9th September 2016

Young Friends gather in Yorkshire

by Tara Craig

Yorkshire Friends Holiday School (YFHS) took place at Bootham School, York, from 21-28 August.

9th September 2016

Old Jordans put on market

by The Friend Newsdesk

The historic six-acre estate and property at Old Jordans in Buckinghamshire is on sale for £15 million.

9th September 2016

Volunteers help with calendar 

by Tara Craig

Volunteers at the Quaker Tapestry Museum have chosen tapestry panels for the museum’s 2017 calendar and offered personal responses to their favourite ones.

9th September 2016

Quaker students face hurricane aftermath

by Tara Craig

Three-quarters of the students at Belize Friends School are absent from class due to the damage Hurricane Earl caused to their homes last month.

9th September 2016

Work of leading peace studies scholar recognised

by The Friend Newsdesk

Paul Rogers, the global security consultant and professor of peace studies at the University of Bradford, has been awarded an honorary doctorate of laws from Leeds Beckett…

Adam Curle remembered
2nd September 2016

Adam Curle remembered

by Tara Craig
2nd September 2016

New cluster takes shape

by Tara cCraig

The Quaker Life Network has launched a Quaker Meeting Librarians Cluster. The initiative aims to enable Friends who run their Meeting libraries to do so with confidence.

2nd September 2016

Climate justice champion at Friends House

by Tara Craig

Bill McKibben, a founder of the campaigning organisation 350.org, spoke about his work on fossil fuel divestment and the fight for climate justice at Friends House in London on 28…

2nd September 2016

2016 Eva Koch scholars

by The Friend Newsdesk

Presentations were given at the Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre in Birmingham on Saturday 20 August by the four 2016 Eva Koch scholars.

2nd September 2016

Kendal Meeting House celebrates 200 years

by The Friend Newsdesk

Kendal’s historic Georgian Quaker Meeting House on Stramongate is opening up to the public to celebrate its double centenary.

2nd September 2016

African American Friends gathering

by The Friend Newsdesk

The Annual gathering of the Fellowship of Friends of African Descent was held at Arch Street Friends Meeting House in Philadelphia from 12 to 14 August.

2nd September 2016

Spare the wasps, Friends urged

by Tara Craig

The Quaker Concern for Animals (QCA) has called on Meetings to dispose of wasps humanely. QCA’s Thom Bonneville stressed that wasps are important because they help with…