Campaigning organisation Fly Kites not Drones is asking Friends in Britain to take part in a day of action against armed drones on 19 March.
The Quaker Asylum and Refugee Network (QARN) have made a written submission concerning forced migrants to the Home Affairs Select Committee on an effective immigration policy and…
South East Scotland Area Meeting is now an accredited Living Wage employer.
A wide range of groups working to create a better society has been supported in the latest round of grants awarded by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (JRCT).
The Religious Society of Friends has been recognised for its commitment to fair pay practices with the award of a Pay Compare Mark.
A new exhibition on the dramatic story of the Kindertransport opens at the Peace Museum in Bradford on Holocaust Memorial Day.
The theme of Holocaust Memorial Day on 27 January is ‘how can life go on?’
A new initiative that hopes to change the way information on Quaker websites in Britain is presented is being launched. Keith Walton, of Kingston and Wandsworth Area Meeting, is…
Pope Francis, in a statement released on 1 January for the Catholic Church’s fiftieth World Day of Peace, urged Roman Catholics throughout the world to make nonviolence a ‘way…
The distinctive photography of Quaker and lecturer John Arnison has been recognised by the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Davorka Lovreković, of German Yearly Meeting, finished her four-year appointment as general secretary of Church and Peace in December 2016.
The Friends Fellowship of Healing is planning a National Quaker Day of Healing.
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