10th May 2019

Young Friends gather in Liverpool

by Rebecca Hardy

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…

10th May 2019

Bath Friends support Hebron network

by Rebecca Hardy

Bath Quakers have agreed to support the Hebron International Resources Network (HIRN) with the intention of helping girls attend school.

10th May 2019

London Quakers decide to provide childcare

by Rebecca Hardy

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…

3rd May 2019

Quaker in London Stock Exchange action

by Rebecca Hardy

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…

3rd May 2019

Friends set out the future of London Quaker structures

by Rebecca Hardy

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.

3rd May 2019

Quaker MP calls for end to criminalising homeless

by Rebecca Hardy

Quaker Homeless Action (QHA) has welcomed a Quaker MP’s call for an end to what she describes as ‘the criminalisation of homeless people’.

3rd May 2019

Quaker publishes book on interspecies bond

by Rebecca Hardy

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…

3rd May 2019

Lecture on Quaker testimonies in ‘turbulent times’

by Rebecca Hardy

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…

3rd May 2019

Peacebuilding playlist on YouTube

by Rebecca Hardy

A Britain Yearly Meeting employee has put together a playlist of over seventy YouTube videos that focus on the themes of peacebuilding and nonviolence.

3rd May 2019

QSA celebrates money project for struggling families

by Rebecca Hardy

Quaker Social Action (QSA) presented the findings from its financial wellbeing project ‘Get Set’ at the end of March, which was set up for Islington families. The event on 28…

3rd May 2019

Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust to ‘significantly increase grant spending’

by Rebecca Hardy

The Quaker Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust has announced plans to significantly increase its grant spending by over £3 million per year in a drive to step up its work and widen…

Friends flock for Extinction Rebellion protest
26th April 2019

Friends flock for Extinction Rebellion protest

by Rebecca Hardy