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Friends in witness against DSEI arms fair
Around 100 Quakers joined other Stop the Arms Fair protestors at last week’s Defence Security Equipment and International (DSEI) arms fair. Unlike previous years, no Friends were arrested.
Friends in witness at MP’s office
Quakers in Cornwall have said they intend to hold a Meeting for Worship (MfW) outside the Conservative MP George Eustice’s office this week. Penzance Meeting tweeted that the gathering outside the constituency office of the secretary of state for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in Camborne will serve as â€...
Quakers speak out on Policing Bill
Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has helped coordinate a joint open letter to the government about the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill signed by over 350 organisations.
Quaker pacifists in A House Through Time
The Quaker pacifist couple William and Mary Lucy Whiting featured in the BBC programme A House Through Time.
Swedish Friends ‘Walk for Future’
Swedish Quakers have been taking part in a large, international journey across Europe to raise awareness for the climate crisis and the UN Conference of Parties (COP26) in November.
The return of Art the Arms Fair
The award-winning Art the Arms Fair has returned for its third run, in a bid to raise awareness of the DSEI arms fair.
Quakers gather against London arms fair
Friends gathered at Friends House this week to start their witness against the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) arms fair.
Friends hear ‘the human cost of war’
Friends heard a harrowing reminder of the need for their peace witness during a talk on ‘the human cost of the arms trade’. The online event featured people from Yemen and Colombia directly affected by the devastation and carnage caused by some of the weapons on sale at the London...
BYM reflects on 11 September attacks
Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has marked the twentieth anniversary of the 11 September terrorist attacks in New York.
Bournville Friends knit for COP26
Bournville Quakers have knitted hundreds of six-inch squares to make a ‘tree cosy’. The item was installed on 4 September on a large Atlantic Cedar outside their Meeting house. It is due to be taken down after the UN Conference of Parties (COP26) in November in time for the tree to...