22nd February 2019

Friends in Zimbabwe tell of violence in troubled times

by Rebecca Hardy

Friends in Zimbabwe have reported that they have been greatly affected by the violence arising from fuel increases last month. Several people were killed during protests in the…

Cornwall Quakers welcome ‘climate emergency’ decision
22nd February 2019

Cornwall Quakers welcome ‘climate emergency’ decision

by Rebecca Hardy
22nd February 2019

Protestors celebrate as Birmingham arms fair moves site

by Rebecca Hardy

Friends in Malvern are celebrating the news that the Defence Procurement, Research, Technology and Exportability (DPRTE) arms fair arranged for 28 March has been ‘chased’ from…

22nd February 2019

Hitchin Meeting to consider Brexit angst

by Rebecca Hardy

Hitchin Quakers held a special Meeting for Worship for Business this month to consider ways to heal the divisions in society caused by Brexit.

Exhibition on peace activism at LSE
22nd February 2019

Exhibition on peace activism at LSE

by Rebecca Hardy
22nd February 2019

Dundee Meeting to go ‘back home’

by Rebecca Hardy

Dundee Meeting has decided to return to its five-storey Meeting house after a two and a half year process of discernment.

Quakers celebrate Stansted Fifteen news
15th February 2019

Quakers celebrate Stansted Fifteen news

by Rebecca Hardy
15th February 2019

Southern Marches’ anti slavery donation

by Rebecca Hardy

Canon Noel Beattie, founder of the Lifting the Stone Coalition/Anti-Slavery Network in the Marches, has thanked Southern Marches Area Meeting for what he describes as their…

15th February 2019

QCEA launches peace education report

by Rebecca Hardy

The Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA) has launched a new report on peace education arguing for the EU to adopt a ‘multi-layered’ approach. It calls for a ‘cohesive,…

15th February 2019

New Quaker Meeting in Florence

by Rebecca Hardy

A forty-one-year-old Friend has started a Quaker group in Florence, Italy after ‘craving’ the silence of a Meeting.

15th February 2019

Quaker Centre Gathering in Sheffield

by Rebecca Hardy

Thirty-three Friends gathered at Sheffield Meeting House last month for the annual two-day Quaker Centre Gathering.

15th February 2019

BYM urges action on immigration bill

by Rebecca Hardy

Britain Yearly Meeting is urging action against proposed bills around immigration and climate change. Suki Ferguson, Quaker Peace & Social Witness communications coordinator,…