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.

14th December 2018

Activists found guilty of ‘terror’ charge

by Rebecca Hardy

The ‘Stansted Fifteen’ group of protestors have been found guilty of endangering the safety of Stansted Airport, under counter-terrorism legislation that could result in life…

14th December 2018

Circles UK celebrates tenth anniversary

by Rebecca Hardy

Quakers hosted an evening to celebrate the tenth anniversary of Circles UK, the charity that works to provide ‘circles of support and accountability’ to convicted sex…

14th December 2018

Brexit squeezing out climate change debate, MP tells Friends

by Rebecca Hardy

MP Andrew Mitchell told Sutton Coldfield Friends that Brexit was ‘dominating the parliamentary agenda’, so there was little time to debate sustainability.

14th December 2018

Bury St Edmunds Friends support UN special rapporteur’s report

by Rebecca Hardy

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…

Quaker MP highlights violence against women
14th December 2018

Quaker MP highlights violence against women

by Rebecca Hardy
14th December 2018

London Quakers explore plans for New Economy

by Rebecca Hardy

More than forty people attended a workshop organised by London Quakers at Friends House last month.

7th December 2018

Meeting for Sufferings: Mixed reception for the review of the Committee on Clerks

by Elinor Smallman

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…