Quaker Social Action (QSA) has highlighted a ‘postcode lottery for council funerals’ in a new report published last week. Councils have a legal duty to carry out a funeral for…
Quakers in Devon have helped raise £1,200 for children displaced by conflict. Hilary Prentice, from Totnes Meeting, and Steve Day and Stephen Sterling, from Ashburton Meeting,…
The land and buildings of the former Bamford Quaker Community in the Peak District are up for sale.
Friends House has been awarded two prestigious accreditations. The Meetings Industry Association (MIA) gave the venue a Gold accreditation, while the ‘Accredited in Meetings’…
Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) joined twenty-two other signatories last week in congratulating Keir Starmer on his appointment as prime minister. The letter also urged him to tell…
Quakers are compiling a database to remember conscientious objectors (COs) in world war two. The team includes Ellis Brooks, from Quaker Peace & Social Witness (QPSW), Philip…
A new collaboration between a Quaker-founded eco group and other charities will receive £200,000 to help communities take climate action.
Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has joined three other denominations and Christian Aid in encouraging people to consider the benefits of setting up ‘faith wills’. The Faith Will…
Interest in hosting Armed Forces Day events has declined in recent months, according to ForcesWatch and the Peace Pledge Union (PPU). This was highlighted through a Freedom of…
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