Several Quakers have spoken out about the police counter-terrorism briefing that lists a host of nonviolent social justice groups, including: Extinction Rebellion, Campaign for…
Australian Friends have issued a letter thanking Quaker support in the wake of the devastating bush fires that have left thousands of people displaced. The letter, which can be…
Seven Friends from Blackheath Meeting shared their experiences with Quakers this month of running an event about sustainability commitments. Forty Friends from Meetings across…
Friends were among those who turned up to protest the lavish black-tie dinner hosted by the Aerospace, Defence and Security (ADS) Group for the UK arms trade last week.
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