A group of students from the Friends School in Tokyo visited the Quaker Tapestry Museum in Kendal on 12 August.
A new report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) shows that people living in thousands of deprived areas, particularly in cities, are disconnected from the jobs on offer and…
The Quaker Asylum and Refugee Network (QARN) and the Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA) are collecting information from Friends on concerns and actions relating to refugees…
A new booklet from the Quaker Tapestry Museum in Kendal takes readers on a walk through the town’s Quaker history.
An exhibition currently on show at Friends House in London has been the subject of broadcasts on local radio stations across Britain.
Canadian Yearly Meeting (CYM) last week received an update on its work on Indigenous Peoples’ rights and agreed a minute to carry that work forward.
One hundred and sixteen Friends gathered at Haus Venusberg in Bonn, Germany, between 30 July and 6 August for a European and Middle East Young Friends (EMEYF) All-Age Gathering.
The Peace Museum in Bradford has received a funding boost from the Arts Council to help it expand and increase its peacebuilding work in the town and surrounding area.
Thirty thousand Muslims from the Ahmadiyya tradition gathered in Hampshire between 12 and 14 August for the UK’s longest standing Islamic conference and made a strong…
Quakers are among those listed in a new database of Welsh world war one conscientious objectors.
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