9th February 2018

Quakers take part in refugee conference

by Rebecca Hardy

This week Quakers were among a multi-faith group who gathered at Friends House for the Churches Refugee Network Conference.

9th February 2018

Arms exports increase by twenty-eight per cent since the Brexit vote

by Rebecca Hardy

Britain has dramatically increased the value of weaponry and defence equipment it sells to the world’s most repressive regiments since Brexit, the Independent’s sister…

2nd February 2018

Sharing sustainability stories

by Rebecca Hardy

The Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC) is gathering stories of Quaker sustainability-in-action projects from around the world. The organisation has already brought…

Quakers back straw campaign but say more must be done
2nd February 2018

Quakers back straw campaign but say more must be done

by Rebecca Hardy
Kindness and Kindertransport
2nd February 2018

Kindness and Kindertransport

by Rebecca Hardy
2nd February 2018

Friends welcome cut in Dignity Simple Funeral costs

by Rebecca Hardy

Quaker Social Action (QSA) has welcomed the news that the UK’s biggest privately-owned funeral operator, Dignity, recently announced it is reducing the cost of its Simple Funeral…

2nd February 2018

Numbers of those in poverty will rise in 2018, says JRF

by Rebecca Hardy

This year is set to be an increasingly difficult one for low-income households, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) has predicted, with average price inflation for the UK standing…

2nd February 2018

Peacemakers branch out in new decade

by Rebecca Hardy

Friends visiting the Quaker Meeting House in Bull Street, Birmingham, can enjoy seeing the creative results of a special anniversary day held last year: a ‘Peace Tree’.

2nd February 2018

Yorkshire Friends petition MPs for nuclear ban

by Rebecca Hardy

Huddersfield Quakers have written to four Kirklees MPs asking them to sign the parliamentary nuclear ban pledge. So far one, Thelma Walker, MP for Colne Valley, Huddersfield, has…

2nd February 2018

Friend takes issue with army adverts

by Rebecca Hardy

A London-based Friend has criticised the British army recruitment adverts to ‘find where you belong’ in an article in The Big Issue.

2nd February 2018

BYM backs Oxfam ‘inequality report’

by Rebecca Hardy

Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has called for the ‘inequality gap’ to end, following a report by Oxfam which shows that the gap between the richest and the poorest has widened.

2nd February 2018

Pledge to reduce animal products

by Rebecca Hardy

Friends House has announced it will make a public commitment to further promote sustainable, compassionate eating by becoming a ‘CreatureKind’ institution.