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…
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.
A letter to Ireland Yearly Meeting 2018, which meets in Limerick on 18-22 July, was agreed at Meeting for Sufferings.
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…
‘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 –…
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…
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,…
George Cadbury has been voted Birmingham’s ‘top Brummie’ in a Twitter-based vote organised by the Birmingham St Mary’s hospice.
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