23rd November 2017

High sales of white poppies

by Harry Albright

2017 has been another year for high sales of white poppies, the Peace Pledge Union has reported. Almost 100,000 had been sold as of 8 November. This is the fourth year running in…

Quaker presence at climate conference in Bonn
17th November 2017

Quaker presence at climate conference in Bonn

by Harry Albright
17th November 2017

Pickering Meeting hosts sustainability lecture

by Harry Albright

Pickering Meeting in Yorkshire recently hosted the fourth lecture since the Meeting and four other local churches were gifted a sum of money following the closure ten years ago of…

10th November 2017

Quakers send white poppies to Scottish politicians

by Harry Albright

Quakers in Scotland have joined with the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, the Peace Pledge Union, and the Edinburgh Peace and Justice Centre to send nearly 200…

10th November 2017

Paul Oestreicher to give peace lecture

by Harry Albright

Quaker Paul Oestreicher will be giving the Lord Mayor’s Annual Peace Lecture on 13 November at Coventry Cathedral. The lecture is entitled ‘Justice and peace – can we have both?’

10th November 2017

QUNO’s ‘Negotiator’s Toolkit’

by Harry Albright

The Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) has created ‘A Negotiator’s Toolkit’ to support climate negotiators in their work to engage government officials with reasons for…

10th November 2017

Remembrance peace vigil

by Harry Albright

Friends will be among those joining a silent vigil on 11 November (11am to 11:45am) in London’s Trafalgar Square outside the National Gallery.

10th November 2017

Banner kits

by Harry Albright

Northern Friends Peace Board (NFPB) member Allison Challen has put together a new set of one-person peace banner kits that include the fabric and instructions.

Peace activist Friend wins ‘not guilty’ verdict
3rd November 2017

Peace activist Friend wins ‘not guilty’ verdict

by Harry Albright
3rd November 2017

Chichester Meeting affirms statement on diversity

by Harry Albright

Chichester Meeting has affirmed a statement on diversity after a group of LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer or Questioning) Friends spoke at Sussex West Area…

3rd November 2017

Young Friends General Meeting ’best-attended in years’

by Harry Albright

Young Friends General Meeting (YFGM) was held at Redlands Meeting house in Bristol from 20 to 22 October with over eighty Friends in attendance. It was the best-attended YFGM in…

Call to increase funeral funding
27th October 2017

Call to increase funeral funding

by Harry Albright