Quakers were asked if they were ‘up for the challenge’ of addressing the issues of inclusion and diversity at Meeting for Sufferings on 6 April. Speaking about her work as…
In the afternoon session representatives looked at potential next steps for the Vibrancy in Meetings programme. Along with a summary project review from the National Council for…
Quakers have welcomed the news that five opposition parties have called for the British government to end arms sales to Saudi Arabia. The letter signed by leaders of the Labour…
Pendle Hill Friends were among an audience of around seventy who came to hear Quaker ecologist and writer Alastair McIntosh ask the question: ‘Does Christianity still matter, and…
Friends gathered at a meeting of the Quaker group Roots of Resistance to plan action against the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) arms fair in September.
Quakers at Winchmore Hill Meeting House have invited other local faith groups to share their ‘Reflections on the Sacred’ for an interfaith art exhibition aimed at bringing…
Ninety-six per cent of Quakers surveyed have rated the support provided by Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM)’s Vibrancy In Meetings pilot programme as ‘excellent’ or ‘good’.
Amersham Friends held their last meeting on the subject of ‘Why conflict? Why violence?’ this month.
Luton and Leighton Area Meeting (AM) organised a Meeting for Learning this month featuring members of staff from Quaker Peace & Social Witness (QPSW). Tobias Wellner, East…
The Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA), the Friends World Committee for Consultation’s Europe and Middle East Section (FWCC EMES) and Woodbrooke have organised an online…
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