18th January 2019

New book on corporate citizenship

by Rebecca Hardy

A member of Herstmonceux Meeting in East Sussex has written a book called Corporate Citizenship: The role of companies as citizens of the modern world.

11th January 2019

New site for ‘Quaker Open Christmas’ in London

by Rebecca Hardy

One hundred and ninety volunteers helped out at the Quaker Open Christmas last month organised by Quaker Homeless Action (QHA).

11th January 2019

Government’s solar payment cuts condemned by MEP

by Rebecca Hardy

Quaker Molly Scott Cato, the Green Party MEP for South West England, has described the government’s decision to ditch payments for householders installing solar panels as a…

Digital exchange
11th January 2019

Digital exchange

by Rebecca Hardy
11th January 2019

BYM calls on Friends to push for a ‘just immigration system’

by Rebecca Hardy

Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has urged Friends to help ‘shine a light’ in 2019 on what it calls ‘the broken immigration system’.

11th January 2019

Quaker psychotherapist launches books

by Rebecca Hardy

A Quaker psychotherapist and author gave a talk at Friends House in London last month.

11th January 2019

Online platform for Young Friends

by Rebecca Hardy

A Lincolnshire Friend is planning to launch a web-based platform for young Quakers. The ‘YouthQuakeNow’ (YQN) project hopes to inspire young Friends to meet and connect.

Stansted protestors ‘full of hope’
4th January 2019

Stansted protestors ‘full of hope’

by Rebecca Hardy
4th January 2019

Kingston and Wandsworth Area Meeting track carbon emissions

by Rebecca Hardy

Friends from Kingston and Wandsworth Area Meeting have committed to recording their annual carbon dioxide emissions data in response to a concern about climate change. The action…

4th January 2019

Teenage Quakers start group to help the ‘isolated’ young

by Rebecca Hardy

Two fifteen-year-old London Friends have launched a teenage Quaker group in a bid to make Meetings less ‘isolating’ for younger attenders.

4th January 2019

BYM seeks to document diversity of Friends in the UK

by Rebecca Hardy

Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has launched a survey with the aim of examining the diversity of the UK Quaker community.

4th January 2019

Friends talk about Quakerism for BBC

by Rebecca Hardy

Quakers Jennifer Kavanagh and Chloe Scaling talked about Quakerism in a BBC1 programme last month to mark Advent.