31st January 2020

London meeting to ‘protect our planet’

by Rebecca Hardy

Seven Friends from Blackheath Meeting shared their experiences with Quakers this month of running an event about sustainability commitments. Forty Friends from Meetings across…

Bath Friends share ‘postal worship’
31st January 2020

Bath Friends share ‘postal worship’

by Rebecca Hardy
31st January 2020

Quakers protest UK arms trade dinner

by Rebecca Hardy

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.

24th January 2020

Friends in Leeds doubt council green pledges

by Rebecca Hardy

Quakers in Leeds have claimed that ambitious plans announced by the council to more than halve its carbon emissions by 2025 are undermined by its commitment to expanding a local…

LSE project explores 1980s peace activism
24th January 2020

LSE project explores 1980s peace activism

by Rebecca Hardy
24th January 2020

Glebe House features in Church Times

by Rebecca Hardy

The Quaker trustee-governed Glebe House has been praised in a Church Times article for its work with teenage boys displaying ‘harmful sexual behaviour’.

24th January 2020

BYM questions review of aviation tax

by Rebecca Hardy

Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has sent a letter to the government questioning its moves to support the aviation industry by reviewing Air Passenger Duty (APD). In an open letter to…

24th January 2020

Bath Meeting House to be sold

by Rebecca Hardy

Trustees for West Wiltshire and East Somerset Area Meeting have announced that ‘the sale of Bath Meeting House will be launched by the end of January 2020’.

24th January 2020

Huddersfield Friends say: ‘Culture Declares’

by Rebecca Hardy

Huddersfield Quakers have declared a climate emergency through a new initiative that aims to provide arts and culture providers with a way of pledging to work towards a zero-carbon…

17th January 2020

‘War is a failure’

by Rebecca Hardy

Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has joined Quakers across Europe and the United States to call for a peaceful resolution to tensions between the US, Iran and other countries.

17th January 2020

QCEA lays out ‘hope for the new year’

by Rebecca Hardy

Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA) has listed five key developments in Europe which have given it hope for the new year.

17th January 2020

XR campaign award

by Rebecca Hardy

Quaker Ian Bray collected the Campaigner of the Year award from the Political Studies Association (PSA) on behalf of Extinction Rebellion (XR) last year.