‘Human chain’ for Peterloo massacre
23rd August 2019

‘Human chain’ for Peterloo massacre

by Rebecca Hardy
23rd August 2019

Protestors removed from Pride

by Rebecca Hardy

Quakers supported a group of LGBTQ+ people who were removed from a Pride event in Surrey this month for protesting against the event’s sponsors BAE Systems. The attenders…

23rd August 2019

Funeral debt on BBC

by Rebecca Hardy

A woman who was supported by Quaker Social Action’s (QSA’s) ‘Down to Earth’ programme spoke on a BBC news programme this month about her struggle with funeral debt…

16th August 2019

Quaker-founded NGO to close in Nicaragua

by Rebecca Hardy

A US Quaker-founded NGO has closed after almost fifty years of working in Nicaragua due to the country’s desperate problems under president Daniel Ortega.

16th August 2019

Friends urge prime minister to seek peace

by Rebecca Hardy

Northern Friends Peace Board (NFPB) has put its name to a letter urging the prime minister to seek peace in a time ‘when communities are being fragmented by financial hardship…

16th August 2019

Quakers call for ‘mass build’ of eco buildings

by Rebecca Hardy

Friends in Yorkshire have supported a call made by a Quaker sustainability expert for councils to commit to more ecological building schemes.

16th August 2019

Green tourism award for Friends House

by Rebecca Hardy

Friends House Hospitality Limited is celebrating the news that it has received a Green Tourism Gold accreditation and been shortlisted for the London Venue Awards 2019.

16th August 2019

Earthcare discussion online

by Rebecca Hardy

The Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC) hosted a webinar last month for Quakers to learn more about a video in which Friends share their personal stories on…

16th August 2019

Nuclear ‘not clean’

by Rebecca Hardy

Quakers have been sharing a new study by a leading German think tank which slams the notion that nuclear power is ‘clean energy’ and claims that it is ‘never profitable’.…

9th August 2019

Quaker MP slams Boris Johnson at Theresa May’s final PMQs

by Rebecca Hardy

Quaker MP Ruth Cadbury launched a blistering attack on Boris Johnson, the incoming prime minister, at Theresa May’s final prime minister’s questions (PMQs). The Labour MP…

Absolutist COs recognised
9th August 2019

Absolutist COs recognised

by Rebecca Hardy
9th August 2019

BYM joins call for more sanctuary for refugees

by Rebecca Hardy

Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) joined over 120 signatories to send an open letter to the new prime minister urging him to make a lasting commitment to welcome refugees.