9th February 2024

Holocaust Memorial Day

by Rebecca Hardy

Quakers marked Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) last month, attending local and national events. With the theme of this year’s HMD being ‘the fragility of freedom’, Oliver…

9th February 2024

Sutton Coldfield Meeting House lauded for sustainability

by Rebecca Hardy

Sutton Coldfield Meeting House has been cited as an example of best practice in making faith buildings more sustainable.

9th February 2024

London Friends hold first blended gathering

by Rebecca Hardy

Quakers came together last weekend for the first joint blended Meeting of the London Area Meetings (AMs).

Edinburgh Friends address food poverty
2nd February 2024

Edinburgh Friends address food poverty

by Rebecca Hardy
2nd February 2024

Friends resist petroleum bill

by Rebecca Hardy

Friends have backed warnings that the government’s oil and gas bill threatens to undermine COP28 commitments.

2nd February 2024

Scottish children’s bill gets royal assent

by Rebecca Hardy

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) Bill officially received royal assent in Scotland last week. The bill will come into force on 16 July 2024.

2nd February 2024

‘Storm Jocelyn’ named after Quaker

by Rebecca Hardy

The bad weather that hit UK shores last week was named ‘Storm Jocelyn’ in honour of Quaker Jocelyn Bell Burnell.

2nd February 2024

Novelist speaks on Quaker aid in Spanish civil war

by Rebecca Hardy

The novelist Maggie Brookes discussed her new book about Quaker aid in the Spanish civil war in Friends House last week.

Quakers in court for DSEI witness
26th January 2024

Quakers in court for DSEI witness

by Rebecca Hardy
26th January 2024

BYM condemns UK/ US airstrikes in Yemen

by Rebecca Hardy

Quakers have called on the UK government to use peaceful means to resolve conflicts in the Middle East, following the attacks on Houthi targets in Yemen.

26th January 2024

‘Emotional tasks’ crucial for climate success, says Quaker

by Rebecca Hardy

The social aspects of sustainability are crucial to progress in tackling climate change, a Quaker professor said last month. Yet around ninety per cent of funding – ‘certainly…

26th January 2024

Quakers co-create walking peace vigil

by Rebecca Hardy

Friends joined a thousand people on a ‘Peace is Every Step’ walking silent prayer and vigil in London last weekend.