22nd June 2018

Refugee Week: words, music, resistance

by Rebecca Hardy

Quakers up and down the country have been engaged in events to highlight Refugee Week. Friends have hosted and organised a range of arts, cultural and social events to mark the…

22nd June 2018

Friends voice fears over army adverts

by Rebecca Hardy

Quakers have spoken out about the British army’s recent recruitment drive that targeted ‘stressed and vulnerable’ sixteen-year-olds on and around GCSE results day.

22nd June 2018

Bath Meeting hosts ‘Co-operative’ event

by Rebecca Hardy

Bath Quaker Meeting hosted an event called ‘Do It Ourselves! How Can We Make Bath a Co-operative City?’ It was supported by the Bath & West Cooperative Party and Bath…

1652 remembered
22nd June 2018

1652 remembered

by Rebecca Hardy
22nd June 2018

The media, peacemaking and Syria

by Rebecca Hardy

The Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA) co-organised an event with Young Professionals in Foreign Policy (YPFP) on ‘The Role of Media as a Peacebuilding Tool in Syria’.

22nd June 2018

FWCC fundraising appointment

by Rebecca Hardy

The Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC) World Office has announced that Michael Wajda is joining the organisation to support their fund development programme.

15th June 2018

Army visits: concerns are recognised

by Rebecca Hardy

Quakers’ ongoing concern about the rise of militarism in Scottish schools received good news this month when a report by the Scottish parliament called for a ‘Child Rights…

Friends pull together for Beverley appeal
15th June 2018

Friends pull together for Beverley appeal

by Rebecca Hardy
15th June 2018

Quakers protest against Paris arms fair

by Rebecca Hardy

Quakers from France, Finland, Holland, Sweden, Belgium, Germany, Ireland and the UK came together this month to form a strong protest against the Eurosatory arms fair in Paris.

15th June 2018

BYM warns on Lobbying Act’s effect

by Rebecca Hardy

Quakers have backed a report claiming that the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act is limiting the charity sector’s ability to…

15th June 2018

Statement calls UK to join United Nations Gaza Inquiry

by Rebecca Hardy

Britain Yearly Meeting has said it is ‘appalled’ that the UK government abstained from a recent UN Human Rights Council vote to establish an independent Commission of Inquiry…