11th September 2015

Meeting for Sufferings: QCCIR presents revised offerings

by The Friend Newsdesk

Further to minute MfS/15/02/11, the Quaker Committee for Christian and Interfaith Relations (QCCIR) brought a revised paper to Meeting for Sufferings. The committee hopes to send…

11th September 2015

Meeting for Sufferings: Report on the work of QPSW

by The Friend Newsdesk

Quaker Peace & Social Witness Central Committee (QPSWCC) clerk Charlotte Seymour-Smith told Sufferings ‘how we do it is as important as what we do’. She explained that much…

11th September 2015

Meeting for Sufferings: Credit unions

by The Friend Newsdesk

The number of people in Britain who live in poverty today and who do not have access to financial services has been a concern of Friends in Wales. In May Friends attending North…

Quakers at Greenbelt
11th September 2015

Quakers at Greenbelt

by The Friend Newsdesk
‘Heads in the sand’ protest
4th September 2015

‘Heads in the sand’ protest

by Tara Craig
Meeting houses open doors in September
4th September 2015

Meeting houses open doors in September

by Tara Craig
4th September 2015

Friends attend the Jalsa Salana

by Tara Craig

Marigold Bentley and Bessie White attended the Jalsa Salana on 23 August as interfaith visitors. The Jalsa Salana is a three-day gathering of Ahmadiyya Muslims. It was designed…

4th September 2015

Scholars speak out at Woodbrooke

by Tara Craig

The four Eva Koch scholars presented their work to a fifty-strong audience at the Woodbrooke Study Centre in Birmingham on 22 August. Helen Chambers, Peni Connolly, Julianna…

Keeping TTIP on the agenda
4th September 2015

Keeping TTIP on the agenda

by Tara Craig
4th September 2015

Peru plenary planning progresses

by Tara Craig

Preparation for the Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC)’s next World Plenary Meeting are well under way, said the organisers. Four hundred Friends from around the…

4th September 2015

Revamped BYM website now available

by Tara Craig

The first pages of Britain Yearly Meeting’s new website went live on 1 September. New pages will be added regularly up until Christmas, although the existing site will remain…

4th September 2015

Friends to witness at arms fair

by Tara Craig

Quakers will hold a silent vigil on the evening before DSEi (Defence and Security Equipment International), the world’s largest arms fair, in London.