Friends from Hexham, Allendale and Stocksfield gathered last week to hear a talk on ‘Prison, prisoners, politics and power’, as part of the longstanding series of Hexham…
Thirty Friends from all over Britain met in Glenthorne Quaker Centre and Guest House in Grasmere, Cumbria last month for the Experiment with Light Conference. Questions explored at…
Eighteen Friends came together at Huddersfield Meeting House this month for a meeting of the Northern Friends Peace Board (NFPB).
The Quaker author Gregory Norminton, who recently published his first novel for ten years, has spoken out about how his Quakerism influences his writing.
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) has called on the government to build 78,000 low-cost rented homes a year to tackle the housing crisis.
‘Fate Unknown: The Search for the Missing after the Holocaust’ an exhibition at The Wiener Library in Bloomsbury, London is highlighting the efforts made to trace the missing…
Friends House released a statement on 12 April urging the UK government not to take military action in Syria and to work for peace instead.
Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC) has closed the successful campaign to help Rwanda Yearly Meeting address an urgent need to install lightning rods on thirty-five…
London Quaker Jo Frew was one of ‘The People’s Weapons Inspectors’ – Christian peace protestors who blocked the gates of arms manufacturer Roxel in the West Midlands on 7 April.
Quakers in Birmingham have been invited to take part in a survey to help find out how Birmingham Churches Together is working.
A key item in the morning session of Meeting for Sufferings on Saturday 7 April was the report of the group appointed to review the work of the Britain Yearly Meeting…
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