5th August 2016

Academic group launched by Q&B

by Tara Craig

The Quakers and Business (Q&B) Group has created an academic research group.

5th August 2016

Reduced service in Friends House café in August

by Tara Craig

From 8 to 15 August, Friends House café will offer a reduced service in the Quaker Centre and from the coffee cart in the garden. This is connected to the refurbishment of the…

A thousand Friends gather in Minnesota
29th July 2016

A thousand Friends gather in Minnesota

by Tara Craig
Blue plaque for Leeds Friend
29th July 2016

Blue plaque for Leeds Friend

by Tara Craig
Ada Salter remembered in Bermondsey
29th July 2016

Ada Salter remembered in Bermondsey

by Tara Craig
29th July 2016

Hiroshima tradition continues in Coventry

by Tara Craig

Quakers throughout Britain will be supporting a wide range of events on Hiroshima Day, 6 August.

29th July 2016

Apology for JRCT from national newspaper

by Tara Craig

The Daily Mail has apologised to the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (JRCT) for referring to it as a ‘pro-terrorist charity’.

29th July 2016

Young people to participate

by Tara Craig

Friends between the ages of fourteen and twenty-one will consider Yearly Meeting business alongside Meeting for Sufferings on Saturday 3 December.

29th July 2016

Tapestry on the road

by Tara Craig

Panels from the Quaker Tapestry are once more on the road, with twenty of them destined for Chelmsford Cathedral next month. The twenty panels will include those on conscientious…

Friends in last ditch anti-Trident protests
22nd July 2016

Friends in last ditch anti-Trident protests

by Tara Craig
22nd July 2016

Taxes for Peace motion in parliament

by Tara Craig

On 19 July a Ten Minute Rule Bill arguing for the extension of the conscientious objection law into the tax system was read in parliament. The second reading will be 2 December.

22nd July 2016

QARN considers its aims

by Tara Craig

At its recent annual general meeting (AGM), the Quaker Asylum and Refugee Network (QARN) discussed its current aims in relation to its ten-year-old constitution.