The Quaker Concern for Animals (QCA) group has praised the ‘small but growing number’ of farmers who are turning their back on livestock farming to embrace plant horticulture.
Friends from Bideford Meeting in Devon have asked Quakers to hold them in the light after a fire broke out at its Meeting house.
Huddersfield Friends have started a monthly ‘climate disruption’ vigil after what they describe as a ‘surge of interest’ from non-Quakers following the Extinction Rebellion…
Young Friends General Meeting (YFGM) came together last week for a weekend of spirituality, Business Meetings and shared worship. The gathering at Liverpool Meeting House from 3 to…
Bath Quakers have agreed to support the Hebron International Resources Network (HIRN) with the intention of helping girls attend school.
London Quakers have taken the policy decision to provide childcare at all their daytime conferences and meetings. Fred Ashmore told the Friend: ‘It’s in the interests of…
Friends continued their support of the Extinction Rebellion (XR) demonstrations across London last week with a range of protests that included blockading roads and targeting the…
London Quakers (LQ) and the London Quaker Property Trust (LQPT) met last week to discuss proposals to form a single charity to govern Meetings in the capital.
Quaker Homeless Action (QHA) has welcomed a Quaker MP’s call for an end to what she describes as ‘the criminalisation of homeless people’.
A Friend from Clun Valley Meeting and member of Quaker Concern for Animals (QCA) has written an illustrated book that touches on the deep human-animal bond that can be accessed…
A former Friends House employee suggested two more Quaker testimonies in a far-ranging lecture she gave to Southern Africa Yearly Meeting. Helen Vale, of the Namibia Quaker…
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