13th November 2015

Health Through Peace

by Tara Craig

A two-day event, Health Through Peace, is taking place at Friends House on 13-14 November.

6th November 2015

Trust welcomes clarification in judicial review

by Tara Craig

The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (JRCT) has issued a statement concerning its recent participation in a judicial review claim brought by the advocacy organisation Cage. The…

German Friends come together
6th November 2015

German Friends come together

by Tara Craig
Leaveners bring hope
6th November 2015

Leaveners bring hope

by Tara Craig
6th November 2015

Ipswich Quakers support interfaith initiative

by Tara Craig

The idea that Christian, Muslim and Judaic extremism play equally important roles in destabilising Middle Eastern societies was explored at a recent conference.

6th November 2015

Historic Meeting house no longer ‘at risk’

by Tara Craig

The Blue Idol Meeting House in West Sussex has been taken off Historic England’s list of vulnerable historic buildings. The seventeenth century Meeting house had been on the…

6th November 2015

Friends watch The Divide

by Tara Craig

Milton Keynes Friends recently held a public preview of the new film The Divide. The film looks at the growing gap between rich and poor, and its impact on society in Britain and…

6th November 2015

Stage debut for The Silver Sword

by Tara Craig

A musical adaptation of Ian Serraillier’s much-loved children’s novel The Silver Sword has toured Britain. The novel tells the story of four Polish children’s struggles in…

30th October 2015

Equality on the agenda in Birmingham

by Tara Craig

Some sixty Friends from twenty Area Meetings gathered at Bull Street Meeting House in Birmingham on 24 October for the ‘Road Maps to Equality’ conference. This was the second…

30th October 2015

Friends declare ‘not in our name’

by Tara Craig

Southern Marches and Mid Wales Friends have put together two declarations for speaking truth to power. The declarations were prompted by a growing concern about the direction in…

White poppies for parliamentarians
30th October 2015

White poppies for parliamentarians

by Tara Craig
30th October 2015

FWCC welcomes representatives of Christian churches

by Tara Craig

Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC) general secretary Gretchen Castle welcomed general secretaries of Christian communions to Friends House on 21 October.