The decision to call a general election has stopped work on the Prisons and Courts Bill. This ‘resets the clock on much needed prison reform plans and creates uncertainty about…
Quakers across Britain are engaging with the general election, called for Thursday 8 June. The campaign is an opportunity to highlight Quaker concerns, particularly on important…
Families and children with an accompanying adult will be welcomed to a day visit at Friends House on Friday June 2.
Lancaster University and the Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre have teamed up again to offer a free online course exploring the beginnings of Quakerism as it emerged in seventeenth…
From 20 to 23 April, Friends joined four days of action on military spending organised by the Global Campaign on Military Spending (GCOMS).
Cuts to legal aid for prisoners are unlawful because they are inherently unfair, the Court of Appeal ruled earlier this month in its judgement on a legal challenge brought by the…
Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) is calling on Friends to join thousands of people around the world to take action during the Global Divestment Mobilisation from 5-13 May.
A moving production on the tragedy of war was given its first performance at Bury St Edmunds Meeting House on 8 April.
Some OXFORD Friends with European connections who campaigned for the UK to stay in the EU have launched an initiative to prompt an informed discussion on Brexit.
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