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,…

16th March 2018

Clitheroe Meeting House celebrates first birthday

by Rebecca Hardy

Friends in Clitheroe celebrated the first birthday of their new Meeting house last week, with cake after its Meeting for Worship. The Meeting house in Lancashire opened its doors…

16th March 2018

New Economy Group meet MPs

by Rebecca Hardy

Friends from the North London New Economy Reading Group met with MPs last month to talk about setting up an All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on banking reform.

16th March 2018

Quaker and Anglican nominated as ’secularist of the year’

by Rebecca Hardy

A Quaker, Anglican clergyman and leading advocate on sexual abuse in the church has been nominated for the 2018 Secularist of the Year Award.

16th March 2018

Women’s History Month is marked

by Rebecca Hardy

Friends General Conference (FGC) has pledged to share stories of Quaker women in history throughout March to mark Women’s History Month.

16th March 2018

‘Working in a Quaker School’

by Rebecca Hardy

The ‘Working in a Quaker School’ conference was held at Sibford School near Banbury in Oxfordshire on 14 March. It focused on ‘Quaker beliefs, methods and values and business…

Friends open doors to homeless
9th March 2018

Friends open doors to homeless

by Rebecca Hardy
9th March 2018

Video channel in South Africa

by Rebecca Hardy

Southern Africa Yearly Meeting (SAYM) has set up a new YouTube channel showing videos of Southern African Friends talking about their Quaker faith. The channel currently consists…