3rd March 2017

George Fox and Fenny Drayton

by Harry Albright

A new information board has been made for the George Fox birthplace monument at Fenny Drayton in Leicestershire.

3rd March 2017

CND challenges spending on Trident

by Harry Albright

CND is inviting Friends to join a march in London on Saturday 4 March to promote spending on the NHS rather than Trident missiles.

3rd March 2017

Ireland YM public lecturer announced

by Harry Albright

This year’s Public Lecture at Ireland Yearly Meeting (IYM) will be given by Rachel Bewley-Bateman, former clerk of IYM and of the Friends World Committee for Consultation Europe…

3rd March 2017

Scottish GM focus on God

by Harry Albright

Gretchen Castle, general secretary of the Friends World Committee for Consultation, will lead a discussion on the nature of God at the General Meeting for Scotland in Edinburgh on…

3rd March 2017

CO event at National Memorial Arboretum

by Harry Albright

The work of conscientious objectors in the second world war will be highlighted at an event in March at the National Memorial Arboretum (NMA) in Alrewas in Staffordshire. The event…

3rd March 2017

Green spirituality retreat

by Harry Albright

The Bamford Quaker Community is hosting a retreat on Green Spirituality in late March.

3rd March 2017

Quakers & Business Spring Gathering

by Harry Albright

The Quakers & Business Spring Gathering this year will explore the Quaker Business Method – but with a twist.

New director for AFSC
24th February 2017

New director for AFSC

by Harry Albright
24th February 2017

Leaveners to be laid down?

by Harry Albright

Trustees of Leaveners, the Quaker community arts charity, have decided to call an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) for 4 March to consider a proposal to lay the organisation…

24th February 2017

JRF report warns of increased poverty

by Harry Albright

Millions of ‘just managing families’ are on the tipping point of falling into poverty as the cost of living rises, according to new research by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation…

24th February 2017

‘Online retreat’ launched for Young Adult Friends

by The Friend Newsdesk

Young adult Friends from all over the world have been invited to join a journey of discovery, transformation and leadings of the Spirit organised by the Woodbrooke Quaker Study…

24th February 2017

YFGM gather in Edinburgh

by The Friend Newsdesk

Young Friends General Meeting (YFGM) is holding a gathering in Scotland for the first time in a decade this weekend.