Christian Aid is urging world leaders to provide more support for the 40.3 million people forced to flee their homes within their own countries due to violence and conflict.
Quaker Paul Ingram, executive director of the British American Security Information Council (BASIC), is one of the co-authors of a new report that highlights the potential for a…
The remit of the Quaker Committee for Christian and Interfaith Relations (QCCIR) was described as ‘absolutely huge’ by Stephanie Grant, a member of the body, at Meeting for…
Funding for the Religious Society of Friends remains in a ‘relatively comfortable position’, Meeting for Sufferings heard.
Tim Rouse, trustee and management officer of Young Friends General Meeting (YFGM), presented a report on the activities of young adult Friends in the past year. YFGM’s main…
Meeting for Sufferings, on 3 June, heard of a visit held on 6 May by representatives of Britain Yearly Meeting to Quaker House in Dublin where they met with representatives of…
Quakers in Britain have announced a packed programme of events to mark Refugee Week on 19-25 June. A highlight will be the visit of internationally acclaimed authors to Friends…
Is Meeting for Sufferings fulfilling its role in setting priorities for the centrally managed work, or has it abdicated that task to trustees and other bodies?
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