30th November 2018

Traidcraft unveils new plan

by Rebecca Hardy

Traidcraft, the Christian retailer promoting Fairtrade goods, has unveiled a plan to rescue it from the threat of closure.

30th November 2018

Llandrindod Wells Friends in world meditation day

by Rebecca Hardy

Llandrindod Wells Friends hosted a day of ‘silence, inner stillness and sacred music’ this week as part of a global event celebrating meditation.

30th November 2018

QPSW funding will aid debate on Land Value Tax

by Rebecca Hardy

A Quaker online discussion group set up to explore the potential benefits of Land Value Tax (LVT) has been awarded a Quaker Peace Social & Witness (QPSW) sustainability and new…

23rd November 2018

BYM will not invest in firms that profit from ‘occupation’

by Rebecca Hardy

Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has become the first faith group in the UK to announce it will not invest any of its centrally-held funds in companies profiting from ‘the occupation…

23rd November 2018

New editor for The Friend

by Rebecca Hardy

The trustees of The Friend Publications Limited (TFPL) have expressed their delight at welcoming the new CEO and editor of TFPL on board. Joseph Jones will be the twentieth editor…

Kindertransport anniversary marked at Friends House
23rd November 2018

Kindertransport anniversary marked at Friends House

by Rebecca Hardy
23rd November 2018

Dismay at theft of white poppy wreaths

by Rebecca Hardy

Friends were dismayed when two white poppy wreaths from the centenary of Armistice Day were stolen from local war memorials. Bath Quakers had their white poppy wreath stolen for…

23rd November 2018

Thirsk Quaker link to Oskar Schindler

by Rebecca Hardy

A Quaker credited with helping save countless lives after the first world war is being celebrated with displays in the North Yorkshire town of Thirsk.

23rd November 2018

QPSW campaigner takes to the airwaves

by Rebecca Hardy

Ellis Brooks, from Quaker Peace & Social Witness (QPSW), has spoken on the radio this month about the new documentary War School, which previewed at Friends House in London.

23rd November 2018

Inter Faith Week 2018

by Rebecca Hardy

Quakers enjoyed a lively Inter Faith Week from 11 to 18 November with a wide range of events and activities. From a death café, organised by Leicester Friends on 18 November, to a…

23rd November 2018

Nobel Prizewinner speaks to Paris Peace Forum

by Rebecca Hardy

The Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA) took part in the Paris Peace Forum this month.

23rd November 2018

Activist Gathering

by Rebecca Hardy

Friends met for the Quaker Activist Gathering at Lancaster Meeting House on 3 November. The action-focused day was for ‘Quakers who identify as activists, framed in worship’.