For a second year running, Quakers in Stratford-upon-Avon held a vigil in remembrance of the civilian victims of war.
Quakers have welcomed the news that the Metropolitan Police’s controversial ban of Extinction Rebellion (XR) gatherings in London has been ruled unlawful. The decision announced…
Five St Neots Quakers sponsored a climate emergency event this month attracting between 150 and 200 people. The event ‘The Time is Now’ at the United Reformed Church on 2…
A Young Friend from Bulawayo Meeting in Zimbabwe visited Edinburgh Meeting last month to tell Quakers about an organisation he has set up to help gay people.
A new book by writer and actor Phoebe Waller-Bridge has revealed the inspiration behind the scene in her hit series Fleabag that was set in a Quaker Meeting.
Friends from all over the UK came together for a Quaker Activist Gathering at Friends House, London, for a day of inspiration and contemplation.
Friends took part in a protest outside the Ministry of Defence last month where campaigners physically counted the £5.2 billion that the UK is forecast to spend on nuclear weapons…
Milford Haven Quakers have opened a meditation and wellbeing centre at their Meeting house after a long period of discernment. David Doorbar, clerk of the Meeting, said the…
Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has pledged that it will be asking politicians searching questions in the run-up to the general election, as well as cautioning about ‘the nature of…
A Friend from Colchester Meeting spoke at an international congress in Mexico as part of her testimony as a Quaker in addressing ‘the needs of the most traumatised and vulnerable…
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