3rd July 2020

BYM joins voices against annexes

by Rebecca Hardy

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’.

26th June 2020

Young activists call to be ‘more involved’

by Rebecca Hardy

Birmingham youth strikers do not feel they are being heard in climate emergency decision-making, a workshop with young activists has found.

26th June 2020

Quakers in Refugee Week

by Rebecca Hardy

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…

26th June 2020

Friend speaks at BLM rally

by Rebecca Hardy

A Quaker who has a long history of working in criminal justice spoke out at a Black Lives Matter (BLM) rally in Malvern this month. Melanie Jameson, co-clerk of Quakers in Criminal…

26th June 2020

Praise for QSA project

by Rebecca Hardy

A Quaker Social Action (QSA) shared housing project has been recognised for the crucial support it provides to young adult carers, in an independent evaluation published this…

26th June 2020

UK churches can make ‘unique contribution’

by Rebecca Hardy

A report by the Christian think tank Theos has said that UK churches can make a unique contribution to combating economic inequality, and their contribution is needed more than…

Friends take action for Black Lives Matter 
19th June 2020

Friends take action for Black Lives Matter 

by Rebecca Hardy
19th June 2020

Jewish figures condemn Israeli annexes

by Rebecca Hardy

The Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI) has launched a #NoToAnnexation campaign against plans by the Israeli government to start ‘legislation to…

19th June 2020

BYM pledges to ‘build back better’

by Rebecca Hardy

Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has joined with other groups and organisations to support the Build Back Better movement in a push to create a green and just recovery following the…

19th June 2020

Woodbrooke residential closed until 2021

by Rebecca Hardy

Woodbrooke has said that it will not offer residential learning at its Birmingham centre until 2021, at the earliest. In a statement issued on 8 June it said that it will only…

19th June 2020

QCEA speaks to fifty-seven governments

by Rebecca Hardy

The director of Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA) was asked to speak at an international conference about hate speech on the internet last month. Friend Andrew Lane…

19th June 2020

Airton Meeting upgraded to Grade 2*

by Rebecca Hardy

Friends at Airton Meeting are celebrating the news that Historic England has upgraded their Meeting house to Grade 2* status to reflect it as a site of national importance.