Bury St Edmunds Quakers have sent a statement to the local press acting on a concern about the UK government’s response to the report by UN special rapporteur professor Philip…
More than forty people attended a workshop organised by London Quakers at Friends House last month.
ON Sunday 25 November Meeting for Sufferings, which was held at Woodbrooke in Birmingham, received a report from the review group it appointed to look at the work of the Committee…
Jocelyn Burnell, co-clerk of Quaker Life Central Committee (QLCC), drew Friends’ attention to an initial statement on gender diversity at Meeting for Sufferings.
Quakers could be doing more to help heal divisions in post-Brexit Britain, suggested one Friend at Meeting for Sufferings. The comment came on 24 November after Jeff Beatty, clerk…
Meeting for Sufferings on 24 November was asked if ‘the world family of Friends matter – to you and your Meeting?’ The question was posed by Ann Floyd, clerk of Quaker World…
Having started as a ‘rather self-contained part’ of Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) – ‘doing great work, but it didn’t work a lot with other parts of the organisation’ –…
The Quaker Committee for Christian and Interfaith Relations (QCCIR) regards its biggest achievement as The Changing Face of Faith in Britain, Stephanie Grant, a member of the body,…
Quaker Social Action (QSA) is celebrating what it hailed as a ‘big breakthrough for those struggling with funeral costs’ after a major investigation into the funeral sector was…
Kingston upon Thames Friends hosted an open event for the Quaker Congo Partnership UK on 25 November.
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