20th April 2018

Quakers speak out against military action in Syria

by The Friend Newsdesk

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.

20th April 2018

Rwandan Friends’ appeal success

by The Friend Newsdesk

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…

20th April 2018

Peace protestors make West Midlands ‘weapons inspection’

by The Friend Newsdesk

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.

20th April 2018

Churches Together Birmingham survey

by The Friend Newsdesk

Quakers in Birmingham have been invited to take part in a survey to help find out how Birmingham Churches Together is working.

20th April 2018

Meeting for Sufferings: The Canterbury Commitment: where do Friends go now?

by Ian Kirk-Smith

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…

20th April 2018

Meeting for Sufferings: Response to the ‘post-truth world’

by George Osgerby

A minute from Southern Marches Area Meeting (AM) on ‘‘‘Post-truth world” – What can we do?’ was heard at Meeting for Sufferings on 7 April at Friends House in London.

20th April 2018

Meeting for Sufferings: Letter of Greeting to Ireland Yearly Meeting

by Ian Kirk-Smith

A letter to Ireland Yearly Meeting 2018, which meets in Limerick on 18-22 July, was agreed at Meeting for Sufferings.

13th April 2018

Meeting for Sufferings: Appeals, sustainability and truth

by Ian Kirk-Smith

Friends travelled from all parts of Britain to Friends House on Saturday 7 April for Meeting for Sufferings with appeal processes, sustainability, truth and integrity among the…

13th April 2018

Meeting for Sufferings: Final report of Appeal Review Group

by George Osgerby

‘If we are listening to each other, we should be able to reach clarity,’ Beryl Milner told Meeting for Sufferings on 7 April. She is the convenor of the Appeal Review Group –…

13th April 2018

Friends respond to Gaza

by The Friend Newsdesk

A statement on the ongoing conflict in Gaza has been released by Friends House calling on ‘the Israeli military to end their violent use of live gunfire on unarmed protesters, in…

13th April 2018

Faith groups urge re-think on tax credit limit

by The Friend Newsdesk

One year after the two-child limit policy with regard to child tax credits was introduced, faith representatives, including Paul Parker, recording clerk of Britain Yearly Meeting,…

13th April 2018

George Cadbury is ‘top Brummie’

by The Friend Newsdesk

George Cadbury has been voted Birmingham’s ‘top Brummie’ in a Twitter-based vote organised by the Birmingham St Mary’s hospice.