‘Dealing with controversial bookings’ is to be one of the main topics at the annual gathering of Quaker centre delegates, held next week at Edinburgh Meeting house. According…
A just transition to a net-zero carbon economy and creating a culture of welcome are just two of the key priorities that Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has challenged the government…
There was controversy last month when a headteacher chose to remove the word ‘Lord’ from the lyrics of the hymn ‘Away in a Manger’ in a nativity service for primary school…
Quaker Social Action (QSA) was celebrating last month when it reached its £10,000 target for the Big Give Christmas Challenge. The money will go to its Down to Earth programme,…
The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) has said that the general election result shouldn’t necessarily be interpreted as reflecting ‘a growing enthusiasm’ for nuclear weapons.
Quakers helped changed the law last year when Scotland became the first country in the UK to make it a criminal offence for parents to smack their children. The move came after…
Quakers undertook some musical outreach in 2019 when, for what is thought to be the first time ever, it had an official presence at Glastonbury Festival. Writing in the Friend,…
The beauty of Quaker buildings was officially recognised when seventeen Meeting houses were granted listed status or had their listed status upgraded by the Department for Digital,…
As 2018 drew to a close with the ominous warnings of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report tolling in people’s ears – that the human race had just twelve…
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