Friends House in London hosted an evening with Christine Burns, editor of Trans Britain: Our Journey from the Shadows on 4 September.
This year’s World Quaker Day is gearing up with the relaunch of the Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC) website. The fifth annual day of international Quaker…
Quaker Peace & Social Witness (QPSW) are working on ‘Remembrance for Peace’ events in preparation for Armistice Day 2018, which is on Sunday 11 November.
THE BBC World Service broadcast a programme this month about the history of conscientious objectors (COs) in the first world war. WW1: Britain’s Conscientious Objectors is based…
Luton Friends are to open up their Meeting house as part of the route for the annual Luton ‘Peace Walk’, that will take place on 22 September.
Several Minehead Friends are involved in the provision of hospitality to Syrian refugees in Taunton, Somerset. Home stays for a weekend or longer, as well as days out, have been…
Maldon Quakers in Essex are putting on an exhibition about the history of the Religious Society of Friends with particular emphasis on Quaker women for the town’s heritage…
Conversations about the call of protest as a form of witness and how God-words can get in the way when sharing experiences of the divine were key themes in the Quaker presence at…
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