Quakers in Scotland made the news last week as they welcomed a change in the law regarding the physical punishment of children.
Ludlow Quakers addressed the Shropshire Pensions Committee last week in support of a 200-strong petition asking the Pensions Fund to divest from fossils fuels and invest in…
Newcastle Meeting House hosted a meditative musical performance based on Zen Art principles as part of its expanding music programme.
Quakers are urging Friends to write to their MPs in support of the the Refugees (Family Reunion) Bill which reached its second reading this week.
Bradford Friends celebrated the news that South Africa has ratified the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
Quaker Catharine West, MP for Hornsey and Wood Green, brought a bill to parliament last month seeking to give asylum seekers the right to work. The MP brought the bill after a…
Friends around the country came together to mark International Women’s Day on 8 March, with events ranging from film screenings to workshops and discussions. Doncaster Meeting…
The Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA) has launched a campaign aimed at tackling antimigrant hate speech in preparation for the European Parliamentary elections in May.
The Stansted Fifteen protesters have been told that their summons to court on an aggravated trespass case last month was an ‘error’.
Sixteen years on since millions of people marched against the prospect of a war in Iraq, Quakers joined hundreds of activists at the British Museum to protest against its…
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