Following the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling that ‘there is a plausible risk Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza’, Britain Yearly Meeting…
Quakers marked Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) last month, attending local and national events. With the theme of this year’s HMD being ‘the fragility of freedom’, Oliver…
Sutton Coldfield Meeting House has been cited as an example of best practice in making faith buildings more sustainable.
Quakers came together last weekend for the first joint blended Meeting of the London Area Meetings (AMs).
Friends have backed warnings that the government’s oil and gas bill threatens to undermine COP28 commitments.
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) Bill officially received royal assent in Scotland last week. The bill will come into force on 16 July 2024.
The bad weather that hit UK shores last week was named ‘Storm Jocelyn’ in honour of Quaker Jocelyn Bell Burnell.
The novelist Maggie Brookes discussed her new book about Quaker aid in the Spanish civil war in Friends House last week.
Quakers have called on the UK government to use peaceful means to resolve conflicts in the Middle East, following the attacks on Houthi targets in Yemen.
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