7th September 2018

Woodbrooke tutor launches game

by Rebecca Hardy

A Woodbrooke associate tutor has produced a Quaker card game celebrating the power of prayer. Jennifer Kavanagh’s ‘Prayer Game’ came out of a five-day retreat she led on…

7th September 2018

Swarthmore Lecture published

by Rebecca Hardy

This year’s Swarthmore Lecture by Chris Alton, the Quaker artist, has just been published.

7th September 2018

Support for hunger striker continues

by Rebecca Hardy

Quakers were among those joining the hunger striker Ali Mushaima outside the Bahrain Embassy in a candle-lit prayer. The vigil supported the twenty-third day of protest for his…

7th September 2018

Evening with trans rights campaigner

by Rebecca Hardy

Friends House in London hosted an evening with Christine Burns, editor of Trans Britain: Our Journey from the Shadows on 4 September.

Cell block exhibition at Peace Museum in Bradford
7th September 2018

Cell block exhibition at Peace Museum in Bradford

by Rebecca Hardy
Manchester backing for asylum seeker
31st August 2018

Manchester backing for asylum seeker

by The Friend Newsdesk
QVA retreat in Wales for prayer and work
31st August 2018

QVA retreat in Wales for prayer and work

by The Friend Newsdesk
31st August 2018

World Quaker Day website relaunched

by Rebecca Hardy

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…

31st August 2018

QPSW prepare for Armistice Day 2018

by The Friend Newsdesk

Quaker Peace & Social Witness (QPSW) are working on ‘Remembrance for Peace’ events in preparation for Armistice Day 2018, which is on Sunday 11 November.

31st August 2018

World Service’s programme on world war one COs

by The Friend Newsdesk

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…

31st August 2018

Luton Meeting House part of ‘Peace Walk’

by The Friend Newsdesk

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.

31st August 2018

Minehead Friends’ support for Syrian refugees

by The Friend Newsdesk

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…