A Quaker funding group set up after Ukraine was invaded has donated more than €24,000 in just over two years. The Central European Yearly Meeting Funding for Ukraine Group (FUG)…
Quakers have urged Barclays Bank to stop investing in companies supplying arms to Israel.
The Quaker Arts Network (QAN) will be making an appearance at the Greenbelt festival over the August bank holiday this year, for the first time.
Quakers heard from an Israel peace activist this week at International Conscientious Objectors (COs) Day.
Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) joined a parliamentary discussion on suspending arms exports to Israel last week.
Quakers are calling for a major international financial overhaul to help tackle the climate emergency. This includes ‘debt cancellation, tax justice and shifting of finance flows…
Quaker Asylum and Refugee Network (QARN) has highlighted a new strategy launched by a Home Office-funded charity.
York Quakers held a silent peace vigil last week in the middle of the city.
More than 115,000 asylum seekers will be trapped in ‘permanent limbo’ by the end of the year, due to the recently-passed Rwanda Act, the Refugee Council said.
The Northern Friends Peace Board (NFPB) has highlighted the Global Days of Action on Military Spending.
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