Trustees of Friends’ School Saffron Walden, which was rebranded last year as Walden School, are proposing to close it at the end of the summer term on 7 July. Staff and parents…
More than a quarter of Meetings in Britain have made a commitment to no longer invest in the fossil fuel industry, Britain Yearly Meeting has announced.
Nine Catholic organisations from around the world have announced their decision to divest their portfolios from fossil fuel companies in the largest joint Catholic divestment to…
Northern Friends Peace Board’s trustees have written to Theresa May and Boris Johnson, as well as to the leaders of the main opposition parties, urging diplomatic and…
The silent protest against fracking held on Pendle Hill at the weekend prompted Quakers to organise other events earlier in April.
Faith has a central role to play in politics and the general election campaign, according to the archbishops of Canterbury and York.
The Ammerdown Group, which includes Quaker Peace & Social Witness, has issued a briefing paper ahead of the general election.
An exhibition entitled ‘Making Connections: a Journey of Transformation’ was launched at Friends House on 4 May. It features a series of narrative paintings by Jill Green, of…
The government’s draft air quality plan has been branded ‘woefully inadequate’ by Friends of the Earth.
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