Quaker Tapestry reaches out
7th August 2015

Quaker Tapestry reaches out

by Tara Craig
7th August 2015

Film fans appreciate Quaker silence

by Tara Craig

Waiting & Silence, a short film showing a Meeting for Worship, was screened at the Aperture Festival at the Corrymeela Community in Northern Ireland last week. The film was…

7th August 2015

Service in the spotlight

by Tara Craig

An exhibition on ‘Quaker Service’ has opened at Peckover House, a National Trust property in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. It tells ‘how the work of Friends goes on, bringing…

7th August 2015

QSA funeral work makes award shortlist

by Tara Craig

Quaker Social Action (QSA)’s ‘Down to Earth’ campaign has been shortlisted for a prestigious Third Sector Award. The funeral poverty project is competing for the Breakthrough…

7th August 2015

Friend greets Mennonites

by Tara Craig

Gretchen Castle, general secretary of the Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC), offered ecumenical greetings at the recent Mennonite World Conference global assembly in…

Friends tread ancient paths
7th August 2015

Friends tread ancient paths

by Tara Craig
31st July 2015

Friends target MPs over welfare

by Tara Craig

Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) and individual Friends contacted members of parliament (MPs) in the run-up to last week’s second reading of the Welfare Reform and Work Bill to…

Cadbury connection with historic Qur’an
31st July 2015

Cadbury connection with historic Qur’an

by Tara Craig
31st July 2015

George Weidenfeld thanks Quakers

by Tara Craig

Former publisher George Weidenfeld recently acknowledged his debt to British Quakers when describing his support for the rescue of Syrian Christians. George Weidenfeld is among the…

Australian Friends fined for tea-party protest
31st July 2015

Australian Friends fined for tea-party protest

by Tara Craig
31st July 2015

Meetings asked for help

by Tara Craig

Chayley Collis, a Huddersfield Friend, has developed a survey on renewable energy and fossil free divestment for Meeting houses and other Quaker buildings.

31st July 2015

American Friends School closes

by Tara Craig

George Fox Friends School in Cochranville, Chester County, Pennsylvania, has closed due to poor enrolment levels and a shortage of funding. Business manager Janet Eaby told local…