7th October 2016

Quakers address state of banking system

by The Friend Newsdesk

A one day conference on the state of the banking system was held at Friends House, London, on Saturday 1 October.

Friends stand with Standing Rock Sioux
23rd September 2016

Friends stand with Standing Rock Sioux

by Tara Craig
23rd September 2016

Quaker Meeting in new television crime thriller

by The Friends Newsdesk

Several scenes in the new eight-part ITV/Netflix conspiracy thriller Paranoid have been filmed in Frandley Meeting House in Cheshire.

23rd September 2016

Quakers in France reflect on slavery

by The Friend Newsdesk

A commemoration of the abolition of slavery in the past and a recognition of slavery in the world today was part of France Yearly Meeting held at the Centre des Naudières near…

23rd September 2016

Scottish Friends back petition

by The Friend Newsdesk

Quakers in Scotland and ForcesWatch presented a petition to the Scottish Parliament on Thursday 15 September calling for greater scrutiny, guidance and consultation on the visits…

23rd September 2016

Friends open doors

by Tara Craig

More than forty Meeting houses opened to the public during Heritage Open Days, from 8-11 September.

Claridge House welcomes visitors again
23rd September 2016

Claridge House welcomes visitors again

by The Friend Newsdesk
Borderless Friendship flourishes
23rd September 2016

Borderless Friendship flourishes

by Tara Craig
23rd September 2016

Changing the narrative for peace

by The Friend Newsdesk

The need to ‘change the narrative for peace’ via the media will be addressed by Friends in Darlington in a conference organised by the Northern Friends Peace Board.

23rd September 2016

Inter Faith Week celebrates eighth year

by The Friend Newsdesk

National Inter Faith Week takes place this year from 13-20 November.

23rd September 2016

Meeting in the Sky

by Tara Craig

Twenty Friends held Meeting for Worship in the James Turrell designed Deer Shelter Skyspace at Yorkshire Sculpture Park in West Bretton, near Wakefield, on Friday 9 September.

23rd September 2016

Sustainability gathering

by Tara Craig

The future development of the Living Witness group and how Friends address the challenges of implementing the Canterbury Commitment is to be addressed by Friends.