Canadian Quakers were mentioned in a recent Canadian Broadcasting Corporation report which stated that the country’s government ‘is signalling its intention to use hate crime…
Twenty-two Quakers from New Earswick have volunteered to take part in an Alzheimer’s Society initiative designed to challenge how society thinks, talks and acts about dementia.
Quaker Social Action (QSA)’s Homestore project has been nominated for an Aviva Community Fund award. The fund will be awarded to an organisation that has made a positive…
Students at the University of Edinburgh reacted with dismay to the news that the university had stopped short of divesting from fossil fuels. The University of Edinburgh announced…
Britain Yearly Meeting has released a statement describing Friends in this country as ‘ready to challenge the incoming UK government to adopt policies to cut social injustice’.…
A group of Friends in London put Christ firmly at the heart of their pre-election preparations in asking: Who would Jesus vote for? Christian Quaker Meeting attenders gathered at…
The stigma experienced by Ebola sufferers is the subject of a new film by Purple Field Productions (PFP). The film, which follows on from Ebola is Real, released last year, hopes…
More than 120 Yorkshire Quakers met at The Retreat last month, prompting staff at the York mental health hospital to hunt for extra chairs. Quakers in Yorkshire meet every quarter,…
The main Meeting house at Birmingham Bull Street will benefit from a £20,000 lighting upgrade. The project will be carried out over the summer.
Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, despite a vigorous student protest, has announced that it will not divest from funds involved in the extraction of fossil fuels. The…
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