8th December 2017

Meeting for Sufferings: Welcome and hospitality

by Ian Kirk-Smith

Two important subjects received thoughtful and perceptive discernment from Friends at Meeting for Sufferings, which was held in the Large Meeting House at Friends House, London, on…

8th December 2017

Meeting for Sufferings: ‘Get on your bikes’ for the common good

by George Osgerby

Friends are invited to ‘get on their bikes’ in the summer of 2018. Meeting for Sufferings on 2 December heard details of a minute from Kendal & Sedbergh Area Meeting (AM)…

1st December 2017

The Fearless Benjamin Lay

by Harry Albright

Benjamin Lay, the eighteenth century Quaker who used confrontational protest to persuade the Religious Society of Friends to oppose slavery, has been formally re-associated with…

1st December 2017

Quaker call on climate change

by Harry Albright

Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) is calling on the government to face up to the UK’s full obligations to tackle climate change.

1st December 2017

ICAN wins Nobel Peace Prize

by Harry Albright

The Nobel Peace PrizE for 2017 has been awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), the global network that supported the 122 states backing the recent…

1st December 2017

Young Friends launch podcast

by Harry Albright

Young Quakers have created a new podcast.

Alternative Remembrance Day events held in the UK
23rd November 2017

Alternative Remembrance Day events held in the UK

by Harry Albright
Coventry peace trail launched
23rd November 2017

Coventry peace trail launched

by Harry Albright
23rd November 2017

UN call to end Yemen blockade

by Harry Albright

Three UN agencies (the World Health Organisation, UNICEF and the World Food Programme) have called on the Saudi-led coalition to end the blockade on Yemen that has stopped vital…

23rd November 2017

QCEA presentation in Strasbourg

by The Friend Newsdesk

The Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA) made a presentation on refugees and migration to the Committee of Ministers (the body representing the forty-seven national…

23rd November 2017

Nuclear disarmament

by Harry Albright

Beatrice Fihn, director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN – the 2017 Nobel peace prizewinner), was among 400 clergy, diplomats, campaigners and Nobel…

23rd November 2017

Unlocking detention

by Harry Albright

The Quaker Asylum and Refugee Network (QARN) is urging Friends to support Unlocking Detention – ‘a virtual tour’ of the UK’s detention centres that is currently offering a…