5th February 2016

Skipton Friends celebrate centenary of peace congress

by Ian Kirk-Smith

A special event took place at the Friends Meeting House in Skipton, North Yorkshire, on 27 January to remember the International Congress of Women that was held in The Hague in…

Friends in Hastings: 150 years of worship
5th February 2016

Friends in Hastings: 150 years of worship

by Ian Kirk-Smith
29th January 2016

Military Service Act

by Ian Kirk-Smith

The role played by Friends in influencing the Military Service Act of 1916 was featured in the BBC Radio 4 Sunday programme on 24 January.

Workshop targets armed drones
29th January 2016

Workshop targets armed drones

by Ian Kirk-Smith
29th January 2016

Sunday Worship from Long Lartin

by Ian Kirk-Smith

The Prisons’ Week service recorded in the chapel of HMP Long Larton Prison in Worcestershire that was postponed due to the Paris bombing in November will be broadcast on BBC…

Sibford appoints new head
29th January 2016

Sibford appoints new head

by Ian Kirk-Smith
29th January 2016

Friend convicted for Heathrow protest

by Ian Kirk-Smith

Sam Sender, a member of Ealing Meeting, and twelve members of the Plane Stupid action group were tried at Willesden Magistrates’ Court and convicted in Uxbridge Magistrates’…

Quakers in Yorkshire
29th January 2016

Quakers in Yorkshire

by David Rubenstein
Leeds Quakers become ‘dementia friends’ 
22nd January 2016

Leeds Quakers become ‘dementia friends’ 

by Tara Craig and Ian Kirk-Smith
22nd January 2016

Friends mark centenary of Military Service Act

by Tara Craig and Ian Kirk-Smith

The centenary of one of the most significant moments for Quakers in the first world war is being marked next week with events at both Westminster in London and Holyrood in…

22nd January 2016

Lucky escape for Quaker Tapestry in Kendal

by Tara Craig and Ian Kirk-Smith

It is business as usual at the Quaker Tapestry Museum, despite the worst floods in Kendal in six decades.

Scottish affordable housing project wins award
22nd January 2016

Scottish affordable housing project wins award

by Tara Craig and Ian Kirk-Smith