Military personnel forced to assist with deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda risk post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or ‘moral injury’, a Quaker-linked military advice…
Quakers in Criminal Justice (QICJ) marked Prisons Week by sharing a quiz with Friends.
Over 6-8 October, Meeting for Sufferings met at Hinsley Hall, Leeds, for a residential weekend. The Friend joined online, but heard from Friends who attended in-person that it…
On Saturday morning Friends heard from a Quaker Life Central Committee (QLCC) group that has been considering how membership works in the Religious Society of Friends. Robert Card,…
Hundreds of Quakers across England and Scotland held climate vigils last month for Quaker Week.
Bristol Quakers hosted a ‘Stop Ecocide’ event last month to raise awareness of the campaign to make ecocide an international crime.
The Quaker Service Memorial Trust had its last meeting last month, ending with what one Friend described as ‘a very positive closing minute’.
Cambridge Quakers hosted a talk about Elizabeth Fry, the Victorian prison reformer, to hear about the legacy of her work.
Quakers and other activists called for more international action on the loss and damage caused by climate breakdown last weekend. Friends across the country marked Make Polluters…
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