30th March 2018

Nobel Peace Prize nomination

by Rebecca Hardy

The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) has nominated the organisation Search for Common Ground (SFCG) for the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize. The organisation works to build peace…

Working in a Quaker School
30th March 2018

Working in a Quaker School

by Rebecca Hardy
30th March 2018

American Quaker publishers raise funds to stay in business

by Rebecca Hardy

Barclays Press, an American Quaker publisher,  announced this month that it has made significant progress in raising funds to keep in business.

30th March 2018

Universities divest from fossil fuel companies

by Rebecca Hardy

Several more British universities have announced that they will divest from investments in fossil fuels.

23rd March 2018

Quaker home added to register of historic places

by Rebecca Hardy

Friends in Philadelphia are celebrating the announcement that the former home of William and Letitia Still, Pennsylvanian Quakers and Underground Railroad leaders, has been awarded…

23rd March 2018

Friends gather to consider ‘The Changing Face of Faith’

by Rebecca Hardy

More than fifty Friends gathered at Woodbrooke in Birmingham last weekend to take part in ‘The Changing Face of Faith in Britain: How should Quakers respond?’, a conference…

23rd March 2018

Step forward for reuniting refugee families

by Rebecca Hardy

Friends across the UK are encouraging MPs to support the Refugee (Family Reunion) Bill, which passed its Second Reading last week on 16 March.

23rd March 2018

BAE Systems drops arts festival sponsorship

by Rebecca Hardy

Friends who campaigned against the BAE Systems sponsorship of the Great Exhibition of the North 2018 were celebrating last week as news broke that the weapons manufacturer had…

23rd March 2018

Porthmadog Friends debate climate change

by Rebecca Hardy

Porthmadog Friends held a workshop on climate change as part of their Quaker commitment to becoming a low carbon community.

Quaker writer shortlisted for prize
23rd March 2018

Quaker writer shortlisted for prize

by Rebecca Hardy
23rd March 2018

Ireland Gathering

by Rebecca Hardy

This weekend Young Friends from across Europe will be gathering in County Armagh in Northern Ireland.

16th March 2018

Fast in support of detainees

by Rebecca Hardy

Quakers up and down the country supported people in the Yarl’s Wood immigration detention centre last week by joining a ‘freedom fast’. More than five hundred protestors,…