Several Meeting houses took part in the recent Open House London event. Friends from Blackheath Meeting showed off their 1970s Brutalist Meeting house on 22-23 September, while…
British Yearly Meeting (BYM) has joined the call for the UK to recognise the state of Palestine. Paul Parker, BYM recording clerk, signed the letter published in The Times on 14…
Quakers have voiced concern about the new partnership between Girlguiding and the British army. Girlguiding is the operating name of the Guide Association.
An attender at Bournemouth Meeting has won the National Diversity Award ‘Positive Role Model for Disability’ 2018 for her campaign work around stomas.
Chelmsford Friends marked the approaching centenary of the end of world war one with an exhibition that explored Quaker humanitarian relief initiatives in peace and war, and the…
Eccles Friends are gearing up for International Day of Peace with a celebration at their Meeting house on 21 September, designed to attract non-Quakers as well as Quakers.
A Grade II listed Meeting house that has not been used since 2011 opened for a weekend as part of the National Trust Heritage Open Day initiative.
London Friends came together to explore the theme of ‘unconscious bias and privilege’ in a workshop on 8 September.
Quaker Jocelyn Bell Burnell, the leading astrophysicist, made headlines this month when she donated her winnings for a major science award to under-represented students.
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