The family archives of a leading Quaker abolitionist have been donated to the Gloucester Heritage Hub. Samuel Bowly was also a leader in the temperance movement and is portrayed in…
Wandsworth Quakers invited Friends from across London to offer artworks depicting an aspect of their Quaker experience for an art exhibition.
Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has been refused permission to give evidence in a legal challenge to the government’s proscription of Palestine Action (PA) as a terrorist group.
Friends in Scotland are coming to terms with the news that Glasgow Meeting House is to be sold.
Quakers are among a group of UK faith groups coming together to pray for peace in the Middle East.
A Pennsylvanian house once owned by a Quaker merchant and politician has received a $450,000 grant from the William Penn Foundation. Stenton in Philadelphia was the home of James…
Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has applied to intervene in the judicial review of the proscription of Palestine Action (PA) as a terrorist organisation on the grounds that it has…
At least sixteen Quakers were arrested at a protest against the decision to ban the group Palestine Action (PA). Around 1,500 people attended the Parliament Square protest on 7…
The Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) in Geneva has appointed Laurel Townhead as its new director.
The Quaker Peacemakers organisation has become a national charity dedicated to providing peace education across England.
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