Camden Climate Change Alliance has recognised Friends House as a Carbon Champion. The Carbon Champion mark is awarded to organisations in Camden, or working in Camden, that are…
The refurbished Large Meeting House in Friends House, which was rebranded for public bookings as ‘The Light’, has been shortlisted for a RIBA (Royal Institute of British…
Sally Beamish has joined Judi Dench, Ben Kingsley, Sheila Hancock and John Whitney as a patron of the Leaveners, the Quaker arts organisation. Sally is a composer and viola player.…
Keighley Friend Sylvia Boyes was imprisoned on 18 March for refusing to pay fines. The fines related to a protest against the DSEI (Defence and Security Equipment) arms fair in…
A Yorkshire field society has named a new lecture series after a member of the Religious Society of Friends who died in 2013 at the age of ninety-three. Upper Wharfedale Field…
Quakers in France and Belgium have appealed to British Friends to join their vigil at Europe’s biggest arms fair next summer. Eurosatory will take place in Paris from 13 to 17…
Friends gathered for General Meeting for Scotland in St Andrews on 7 March in a rather sombre mood following the recent deaths of a number of well-known and well-loved Friends who…
Quakers in Britain have signed up to a statement issued by twenty-six faith leaders across the UK calling for new initiatives to eliminate nuclear weapons. Senior representatives…
Members of the Yearly Meeting of Aotearoa/New Zealand have asked their prime minister to ensure that the country responds effectively to its environmental responsibilities, in…
Citizen journalism has been selected as a key focus for the 2015 spring gathering of the Quakers and Business Group.
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